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albacore

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10. Was there any other candidate? Oh... yeah...Nixon. Bastard won 60% of the vote.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 09:00 PM

Sep 2024

Proof positive that many Murikans are just bone-stupid.
Then there was some kind of kerfuffle, and Nixon was out.
Could have saved all that trouble by just elected an honest man in the first place.

You whippersnapers are talking about your first vote! My first vote was for LBJ, and he was actively trying to get me killed.
But again...there was no other candidate. Just some nut named Goldwater.

Interesting note: Neither Goldwater nor Nixon could be nominated for any office in today's trumpublican Party.... too librul.

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In 1972, I cast my 1st vote in a Presidential election. It was a "no brainer" - I voted for George McGovern. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 OP

You and me both Cartoonist Sep 2024 #1

Me too PCIntern Sep 2024 #2

Eight years later the system convinced people Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #3

I did also. I was 20 at the time. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2024 #4

Me too dflprincess Sep 2024 #5

I was a freshman in college tonekat Sep 2024 #6

They still had the draft lottery in 71,,,,my # was low enough to earn me a physical. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #11

Me too n/t Mz Pip Sep 2024 #7

Same here flakey_foont Sep 2024 #8

My parents had house parties. Warren Beatty and cachukis Sep 2024 #9

That's a really cool story. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #15

Was there any other candidate? Oh... yeah...Nixon. Bastard won 60% of the vote. albacore Sep 2024 #10

George was painted as a lily-livered liberal. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #16

He piloted 35 bombing missions. Nixon was in supply. nt albacore Sep 2024 #18

He knew the cost of war. Nixon didn't. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #19

"Whippersnapers" ReRe Sep 2024 #25

Ditto! My parents both voted for Nixon and I was so pissed. They had voted for Humphrey in '68. 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2024 #12

Me too! ananda Sep 2024 #13

I worked with George McGovern producing his regional TV commercials. Liberal In Texas Sep 2024 #14

Interesting story. Had to have impacted you greatly to meet him. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #17

He struck me as a regular guy with a lot of common sense. Liberal In Texas Sep 2024 #20

You know, I think back to those times. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #22

Same here FakeNoose Sep 2024 #21

A simple statement, without debate, that exactly OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #23

I was a kid at that time Montauk6 Sep 2024 #24

I Was With You, Too The Roux Comes First Sep 2024 #26

My very first presidential vote was in '68 when I turned 21 MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #27