As we begin the 2024 election process it may behoove the Republicans to remember 1912. Taft, the morbidly obese incumbent, was the Party nominee against an upstart sickly Democrat named Wilson. Wilson was running because no one in New Jersey wanted him for a second term.
Then along comes the bipolar wild man, Teddy Roosevelt, who believed he was savior to mankind. Taft remained the Party choice but Teddy blustered his way across the country. This interloper allowed Wilson to win. Then we had our first President with was truly a racist, a misogynist, an egotist, and if anyone had checked on the verge of a massive stroke.
The past is prologue to what we may see today. Now I am not taking sides, after all I am in New Jersey and my vote does not really count. But we have our Teddy, we have our Wilson, but who is Taft? Just a thought for the day for most of those people who have no clue of history.
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