Bakers Dozen

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Major Presidential Candidates who never became President.

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater

Major Presidential Candidates who never became President.

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater
  9. Adlai Stevenson

Major Presidential Candidates who never became President.

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater
  9. Adlai Stevenso
    10)Hilary clinton

Major Presidential Candidates who never became President

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater
  9. Adlai Stevenson
  10. Hillary Clinton
  11. James M. Cox

His 1920 running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, later won some repute.

Major Presidential Candidates who never became President

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater
  9. Adlai Stevenson
  10. Hillary Clinton
  11. James M. Cox
  12. Thomas Dewey

Hall was actually nominated four times. But I’m not sure I’d call him a major candidate.

Major Presidential Candidates who never became President

  1. Aaron Burr
  2. Al Gore
  3. Ross Perot
  4. Hubert Humphrey
  5. Henry Clay
  6. William Jennings Bryan
  7. Gus Hall
  8. Barry Goldwater
  9. Adlai Stevenson
  10. Hillary Clinton
  11. James M. Cox
  12. Thomas Dewey
  13. Walter Mondale

And if anyone wants a substitute for Gus Hall, there’s Michael Dukakis, Bob Dole, John Kerry, just to name a few off the top of my head

New category

Not to be unpatriotic, but…
Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating

Really? Because I feel that the 4th of July may be our best understood holiday.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.
  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.
  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.
  9. My gaming night got canceled because the holiday falls on a Wednesday

I’ll concede that one is pretty specific to just me and just this year.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.
  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.
  9. My gaming night got canceled because the holiday falls on a Wednesday
  10. I get scared by fireworks.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.
  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.
  9. My gaming night got canceled because the holiday falls on a Wednesday
  10. I get scared by fireworks.
  11. BBQ menus are inevitably limited to hot dogs and burgers

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks
  2. It’s too hot outside
  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating
  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.
  5. Mosquitoes and flies
  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown
  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.
  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.
  9. My gaming night got canceled because the holiday falls on a Wednesday
  10. I get scared by fireworks.
  11. BBQ menus are inevitably limited to hot dogs and burgers
  12. TCM shows the movie 1776 without subtitles, and I’m hard of hearing.

Pet peeves about the 4th of July, or, if you’re outside the US, any other national holiday

  1. My pets are scared by fireworks

  2. It’s too hot outside

  3. Too few people actually know what it’s celebrating

  4. Traffic jams as people leave the annual Canada Day fireworks display in our little city.

  5. Mosquitoes and flies

  6. Rude people at annual parade downtown

  7. Nobody cares about the parade, or even knows about it.

  8. Neighborhood firework setter-offers.

  9. My gaming night got canceled because the holiday falls on a Wednesday

  10. I get scared by fireworks.

  11. BBQ menus are inevitably limited to hot dogs and burgers

  12. TCM shows the movie 1776 without subtitles, and I’m hard of hearing.

  13. Fewer and fewer local fireworks displays that you can watch from up close.