Valjean
2008-05-12 15:17:30
1988?
Try a little earlier: an ultra-liberal, anti-war Democrat from the Midwest comes out of nowhere, mouths all the right platitudes, hobnobs with Hollywood, shocks everyone by running the tables in the primaries over experienced competition, is the darling of the press and the “youth vote”, and runs against a stodgy, dodgy (and admittedly, incumbent) Republican.
Oh, and loses 49 states.
McGovern in ’72: Amnesty, Acid, and Abortion.
Obama in ’08: Surrender, Stereotyping, and South Side “Spirituality”.
