Famous Two-Word Epithets For Losing Presidential Candidates
Thanks to Jon Meacham’s new biography of George H.W. Bush, we learned today that the elder Bush referred to his 1988 Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis, as “midget nerd.” Is no one immune from vicious, accurate two-word epithets?
LOSING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF OUR ERA
1980: Jimmy Carter
“LIPPY GOOBER”
1984: Walter Mondale
“FROSTY SKANK-FACE”
1988: Michael Dukakis
“MIDGET NERD” (accurate)
1992: George H.W. Bush
“SNUFFY WORMY”
1996: Bob Dole
“BOB DOLE”
2000: Al Gore
“EMO LICHEN”
2004: John Kerry
“FUCKS SEAGULLS”
2008: John McCain
“LITERAL MANIAC”
2012: Mitt Romney
“RICHIE BOOTYWAMPUS”
We anxiously await the 2016 presidential nominations.
