# SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1908

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111 "2014-01-30T05:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111/1 "2014-01-30T05:26:09Z")

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1908](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1908)

Definitely voting for Taft-he’s a moderate progressive and doesn’t have William Jennings Bryan’s baggage.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111/2 "2014-01-30T15:12:57Z")

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Would have been a tough call for me. Would have voted for Bryan but not have been terribly upset with Taft win.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111/3 "2014-01-30T15:43:17Z")

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Taft’s a fat bastard and Bryan’s a provincial moron! Vote Socialist!

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111/4 "2014-01-30T16:07:54Z")

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Can’t I write in Theodore Roosevelt again? Bah. I suppose he’s off in darkest Africa on safari.

Anyway, Taft was first Dean of my law school, so I’m going to have to go with him (but only because TR’s busy shooting things).

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111/5 "2014-02-03T00:59:56Z")

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Debs all the way! I liked his politics then (previous life 😉 ) and they usually make sense now.