MY SAY: REMEMBER HAROLD STASSEN?
Harold Edward Stassen was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. After service in World War II, he was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1948 to 1953. He sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination nine times in 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1988. He never really thought he would win and he never really had a chance in spite of a good political resume he became known as the ”perennial, never-say-die candidate.”
Which reminds me of Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, and, regretfully, Ted Cruz whose turn may and should come. I don’t mention Carly Fiorina or Ben Carson or Donald Trump because they have never held office. And, forget about Rick Santorum who was defeated after only one term as mediocre senator in Pennsylvania.
Why are they running with the full knowledge of their inability to win? Among the Dems it may be to advance political platforms. Why can’t they just move away?
Oh never mind….I am just a disgruntled senior citizen venting…..rsk
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