Reminder: George Wallace was not helped by a botched attempt.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

So lets not grind our teeth over today's events.

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In a still taken from CBS television footage, a gun, center, held by Arthur Bremer is fired repeatedly in the direction of presidential hopeful Alabama Gov. George Wallace (not pictured) during a Laurel, Md., campaign rally, May 15, 1972. Wallace was paralyzed as a result of the shooting. Bremer was a 21-year-old former janitor and busboy when he shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace five times during a presidential campaign stop in 1972 in Maryland. Now 57, Bremer is preparing for life outside prison. He's scheduled to be released in mid-December 2007 and could get out even sooner.

[Ocelot II]

1. Neither was Gerald Ford.

Reagan was shot in March of 1981 less than two months after he became president, so probably no effect at all on the 1984 election.

[LeftInTX]

2. No bullets were fired at Ford. I think she was the focus of the attention. Ford seemed to be an afterthought.

Red riding hood. Manson.

[Ocelot II]

3. Fromme pointed the gun and pulled the trigger but the gun didn't fire,

because she hadn't chambered a round. Apparently she didn't know how to work it. Her motivation had something to do with saving the redwoods.

[valleyrogue]

5. Fromme and Sara Jane Moore

They both spent many years in prison and were released after Ford's death. There were two attempts. It doesn't matter if there were shots or not. Would-be assassins are going to spend many, many years in prison, shots or not.

[LeftInTX]

9. I barely remember the second one.

Squeaky Fromme got all the attention. Apparently Moore fired and missed. Someone prevented her from firing again.

[valleyrogue]

13. Yes.

Fromme got all the publicity because of Manson. She did the time for many years, and so did Sara Jane Moore.

Fromme was paroled after 34 years, in 2009. She is 75 years old. Sara Jane Moore was paroled after 32 years, in 2007. She is 94 years old. Ford died in 2006.

[LeftInTX]

16. And this

[SalviaBlue]

4. Thank you

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

[former9thward]

7. I have seen some bad analogies...

Wallace, other than MI and MD, was a purely regional candidate in the primaries. When he was shot he was completely taken out of the campaign. Do really think that is going to happen after tonight?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. I put my crystal ball away a long time ago.

I haven't a clue.

[LeftInTX]

11. Considering that he's tweeting right now, I think his convention is ready to go without a hitch.

[roamer65]

10. Neither was Theodore Roosevelt.

[uponit7771]

12. Just Damn !!! How many political figures were shot back then?!?!

[bigtree]

14. another reason to like DU

...was too full up to pursue this earlier, but you nailed it.

[DemocraticPatriot]

15. But George Wallace was incapacitated by it and could not continue

his campaign--- and was a famous segregationist running in a more liberal Democratic party, to boot.

Still, I don't think Trump is helped too much by it with voters whom he doesn't have already....

And if they press gets too worshipful, they need to be reminded that Trump has often sought to incite violence, and some former capital police officers are now dead because of that trait.


Hey--- love the username! Invoking two pieces of classic literature at the same time....

[brooklynite]

17. Wallace wasn't a serious candidate to begin with