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Board Olds: Why didn't the GOP take the White House in 1996?
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Date: January 21st, 2026 3:11 PM Author: ...,....,,........ They had just put the DNC's mouth on the curb and kicked their fucking teeth in when they took the House in 1994 for the first time in 40 years.
Gingrich had mastermind the "Contract with America" and forced Bill to lock up more Niggas and start the process of sacrificing blue-collar manufacturing workers with NAFTA and letting China joining WTO.
So how was Bob Dole the BEST Reptilian Candidate to go up against Slick Willy? |
Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:08 PM Author: ...,....,,........ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608847) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:11 PM Author: MISO HORNY Wasn't that when Pat Buchanan sabotaged the Reform Party by taking on a black woman as vice presidential candidate? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608874) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:12 PM Author: dogbalon tp bob dole was a good man but not the most inspiring national-level politician. clinton’s shift to third-way moderacy was slick and effective. and, all in all, things were good in ‘96. why rock the boat? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608887) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:39 PM Author: ...,....,,........ "3rd way moderacy"
You mean Republican-lite? |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 7:14 PM Author: dogbalon tp yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609966) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:13 PM Author: Candy Ride This would be a better question for OldHLSdood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608889) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:19 PM Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:.,..,.. Internet was just starting to boom. everyone was landing well-paying jobs and seeing our 401ks boom. we all suddenly had cell phones, home PCs, and SUVs. there was a lot of optimism back then and you don’t change horses in midstream. all of this had further accelerated by the time he left office which is why his approval was in the stratosphere despite being caught lying about a blowjob from a 20-yo intern:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 7:19 PM Author: Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609984) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:32 PM Author: Long Duk Dong Bad take. Very few people had cell phones in 1996. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610253) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM Author: Madison Avenue Lemming Enslaved to Conformity The Startac came out in 1996. That phone was fucking sweet for the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610272) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:14 PM Author: ...,....,,........ cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610777) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:53 PM Author: evan39 Hardly anyone had cell phones in 1996, and the internet was a curiosity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610340) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:46 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610811) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:23 PM Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot I think this was back when having a divided government (Dem Pres + GOP congress) was still seen as useful. And the compromises that came out of the divided government were all winners (balanced budget, crime bill, etc.)
This was also the twilight of when America's demographics would legitimately allow for this. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:25 PM Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:.,..,.. this is cr. if you look at a graph of the economy the biggest booms are always when opposite parties control the WH and Congress (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608973) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:40 PM Author: ...,....,,........ lol @ saying the Crime Bill was a "winner"
It's universally accepted that opening the floodgate to Mass Incarceration was a bad idea on both sides of the aisle. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 7:24 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. the only bad part of the '94 crime bill was the assault weapon ban. otherwise, it was a huge policy victory in objective terms. it turned out that locking up violent thugs led to a reduction in violence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609997) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 1:29 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot It's because it was liberal boomers (68'ers, Flower Power, Summer of Love) were rebelling against their parents. And the baby boom meant there were more of them. Dole reminded them of their WWII parents who told them pot was bad and blacks should live segregated. Gingrich's success had more to do with geography and regionalism. Boomers literally hated Dole because it reminded them of all the times they got caught doing something bad and were grounded. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49608981) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:43 PM Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth) I can totally see this. Bob Dole did seem like a good man, but gruff, a bit moralizing, stiff, etc.
