Greatest Candidate Who Didn't Win

[Perianne]

Who was the greatest candidate for President that didn't win?

[Captain Obvious]

Gary Johnson

[Kacper]

Dukakis. If he had won, no Clintons, Bushes, Trump or Obama. Political life as we know it would have been vastly different.

[Perianne]

The correct answer is Patrick Buchanan. He is a political god. I love him.

[Green Arrow]

Eugene V. Debs, or Teddy Roosevelt in 1912.

[gamewell45]

Eugene V. Debs, hands down.

[resister]

The correct answer is Patrick Buchanan. He is a political god. I love him.

I was pulling for Ben Carson.

[AZ Jim]

The correct answer is Patrick Buchanan. He is a political god. I love him.OMG! *lol*

[Tahuyaman]

Dukakis. If he had won, no Clintons, Bushes, Trump or Obama. Political life as we know it would have been vastly different.
Dukakis was a buffoon.

[Don]

Ron or Rand Paul

[Tahuyaman]

John Anderson.

[Common]

I fully expected someone to say Perot, thankfully no one has

[nathanbforrest45]

Eugene V Debs was a forerunner of Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. He was a socialist and thank God and all the Angels he never won.

[Cletus]

I fully expected someone to say Perot, thankfully no one has

Perot probably would have done well as President.

[Cthulhu]

Castle.

Sent from my evil cell phone.

[Green Arrow]

Eugene V Debs was a forerunner of Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. He was a socialist and thank God and all the Angels he never won.

Two out of three of your claims are correct. Debs was a forerunner of Sanders and Debs was a socialist. He was not, however, a forerunner of Clinton. She is the farthest you can get from being a socialist and is a part of the very political and economic elite Debs was fighting against. He would have disliked her just as much as you do. Claiming she’s a socialist is just ignorant.

[nathanbforrest45]

Two out of three of your claims are correct. Debs was a forerunner of Sanders and Debs was a socialist. He was not, however, a forerunner of Clinton. She is the farthest you can get from being a socialist and is a part of the very political and economic elite Debs was fighting against. He would have disliked her just as much as you do. Claiming she’s a socialist is just ignorant.


You apparently are unaware of the true meaning of the word socialist. Hillary Clinton claimed to be a "Progressive". Progressive was the name the socialist took when it was apparent they could not win as socialist and what they saw socialist around the world doing. Hillary Clinton was a self proclaimed socialist who believed that "it takes a village to raise a child" i.e. it took big government in place of the family.

Please don't call me ignorant. I find that offensive.

[donttread]

Who was the greatest candidate for President that didn't win?


Perot or Paul or as CO says Johnson . All would have been a true departure from the donkephant and politics as usual.

[Common]

Perot probably would have done well as President.
Hey may have if he had a chance to win but he never did, instead he gave us clinton

[Bethere]

Who was the greatest candidate for President that didn't win?

Adlai Stevenson.

[Don]

Perot probably would have done well as President.

Much better than either of the establishment tools he ran against.

[Cletus]

Much better than either of the establishment tools he ran against.

Whenever I think of Perot, I think of the fact that he hired Bull Simons to get his people out of Iran instead of waiting for the government to do something. That kind of loyalty toward his subordinates is worth a lot.

[jimmyz]

Perot... he would have started what President Trump has.

[jimmyz]

Whenever I think of Perot, I think of the fact that he hired Bull Simons to get his people out of Iran instead of waiting for the government to do something. That kind of loyalty toward his subordinates is worth a lot.

Great big balls... what we could have used decades ago.

[Chris]

Goldwater. Forerunner of Reagan.

[Docthehun]

Hands down it's Pat Paulsen.

In case you needed proof.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&p=pat+paulsen+for+president#id=2&vid=699af3d649ce3e0df5943a096ba0d18f&action=click

[Chris]

Hands down it's Pat Paulsen.

In case you needed proof.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&p=pat+paulsen+for+president#id=2&vid=699af3d649ce3e0df5943a096ba0d18f&action=click



https://i.snag.gy/9p5qAV.jpg

[Cletus]

Goldwater. Forerunner of Reagan.

I was about to post Goldwater when I read this.

I concur.

[Abby08]

Great big balls... what we could have used decades ago.

A, Trump like, president would not have worked then, America wasn't ready.... Someone like that was probably needed, but, Americans would not have gone for it then.....I'm thinking.

[Abby08]

Ted Cruz.....then, mind you, now, I'm seeing too much flip flopping from him, probably a good thing he didn't win.

[Common Sense]

George McGovern.

[Cletus]

Ted Cruz.....then, mind you, now, I'm seeing too much flip flopping from him, probably a good thing he didn't win.

I like Cruz, but I would rather see him on the Supreme Court than in the White House.

[jigglepete]

George McGovern.

I still remember the "don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts" bumper stickers...

[donttread]

I fully expected someone to say Perot, thankfully no one has


Keep reading. any non donkephant would do.

[donttread]

Hey may have if he had a chance to win but he never did, instead he gave us clinton

And why didn't he have a chace to win? Becuase people failed in their civic duty.

[donttread]

Perot... he would have started what President Trump has.

What's that actions not approved by the "unholy two"?

[donttread]

george mcgovern.

wtf?

[Don]

George McGovern was naive but we would have been better off with him than with RMN. People actually believed that RMN was a "true" conservative when he was anything but. He was a big government potential tyrant. He was hounded from office for stealing chickens when he was really guilty of treason. McGovern wouldn't have gotten away with anything because the establishment left and right wouldn't have let him. McGovern did realize his liberal fantasies were wrong later in life but it was too late. The Passing of George McGovern: A Liberal Who Got Mugged

(https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13306-the-passing-of-george-mcgovern-a-liberal-who-got-mugged)

[Crepitus]

Deeze Nutz.

[Don]

Goldwater. Forerunner of Reagan.

Remember this? "They told me that if I voted for Goldwater we would be at war in Vietnam within a year. They were right. I voted for Goldwater and we were at war in Vietnam." :laugh:

[Chris]

Remember this? "They told me that if I voted for Goldwater we would be at war in Vietnam within a year. They were right. I voted for Goldwater and we were at war in Vietnam." :laugh:

And LBJ's Daisy attack ad. And ad that changed American politics.

[Don]

https://youtu.be/dDTBnsqxZ3k

[AZ Jim]

Hillary