Reply #116: Only voted party [View All]

[drfemoe]

one time.. my first vote in 1972 for Richad Nixon. I had just turned 18, and all I knew was my family was 'republican'.

That's the last time I voted for a 'party'.

I really like Perot and you could have classified me as a MAJORLY disgruntled conservative at the time. I voted for Clinton because I could not bear gsr and knew Perot could not take the game. There were probably a lot of folks like me.

I voted once in a primary, the rep primary against gsr. (I liked Jack Kemp) ..

This season you can classify me a disenfranchised voter because I haven't voted since 1992. Even though I knew Gore would not win in my state, I really believed he had a very good chance of winning. (ahem) I will be voting in the dem primary this year, and whatever we have to do to make caucus.

I think Dean's camp is composed of all kinds of voters and x-voters and re-tread voters and lots of people who have never been involved in political action. They actually propel the campaign and candidate.

Perot had a lot of 'followers'. And I got a kick out of his 30 minute special (self-financed) 'commercials' with his charts and all like he was at a board meeting. He really is an intelligent bussinessman, and at that time in history we needed someone who could keep the books straight .. history repeats.

Dean does have sound fiscal values and experience. But his campaign is completely different from Perot's. If the internet had been a major player in 1992, something different might have happened. We don't know.

We know that everything that is happening this time is different.