In Romney/Ryan v. Obama/Biden, The 1896 Parallels Are Glaring

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8/14/2012 @ 4:03PM |1,335 views

 

In Romney/Ryan v. Obama/Biden, The 1896 Parallels Are Glaring

 

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On the Democratic side, heading the ticket is a candidate known more for overblown, soapy rhetoric about class unfairness than for actually getting the economy moving, even with the nation stuck in torturous recession for four long years. In the vice-presidential spot is an Easterner with a dubious reputation who will go down as one of the most uninspired veep picks in history.

 

On the Republican side, the candidate for president is a successful former governor who’s a little wobbly on some key conservative items, in particular relating to whether it’s OK to keep devaluing the dollar. His vice-president will be the young, intellectual reformer who has lately captured the imagination of the party.

 

You can see it from a mile away: the election of 1896. In that year, the nation had been reeling from one of the nastiest economic crises it had ever seen. Economic output was still below read more

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