Meanwhile Slick Willy was like laissez les bons temps rouler! You can have your cake and eat it too. Abortion should be "safe legal and rare." I'm a democrat but pro death penalty. I'm a white guy but I'm the first black president. Sure I got busted smoking pot but I didn't inhale. Etc. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 2:43 PM Author: LathamTouchedMe Gingrich burned a lot of goodwill with two govt shutdowns and his uncompromising approach. Clinton was smooth and well-liked. Also, a lot of 1994 was a realignment as the old Dixiecrat dems were dying out or finally starting to vote GOP in non-presidential elections. A lot of dem incumbents were dinosaurs who had survived in areas they had no business winning in just by inertia and incumbency. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609242) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 2:54 PM Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot Women wanted to fuck Clinton, can't discount this fact. And maybe I'm just not old enough to opine on this, but I'm not entirely sure what Dole wanted to do that would've been radically different from what Clinton was already doing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609293) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:14 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; This plus the jobs numbers and the overall economy vibes were probably the best I’ve experienced in my lifetime (I am too young to have experienced 84-87). Also Perot still got 8%, and though he didn’t swing the race to Clinton like he likely did in 92, it was enough to not have 96 look like every non-Obama POTUS election since and have an EV result that would’ve been much closer to the 21st century median of ~300 to 230. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610165) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:20 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... All of the above is true, but it's also worth noting that Dole was a very lackluster candidate. He was old as fuck (I remember "Bob Dole is really old" jokes became a staple on late night comedy shows), not very charismatic, and he and Jack Kemp openly feuded with one another over the course of their campaign. I don't know that a more charismatic Republican would have won, but he probably would have at least made the margins closer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610193) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:28 PM Author: evan39 Democrats feared Lamar Alexander, but he wasn't able to break out of the pack in the primaries. There were like twelve candidates on the GOP side, including Pat Buchanan, Steve Forbes, and Alan Keyes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610239) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:31 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. dole also fell off of a stage at one point, which didn't look good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIatQSImzU0 |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 2:51 PM Author: richard clock the 90s were pretty 180 in general so no motivation to change horses midstream. dole was an uninspiring candidate. 90s republicans had shitty issue priorities that didnt really motivate the masses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609275) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:18 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot Cr
Dole was a DEI candidate. Everyone knew Clinton was too popular to lose and so they wanted to give it to the last of the WWII generation as a send off. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:42 PM Author: ...,....,,........ So there wasn't any (younger) Republican that could've put up a better fight? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609612) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:49 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot Welcome back Jeb! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609635) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:51 PM Author: ...,....,,........ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609640) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:19 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot Dole was the first candidate ever to have a website. He was Online and this was considered threatening at the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49609354) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:00 PM Author: evan39 The site is still up, not flame:
https://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:12 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) Visually gives autoadmit.com vibes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610153) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:33 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot Fight Drugs and Violent Crime Bill Clinton has slashed drug interdiction efforts, weakened enforcement, appointed lenient soft-on-crime judges and joked about marijuana use on MTV. Even liberal Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) says he has "never, never, never," seen a President who cares less about fighting drugs. It should be no surprise that drug use is on the rise - after 11 consecutive years of decline. Teenage drug use has increased in the past three years and teenage marijuana use has doubled on Bill Clinton's watch. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:15 PM Author: ...,....,,........ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610779) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:30 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot https://www.dolekemp96.org/interactive/computer/leader.bmp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610246) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM Author: Die Hard 2: Die Harder The Republicans at that time between Dole and Gingrich seemed old, possibly evil and somewhat disconnected. Like the rest of the greatest generation they had reached their final act. They also lacked a built out fan base like they have now. The only person a republican leaning voter could turn to for cues was Limbaugh and he was a fool operating at the fringes.
Clinton represented the baby boomers. Liberal boomers obviously loved him but I think conservative boomers found him intriguing enough to vote for. Look, boomers are ALWAYS going to look out for one of their own. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:21 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. newt gingrich was 51 during the 1994 GOP wave. dole was legitimately old (73 during the 1996 campaign), but gingrich wasn't as old as is commonly remembered. gingrich was in fact only 3 years older than clinton himself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610790) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:26 PM Author: Fag Faggot the Faggot (shitty and dumb poaster poastin retarded crap again) I think he had too many wives and offended some social conservatives. He liked to make whoopie too much. Back then shit like affairs were really scandalous before everyone started fucking whomever whenever and now no one cares.
Wow his Wikipedia is really insane. He just kept cheating on his wives lmao. And failed to pay miserly child support. |
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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:37 PM Author: Die Hard 2: Die Harder He was just unlikeable. You wouldn't want to get a drink with that guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824676&forum_id=2Vannesa#49610805) |