"Reagan? No way America will elect that boob". "Bush? No way America will elect that idiot".

[mahina]

You guys might feel better about 2016 than I do, but I wouldn't put it past us for a moment to elect even the most lunatic member of Team Clown 2016. Especially now with our Faux propaganda stream and echo chamber.

I hope everyone here does everything they can to prevent that outcome happening again. I won't diss Hillary because, as much as I believe Bernie to be the better candidate for our future, I'm not going to do anything to make a republican win one more vote, or keep one Democratic voter home on election day should the primary go differently than I'd like.

[valerief]

1. I remember being amazed at Reagan's election and somewhat at Bush's (I was

kinda jaded by then). It's certainly possible for the PTB to ensure they get the moron they want for president. They've got the courts and legislature, so they don't really care about the presidency as much. Whatever puppet entertains them the most, they'll install.

After all, we haven't had a democracy in decades.

[Turbineguy]

2. Never underestimate

the self-destructiveness of the American electorate.

Unfortunately.

[dinkytron]

3. Hey, no one here in Cali ever thought we'd end up with Governor Grope-inator. That was a trip.

[mahina]

5. Right?

Everyone I knew: "Oh, come ON." Then he was elected.

[CanonRay]

4. How did you know I said that?

[mahina]

7. :( Me too

[LanternWaste]

6. On the other hand, McCain's pick of Palin guaranteed his defeat

On the other hand, McCain's pick of Palin guaranteed his defeat due to her record-setting level of absurdity, buffoonery and general idiocy.

Realizing as such, I imagine I do feel rather more positive regrading the Democrat's 2016 victory.

[HuckleB]

8. Yup. I don't sleep well, myself. -eom-

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Reagan was one of Nixon's last-ditch defenders, even after Nixon resigned.

Sad to think that if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, he might have served two terms and kept the moderates at the helm of the party. Can you imagine what a difference ten years of a pro-choice, pro-ERA First Lady Betty Ford might have made ?

[hifiguy]

12. I am a lifelong leftist Democat

and I adored Betty Ford.

[mountain grammy]

18. She was never one of them, that's why she drank..

Seriously, I loved the woman too.

[rhett o rick]

10. The Powers That Be have helped orchestrate the demise of the REpublicon Party

so you really will only have one choice for president. And the Powers That Be are trying very hard to ensure they own that choice.

[mahina]

13. Not really persuaded that Hillary is engineering the Republican primary.

I'm open to evidence.

[rhett o rick]

15. HRC is a tool of the Powers That Be as are the Republicons. nm

[Mnemosyne]

11. Both cases I admit to lmao, and then being stunned. I take these clowns seriously. nt

[WinkyDink]

14. We didn't elect Bush 43....either time.

[rhett o rick]

16. I agree but not sure of your point. I would feel better if we had elected him than knowing

that we didn't and no one cared. I feel especially upset that the Democratic Party didn't care. They treated it like losing a tennis match.

[pnwmom]

17. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for remembering. Reagan, 2 term President, was the idiot

who thought trees polluted the environment. And people loved him.