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Old 07-20-2010, 04:56 PM   #10233
flere-imsaho
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Originally Posted by rowech View Post
Didn't help that the Republicans ran someone who had no chance of ever winning simply because of the way he looked.

That's a curious explanation for Bob Dole's loss.

Crippled arm aside (which, really, no one ever really noticed), Dole looked just like any other politician at the time.

Dole lost because the economy was surging, Dole didn't offer a compelling alternative to Clinton's campaign and lots of people got back on Clinton's side as he won the image war with Gingrich's Congress. In roughly that order, IMO.
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