A thought from the Washington Post, 128 years ago.

[olentzero]

History buffs in the audience probably know some about the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, in which the Republican candidate (Hayes) won the electoral vote but the Democratic candidate (Tilden) won the popular vote. There ensued a couple months of wrangling and scuffling which ended up with a nasty compromise: the Democrats, who were the major

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[jamtorkberg]

I look forward to the day when I can peruse my kid's (or more likely, grandkid's) history book and read about what an amazingly shitty president he was.