Stolen/borrowed from Serenade in Green (svf):
A meme that just popped into my head. List your Presidential votes, or non-votes, the candidate’s party, explain why you voted that way in no more than four words, and list the guy who eventually won.
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Browne/ libertarian/Clinton
Browne/ libertarian / Bush
Badnarik/ libertarian /Bush
no vote / not registered, increasingly rootless / biden
2000 – Bush (GOP) – taxes, non-intervention, morals, oops – Bush
Alternatively, my 4 words could be “didn’t know about Browne/Buchanan”
2004 – Badnarik (LP) – repenting for 2000, peace! – Bush
2008 Iowa Caucus – Ron Paul (GOP) – finally my hero runs – Huckabee
2008 – Barr (LP) – hope for freer future – O-bomb’em
N/C = no choice?
Counting years I could not vote due to age, but lived in US:
1980 Supported Carter/Reagan Would Start WWIII/Reagan
1984 Anybody but Reagan/Reagan Would Start WWIII/Just Say No Nancy/Reagan
Ah, a reply I can plagiarize. Thanks songster7.
1972 – No vote – I was 10 – Nixon
[worked polls & stuffed envelopes for McGovern!]
1976 – No vite – I was 14/apolitical – Carter
1980 – Reagan – too scared of Carter – ReaganI
1984 – No vote – Bergland unavailable VA ballot – ReaganII
1988 – Ron Paul – Enthusiastically supported LP nominee – Bush pere
1992 – Andre Marrou – Enthusiastically supported LP nominee – ClintonI
1996 – Harry Browne – Enthusiastically supported LP nominee – ClintonII
2000 – Harry Browne – Enthusiastically supported LP nominee – ShrubI
2004 – Michael Badnarik – Enthusiastically supported LP nominee – ShrubII
2008 – Bob Barr – N/C – ?
2008: Wrote in “None of the Above” / I hate ’em all / Obama, probably
’72 – McGovern -rah Unions! rah work!
’76 – MacBride -Amtrak boo! IRS boo!
’80 – Ed Clark -Eisenhower wrong, trains efficient
’84 – Bergland -Eisenhower wrong, autos INefficient
’88 – Paul -wrong SS# 559-90-7280 YIKES!
’92 – Marrou -japanese likems maglev-trains
’96 – Browne -french likems maglev-trains
’00 – Browne -auto infrastruture biiiiggg wampum
’04 – Badnarik -no blood for oil
’08 – Mckinney -surge working, gasoline unaffordable
Not my choice (see above), but at least he was constitutionally qualified, unlike Reagan in 1988.
Or did Anthony D vote for one of these Regans?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regan
Paulie, yes in 1996; I wrote-in Buchanan; I couldn’t get behind Dole and had lost the desire to vote for Perot.
I would’ve voted for Perot in 1992 if I was old enough
The only thing that I’ve changed my mind about is the Libertarian Party. It is worthless. So I don’t care about its future.
1988: Re(a)gan
1996: Pat Buchanan (… general)
Write-ins?
1996: Pat Buchanan (primary & general)
2000: Howard Phillips (general)
2004: Micheal Peroutka (general)
2008: Ron Paul (primary)
2008: Charles Jay (general)
No primary vote in 2000 or 2004; lived in PA closed primary for “registered” party members
1996 & 2008 Alabama, Open Primary, ask for ballot of your choice
1988: Regan (after voting for Pat Robertson in the primary. Yikes!)
1992: Bush
1996: Browne
2000: Browne
2004: Barnarik
2008: Barr
G.E. // Nov 3, 2008 at 9:24 pm
… I will be voting tomorrow… for Bob Barr.
Wow, both G.E. and I have come around to Barr.
I’ll make a prediction. You’ll probably both regret it.
Four words for 08?
Primaries:
Gary Hart ’88
Jerry Brown ’92
(worked on those two)
Alan Keyes ’96
(Democrats had no challenger; I voted in a June primary, and most Republicans had bowed out,
and I liked Keyes standing up to his party for locking him out of the debate – Atlanta, I think)
after this point, no primaries, rather, LP conventions.
