tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2192820672485298707..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: The 1970s Really Were BizarreJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-38467719550102584532011-01-18T22:46:07.030-06:002011-01-18T22:46:07.030-06:00I was thinking of Ford as president. FWIW. I think...I was thinking of Ford as president. FWIW. I think he's clearly the best of that group of presidents, although that's not saying much. So that's the bar to top.<br /><br />Eagleton had a reputation as a pretty good Senator. Rockefeller? Well, I don't now.<br /><br />Dole's strength and weakness were the same: he apparently didn't really hold any issue positions strongly. I could see him turning into a Nixon, but I could also see him having encouraged a non-crazy, non-Nixonite conservative GOP if he was successful.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-8026794069357113122011-01-18T21:05:45.580-06:002011-01-18T21:05:45.580-06:00Ford was better than Ford?Ford was better than Ford?William Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795149116565627671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-25547399031111861892011-01-18T20:58:27.690-06:002011-01-18T20:58:27.690-06:00As entertaining a thought as that is, I really don...As entertaining a thought as that is, I really don't think that works with the Republican tickets in 1972 and 1976. Though sure, it is a fascinating hypothetical to think of what a Rockefeller presidency would've been like.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607567799469685872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-53064639498549686442011-01-18T20:44:20.351-06:002011-01-18T20:44:20.351-06:00Are you counting Ford count as a President or Vice...Are you counting Ford count as a President or Vice President?Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-58455509455332885992011-01-18T20:17:57.220-06:002011-01-18T20:17:57.220-06:00President Bob Dole better than Gerald Ford? More e...President Bob Dole better than Gerald Ford? More entertaining, sure, but still. And President Tom Eagleton? Shocking supposition...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com