Fail to the Chief

Welcome to FAIL TO THE CHIEF, the podcast where we rate and rank the losers of presidential history. I'm kicking this podcast off again, and starting with the beginning of the 21st century.

[If you want to hear about the losers of the 20th century, and the 19th and the 18th, go ahead and listen to the archives OR, you can buy my book:

• Volume 1 (1800 through 1928):
• Volume 2 (1932 through 2020)

I'm starting today with an episode on a loser I've already talked about: Al Gore! The loser slash winner of the contentious 2000 election. I originally posted Al Gore as one of my very first episodes, and in the intervening almost decade, well, it's safe to say a lot has happened...

Hey hey! We're BACK after a 2-year hiatus, to talk about the upcoming 2024 election, and wrap out the remaining losers. And what better occasion than the UNPRECEDENTED DROPPING OUT of our sitting Commander in Chief of the Fall presidential race.

Well, actually? It's not that unprecedented. We have elections like 1968, 1952, and others like 1924 and 1892 to look at for some context. In this episode, we talk through what we can learn from this unique moment in time - and what (if anything) we can expect from this year's cockamamie election...

Comic historian Thom Woodley looks at Walter Mondale, the landslide Ronald Reagan reelection of 1984, and growing up in the 1980s in general.

Sad to hear of Bob Dole's passing this week. In honor of the man, here is the Bob Dole chapter from my book Fail to the Chief Vol. 2 (available on Amazon!)

Fail to the Chief THE BOOK? Yes indeed.

Also? Ross Perot. In lo-fi style. Because you've been waiting.

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Thom Woodley takes you on a tour of presidential losers of the past. In this episode, the George Bush vs. Michael Dukakis election of 1988.

Thom Woodley digs into the losers of presidential history - in this case, the independent candidacy of former Republican Congressman John B. Anderson (IL-16), who lost to Ronald Reagan but might have been the architect of a much better future.

Thom Woodley takes you through the history of the disastrous 1972 presidential campaign of liberal icon and Nixon opponent, George McGovern.

Thom Woodley discusses the losers of presidential history - this year, the big Democratic loser of the chaotic year of 1968, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who lost to Richard Nixon in the midst of the Vietnam War.

Rerelease of a 2015 Episode. Just in time for MLK Day, it's our episode on George Wallace, the 3rd party candidate in the 1968 election. Why wasn't he elected president? And how would he have been in office?