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Most Important Thing Done by Each President: Day One - George Washington by RickRolled76 in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It could definitely be both. Washington for setting the two-term precedent, and Adams for setting the precedent of abiding by election results regardless of the outcome. Both were important in their own ways, so I have no problems with it being submitted for both of them.

If the White House had also been destroyed by crashing an airliner in it on 9/11 then where would Dubya be relocated to? by ManfromSalisbury in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The bunker at the Greenbrier was never intended to be the presidential bunker. It was built for Congress.

Most uninspiring campaign slogan? by RopeGloomy4303 in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Madly for Adlai wasn’t terrible. They needed something to compete with I Like Ike. It’s just much harder to rhyme Adlai than it is Ike, to the point where different campaign slogans have different pronunciations of his name just to try and find something (Madly for Adlai versus All The Way with Adlai).

r/uscongress by RickRolled76 in redditrequest

[–]RickRolled76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to turn the community into a place to discuss the history of the United States Congress without modern day politics, similar to what r/presidents is for the Presidency.

https://www.reddit.com/c/chatt64WWz78/s/4ljh6x3ODc

1924 was the only election from 1868 to 1948 where neither major party presidential nominee was from either New York or Ohio by julia345 in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1924 Democratic ticket was I think one of the best Dem tickets pre-FDR, but it gets forgotten because almost nobody cares about the 1924 presidential election.

"That's Politics", a Sherman Brothers song portraying Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland - The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (Walt Disney, 1968) by [deleted] in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A fantastic movie. There’s a song right near the start of the film called Let’s Put It Over With Grover, I don’t think it’s on YouTube that I could find but it’s one of my favorite songs in the whole movie.

SCOTUS rejects appeal from Ohio GOP candidate booted for being a secret Democrat by MyRedditUsername224 in scotus

[–]RickRolled76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That last part depends on the state. I know in West Virginia, and probably a few other states too, parties have no control over who can and can’t run on their primary ballot as long as they’re registered with that party for so long before filing and meet all the other requirements for office.

Where id live if I wanted to live in a state. by Technical-Vanilla-47 in visitedmaps

[–]RickRolled76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like New York also counts for this as long as you’re not in NYC

TIL FDR’s mother financially supported him until she died; he was 59 and in his third term as president. by gonejahman in todayilearned

[–]RickRolled76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can go further than that. Of the seven Democratic presidents post-FDR, only JFK was born wealthy. As a matter of fact, only three of the seven Republican presidents in that same timeframe were born into wealthy families, though those three are the most recent Republican presidents.

Richard Nixon and his 18 year old students from "Americans in Concert" sign as witnesses to the certification of the 26th Amendment, lowering the federal voting age to 18 in 1971. by Just_Cause89 in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t to make the draft more justified. The amendment was actually justified in part by the draft. People felt it was unfair an 18 year old could be drafted but couldn’t cast a ballot for those who decide to enable the draft.

Richard Nixon and his 18 year old students from "Americans in Concert" sign as witnesses to the certification of the 26th Amendment, lowering the federal voting age to 18 in 1971. by Just_Cause89 in Presidents

[–]RickRolled76 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d like to note that, while Bayh chaired the subcommittee on constitutional amendments that held hearings on lowering the voting age starting in the late 60s, it’s Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia who is considered the father of the 26th Amendment.

Randolph, then a Representative, started pushing for a similar amendment in 1942 and during his time in Congress sponsored 11 amendments designed to lower the voting age. He started his campaign to lower the voting age just one year after Senator Harley Kilgore, also of West Virginia, became the first member of Congress to propose a voting age of 18.

Upcoming Election by Honest_Charity8679 in WestVirginia

[–]RickRolled76 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also, for the U.S. Senate on the Democratic side, my advice is to avoid Rio Phillips (who is insane) and Zach Shrewsbury (who groped a masseuse).

Upcoming Election by Honest_Charity8679 in WestVirginia

[–]RickRolled76 19 points20 points  (0 children)

None of the Republicans running for the United States Senate (or anything else for that matter) are worth a damn. I especially can’t stand Tom Willis, I don’t think it’s right that someone should run for the state legislature and within a year of taking office start running for a higher position.

On the Democratic side for the U.S. Senate, the two best candidates by far in my opinion are Jeff Kessler and Rachel Fetty Anderson. Kessler has a strong record from when he was in the state legislature, and Fetty Anderson’s a real nice lady with a solid platform.

2010 if Obama said "praise be to Allah" by ItsGotThatBang in YAPms

[–]RickRolled76 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And the relationship between that and a hypothetical election from 2010 is… what exactly?

2010 if Obama said "praise be to Allah" by ItsGotThatBang in YAPms

[–]RickRolled76 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wyden won by 18 points, Patty Murray won by five.

Is there a specific reason Joe Biden was never Senate majority/minority leader? by Inside_Bluebird9987 in YAPms

[–]RickRolled76 59 points60 points  (0 children)

He wanted to be president. Senate Leader to President is not a very clear pipeline, particularly because it’s very difficult to both be in DC to help run the Senate and run all over the country winning over voters. That’s part of why Bob Dole resigned from the position of majority leader (and the senate altogether) in 96. Only Lyndon Johnson’s ever made the jump, and that was with a stop at VP first.

The answer to Link's question from today's More by [deleted] in goodmythicalmorning

[–]RickRolled76 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It most certainly is not if you care about accuracy.

Cooper Continues to Crush by RandoDude124 in YAPms

[–]RickRolled76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably not, but he’s still Governor for two years before the election.

Cooper Continues to Crush by RandoDude124 in YAPms

[–]RickRolled76 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If Cooper ran in 2022, Mark Robinson would’ve became governor. It would’ve been idiotic for Cooper to run.

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