Losers in Brief: The Roaring Fuck Up
(part 8 of 12)
Since 1789, 112 men have won at least one electoral vote. Of that group, 65 never became President or Vice President. Of them, 30 were a bunch of ambitious losers who tried for the most powerful office in the country and failed. The other 35, you’ll have to read to find out. These are their stories.
John William Davis (Former Ambassador / Former Solicitor General, Democrat-WV) Lost to Coolidge-1924
So why’d he lose? Robert La Follette. See below.
Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith (Governor, Democrat-NY) Lost to Hoover-1928
So why’d he lose? He was Catholic. Remember, before Barack Obama, Jack Kennedy was considered a diversity hire. It may seem ridiculous today with everything being post-racial and all, but in the Roaring ‘20s, the KKK were influential in HIS party. Since this all happened before the market crash, everyone thought Hoover’s policy of not giving a crap would continue to work just fine. Smith probably wouldn’t have prevented the crash, but he would have done SOMETHING.
ONE MORE BIG LOSER:
Since 1789, 112 men have won at least one electoral vote. Of that group, 65 never became President or Vice President. Of them, 30 were a bunch of ambitious losers who tried for the most powerful office in the country and failed. The other 35, you’ll have to read to find out. These are their stories.
John William Davis (Former Ambassador / Former Solicitor General, Democrat-WV) Lost to Coolidge-1924
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So why’d he lose? Robert La Follette. See below.
Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith (Governor, Democrat-NY) Lost to Hoover-1928
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So why’d he lose? He was Catholic. Remember, before Barack Obama, Jack Kennedy was considered a diversity hire. It may seem ridiculous today with everything being post-racial and all, but in the Roaring ‘20s, the KKK were influential in HIS party. Since this all happened before the market crash, everyone thought Hoover’s policy of not giving a crap would continue to work just fine. Smith probably wouldn’t have prevented the crash, but he would have done SOMETHING.
ONE MORE BIG LOSER:
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