2000 – Browne; Kubby for VP
2004 – Russo; Millay for VP
2008 – Kubby, then Ruwart; Kubby for VP
postscript – The last two Pres primaries here in Tenn, I have had the pleasure of voting for Kucinich (2004) and Paul (2008). I don’t recall voting in any primaries prior to that, since there were no candidates I could support, even in that limited way
oh, goodie …
1972 – (write-in) John Hospers – had met Tonie Nathan – Nixxon
1976 – (sticker) Roger MacBride – reluctantly, but LP – Carter
1980 – Ed Clark – proudly (worked for campaign) – ReaganI
1984 – David Bergland – reluctantly but legit LP – ReaganII
1988 – Ron Paul – LP nominee – Bush pere
1992 – Andre Marrou – LP nominee – ClintonI
1996 – Harry Browne – with enthusiasm (or delusion?) – ClintonII
2000 – H. Browne – LP nominee (I had nominated NOTA, when El Neil chose not to run) – ShrubI
2004 – Michael Badnarik – proudly – ShrubII
2008 – Charles Jay, BTP – proudly – Obama?
You just noticed?
G.E., are you joking? For someone with so many opinions, you really change your mind a lot.
First-time voter in 2008.
Obama/Pure Revolutionary/Obama, amen.
1992 Clinton (D)/ I was a sucker / Clinton
1996 Nader (G) / anyone but Clinton / Clinton
2000 Nader (G) / first presidential campaign work / Gore*
2004 David Cobb write-in (G) / Nader backlash hurts local cand./ Kerry **
2008 McKinney (G) /proud vote for McKinney / Obama
* 1st stolen election (FL, Bush won 5-4)
** 2nd Stolen election (OH – Cobb couldn’t recount voters turned away)
2004:Ralph Nader/doesn’t hate weed/Bush
2008: Ralph Nader/NO BAILOUT, YES WEED/Obama?
2004: Ralph Nader(I)/doesn’t hate weed/Bush
2008: Ralph Nader/NO BAILOUT!/Obama I assume.
2oo0: Al Gore [Democrat]/Scared out of Nader/ Bush
2004: David Cobb [Green]/Young, naive and sectarian/Bush
2008: Ralph Nader [Independent]/Third time’s the charm/Obama (likely)
2004: Kerry / Not Bush, me stupid / Bush
(at least I got to vote for Kucinich for Congress that year)
2008: Baldwin / No Charles Jay here / Obama
(if it weren’t for Andy Horning, I probably wouldn’t bother voting)
explain why you voted that way in no more than four words
1996: Dole (Republican)/I hated Clinton and didn’t know anything about the LP/Clinton
2000: Browne (Libertarian)/Found the LP/Bush
2004: Badnarik (Libertarian)/Would have voted for Russo or Nolan as well, so it didn’t matter/Bush
2008: Nader (Natural Law (Michigan) or Baldwin (US Taxpayers/Constitution) or Charles Jay (Boston Tea Party/Not voting for Barr & I need to decide still if I’m interested in my vote counting or not. If I want my vote to count, then either Baldwin or Nader. If I waked up and vote from the heart and not care if it gets counted or not, then Charles Jay/Obama
This is the 1st time I get to vote in a presidential election
*2008 Barr/He is the LP candidate… I might regret my decison in 20 years but at least I am not a sheep and only voting for the lesser of 2 evils e.g. McCain and Obama… who i disagree with completely.
That must feel amazing to vote for Dennis.
2004-Kerry (Democrat)–Swing-state cowardice– W Bush.
2008-Nader (Independent)–Universal Health Care– ???
Note: No one I have ever voted for, other than judges, has won. Thankfully, this year, that ought to change as I will be voting for Dennis Kucinich, who is heavily favored here.
*Got robbed may be too strong a term, since they laid back and enjoyed it.
I’m too much of a pussy not to vote, so I will be voting tomorrow… for Bob Barr.
My reasons for not voting for Barr were that he was a scoundrel who was taking the LP in the wrong direction. On the issues, he was always clearly the best (though still pathetic and far too statist). But now I don’t give a shit about the LP, so I’ll vote for him as the lesser of six evils.
I voted for Clinton, Gore, and Nader in the past. I was a moron.
My replies:
– 1988 Dukakis [Democrat] / I was a Democrat / Bush I
– 1992 Marrou [Libertarian] / No More Drug War / Clinton
– 1996 Browne [Libertarian] / drank LP Kool-Aid / Clinton
– 2000 Nobody / No Address for Absentee / Gore*
– 2004 Nobody / Did not care much / Kerry*
– 2008 Nobody / Not letting me vote / Obama**
*Got robbed, not that it would have mattered.
**Technically, not yet. But the Republicans have not legitimately won in 20 years, and this time it ain’t gonna be close.