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On 6 November 1988 the Washington Redskins edged the New Orleans Saints at home, 27-24, predicting a win for the incumbent Republicans. As President Ronald Reagan had already been elected twice, the 8 November 1988 election once again matched a sitting Vice-President, Republican George H. W. Bush, against a challenger, Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. True to form, Vice-President Bush emerged victorious.
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Dan Snyder, the Washington Redskins owner who has a financing deal with Cruise/Wagner Productions, is ... defending the star. “Tom is a winner. That’s a fact,” Snyder writes in an e-mail. “He is a terrific actor, a terrific father and a terrific person. I’m proud to be his friend.”
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On 31 October 1948, the Washington Redskins walloped the Boston Yanks at home, 59-21, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Two days later, In one of the most stunning political upsets in U.S. history, President Harry S. Truman (who had assumed office in 1945 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died shortly after beginning his fourth term) defeated his Republican challenger, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
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After moving from Boston to Washington, D.C. in 1937, the Redskins tasted uninterrupted success till 1942, when head coach Ray Flaherty led them to seven consecutive winning records and three appearances in the NFL Championship Game. They faced the Chicago Bears in all three contests, winning narrowly in 1937 and 1942 and suffering a massive 73-0 defeat in 1940. The 1937 title match will be remembered for the introduction of screen pass by Flaherty, which has now become a standard offensive play.
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