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Could This Be Like Nixon In 1972?

Tacitus X Wrote: Oct 07, 2012 8:29 AM

The Founders didn't deal with the the issue of WMD's for the very good reason that they didn't exist. While it may have been practical to not interfere with Europeans having muskets in the 18th Century, that is wholly different than allowing jihadists or every small country to have WMD's today. Trying to apply the same rules would be insane and the potential consequences catastrophic. As Britney Spears would say, this isn't exactly rocket surgery.

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Could This Be Like Nixon In 1972?

President Richard Nixon won a second term in the White House, by being the avenger of left-wing cultural chaos.

Will challenger Mitt Romney win a first term as President, because he provides a similar alternative?

This year’s election will mark the fortieth anniversary of another historic contest. In November of 1972 President Richard Nixon defeated his opponent George McGovern in the Electoral College by a landslide margin of 49 states to 1. Setting the U.S. presidential record for the widest margin of victory among the popular vote, Nixon received nearly 18 million more votes than McGovern.

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