Reply #60: It was in November of 1988. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

My 18th birthday wasn't until August of 1988, so I did not get to vote in the primaries that year. We were stuck with Dukakis. I voted for him, of course. There was no way in a month of green hells I was going to vote for Poppy. Had I been old enough to vote in the primaries, I would have voted for Jessie Jackson. He was the one I liked best that year.

Believe it or not, I couldn't stand Al Gore (I know, blasphemy) back then. Back then, Al Gore was a right wing fundy type who hung out with Fred Phelps and left a bad bad taste in my mouth. I had no clue whatsoever I would be voting for him as Veep in '92 and '96 then for President in 2000. If anyone had told me that in 1988, I would have cold cocked them then laughed at them as they writhed in agony and said, "There is just no fucking way that'll ever happen..."