Richard Ojeda Quotes
I cannot sit here and say I was beaten by Carol Miller. Because Carol Miller did not show up. She did not debate me. She basically avoided everything and just said, 'I'm with Trump, I'm with Trump.' And sadly, that's apparently a victory here in a place like southern West Virginia.
Ojeda, Richard. "Concession Speech." Facebook, 6 Nov. 2018.
George W. Bush and the Republicans The President surprised even his supporters by publicly referring to the taint on the George W. Bush election where a 5-4 Supreme Court decision prevented the hand counting of Florida ballots after Bush had already lost the popular vote and was in danger of losing the electoral vote as well.
In the razor thin 2000 Presidential election the Republican controlled Florida legislator called a special session to name their own electors to go to the electoral college. The Governor, Jeb Bush, was the brother of the Republican candidate.
Hoover had to cope with the Great Depression. His administration was hapless in improving the economy as he was in a philosophical bind in that he was opposed in principle to doing almost anything that would help the situation. He just did not believe that government should engage in the activities that were necessary. His 1932 campaign had him trying to explain his thinking as to why government should not do much. Stimson and many other Republicans disagreed as so many Americans were suffering so badly. However, most publicly supported their party’s President even as many had private misgivings. Hoover was thrown out of office in an FDR landslide win. His policies government activist policies and programs improved the economy but it tool almost a decade to recover.
He was one of the few Radio Talk Show hosts who was a middle-of-the-roader as opposed to catering to a very leberal or very conservative audience.
Richard Neece Ojeda II is an American politician and retired United States Army major who served in the West Virginia Senate representing the 7th district from 2016 until 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran a brief campaign for President of the United States in the 2020 election.
