Texsox Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Link Should George W. Bush win this election, it will give him the distinction of being the first occupant of the White House to have survived naming Dick Cheney to a post in his administration. The Cheney jinx first manifested itself at the presidential level back in 1969, when Richard Nixon appointed him to his first job in the executive branch. It surfaced again in 1975, when Gerald Ford made Cheney his chief of staff and then -- with Cheney's help -- lost the 1976 election. George H.W. Bush, having named Cheney secretary of defense, was defeated for re-election in 1992. The ever-canny Ronald Reagan was the only Republican president since Eisenhower who managed to serve two full terms. He is also the only one not to have appointed Dick Cheney to office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Someone changed the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 And changed again. I didn't realize that Cheney served so many presidents all the way back to Nixon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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