Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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I know I ought to do 2016a, but I've never particularly enjoyed the scenario. Feel free to run through it, should you want to. Nader's final question in 2000 is also one that you can use Inspect Element on, but it's fairly minor. George McGovern, if the historical route is followed to the letter, makes several inexplicable decisions, dropping his running mate after strongly standing by him, and even comparing Richard Nixon to Hitler.

Reuther VP election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/p2j1hx/kennedyreuther_1960_vp_mod/ Butt-Monkey: Stephen A. Douglas in 1860. His philosophy of Popular Sovereignty is a total failure and his only arguments consist of saying that others' policies are in line with his ideas, the party has split in half under his leadership, nobody wants to vote for him and there's practically no hope of outright victory - scratch that, there IS no way to straight-up win with Douglas. His last choice of the campaign can literally be to admit his campaign is hopeless and try (and, of course, fail) to prevent the natural consequences of the win he's just delivered to the Republicans.Reagan VP election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/odbdaq/fordreagan_1976_mini_mod/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

The 1972d scenario is set up to look like an ordinary mod about a Nixon vs Connally race, but reveals that you are actually playing as CPUSA leader Gus Hall in an atmosphere where Nixon has successfully set things up so that a man who once served as a conservative republican is now the nominee for the democrats, leading to widespread political alienation. In a gameplay sense, it serves as this as well: you are not even seriously running for president, but instead aiming to gain a popular vote share high enough to legitimize communism and the left in America.Your debate performances are widely praised, especially compared to Trump. Will it matter with the voters? [Draw] Nixon refuses to debate you, and most of the voters know it. This will definitely hurt him at the polls. Pragmatic Hero: Kim Dae-jung in 1971 South Korea can get the NDP to stoke the flames of regional conflict between Jeolla and Gyeonsang, install a wiretap at the DRP headquarters to find evidence of election fraud and spread false rumors about Park's family, all in a bid to win the presidential election and put a stop to Park's dictatorial ambitions. Rush Limbaugh VP election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/oj4g4x/2016_donald_trumprush_limbaugh_running_mate_mod/ Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Many mods allow you to break significant milestones long before they occurred in real life:

Hot-Blooded: Various candidates can be this at various times, but Harry Truman probably takes the cake, giving Dewey hell and slamming the 80th "Do-Nothing" Congress at every possible opportunity. (Dewey himself, if he repeats his 1944 tactics, can also retain a reasonable degree of this.) Intergenerational Friendship: The young Tom Hayden (should he be chosen as running mate) and the much older Gus Hall in 1972d form a genuine friendship over the course of the scenario, and Gus gives Hayden some heartfelt advice at the end about his future.extra VP election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/ns4toc/1896_thomas_watson_vp_mod/ Played for Laughs in Sumner '68, where it turns out that a time-displaced Charles Sumner's opponent, George Wallace, was actually possessed by Andrew Johnson, who is trying to destroy America from beyond the grave.

In his 1972 mod, George Romney can come off as a President Buffoon. Already well known for gaffes, Romney's presidency hits some major snags, including in Vietnam, if not handled correctly, within his administration, with Secretary of State Richard Nixon implied to be sabotaging the administration's public relations, conflicts between Vice President Kirk and Attorney General Brooke, and the beginnings of an 1929-level economic crash. Romney's responses are written like a man hopelessly scrambling to take control of a collapsing situation, even if he succeeds, the endings can often show that his efforts aren't quite as successful as he thought Large Ham: George Wallace definitely qualifies. You can tell every choice made for him by the inflammatory language it uses, with many one-liners and zingers. Harry Truman, if he chooses to up the ante with the HUAC, can come off as grandstanding. Finally, the revised 2016 scenario leans hard into Donald Trump's style of speaking.safe red south: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/ok52ba/2016_trumppence_safe_south_mod_kinda_like_2004/ Born to a fiercely Republican family in Owosso, Michigan, Tom Dewey has always dreamed of the presidency, confident it was indeed his destiny.