My opinions and my opinions alone. (*** indicates who I voted for)
1968
Richard M. Nixon (Spiro T. Agnew) R ***
Hubert H. Humphrey (Edmund S. Muskie) D
George C. Wallace (Curtis F. LeMay) AI
{I couldn’t vote because I was too young but I actively campaigned for Nixon. He promised us that he was going to “End the War in Viet Nam.” I hung signs, went to rallies, handed out bumper-stickers & buttons and headed up a Republican/Democrat Mock Election campaign at school. During the “campaign rally” I met this cute girl named Connie Charnock.....Her very first words to me were, “My family is very active in the Young Republicans”...my first thought was “WOW!!! A cute girl TALKED to me.” I was 15 and not quite a Lady’s Man yet. I imagine that Mr. Wallace is doing flip-flops in his grave about the prospect of Mr. Obama being in the White House. I don’t remember why I didn’t like Humphrey...Maybe because he was LBJ’s VP?... and DON’T get me started on Lyndon Baines Johnson!!!!}
1972
Richard M. Nixon (Spiro T. Agnew) R ***
George McGovern (Sargent Shriver) D
John G. Schmitz (Thomas J. Anderson) A
{This was the 1st election I voted in. I registered as a Republican because I was SICK of my mother’s idolizing, FDR, IKE, Kennedy and LBJ. Besides, Nixon kept telling us that he was going to end the War and that we should not trust McGovern because he was a “Peace-nik”}
1976
Jimmy Carter (Walter F. Mondale) D
Gerald R. Ford (Robert J. Dole) R ***
Eugene J. McCarthy (None) I
{I voted for Ford but I can’t remember why. I didn’t think Carter was qualified and was under-experienced to be president after only being governor of Georgia.}
1980
Ronald Reagan (George Bush) R ***
Jimmy Carter (Walter F. Mondale) D
{I didn’t particularly like Reagan (he had been governor of California when I was a kid) but I was sick and tired of Carter. While he was a good and decent man, Carter screwed up everything his presidency touched. So voting for Reagan was the lesser of two evils.)
1984
Ronald Reagan (George Bush) R ***
Walter F. Mondale (Geraldine A. Ferraro) D
{Second time through I gladly voted for Reagan. I was working for Peacekeeper Missile at the time and Mondale said he was going to shut down most major military programs.}
1988
George H. Bush (J. Danforth Quayle) R ***
Michael S. Dukakis (Lloyd Bentsen) D
{Bush was a little too wimpy for me. But I, like a lot of other people, felt that Bush was the closest thing to Reagan we were going to get. Besides...Dukakis looked like a dork riding around in a tank with a helmet on. I REALLY admired Barbara Bush... I think she’s got spice.}
1992
William J. Clinton (Albert A. Gore, J.) D
George H. Bush (J. Danforth Quayle) R ***
H. Ross Perot (James B. Stockdale) I
{I have disliked Clinton from the very beginning. Couple of reasons... Anyone nicknamed “Slick Willie” has got to have a good reason why he got the name in the first place. He proved me right ...over and over and over. I disliked Hillary “RODEM” Clinton as much as I disliked her husband. In March of 1992 she said, “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life.” My question was.... If you have kids, shouldn’t you stay home with your kids and bake them cookies?” To me she cheapened stay-at-home-moms. Someday I will send Mr. Clinton a “Thank You” card. Because of his “weenie-wag” I got to explain to my pre-teen children what oral sex was because that’s all they heard about on the news. Bush would have probably won re- election if Perot hadn’t diverted a lot of the conservative votes. I still thought Bush was wimpy...especially after he failed to roll the troops into Baghad... But here again, he was the lesser of the evils.}
1996
William J. Clinton (Albert A. Gore, Jr.) D
Robert J. Dole (Jack F. Kemp) R ***
H. Ross Perot (Pat Choate) RP
{Voted for Dole... still thought Perot was an idiot and disliked “The Clintons” even more than in 1992. My hair still stands on end when I remember “Hillary” stating “I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.” WE???? I don’t remember her taking the “Oath of Office.”}
2000
George W. Bush (Richard B. Cheney) R ***
Albert A. Gore (Joseph I. Lieberman) D
Ralph Nader (Winona LaDuke) – GP
{I like Bush Jr. He’s a good old boy and I don’t care what anybody says about him. I distrust Gore and don’t think he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for for making a movie and hyping up the Global Warming hysteria. (Oh, don’t get me wrong...I think the Earth is getting warmer, but the Earth does that time to time... Look at the Little Ice Age (1600 to 1850 AD)). I have only one thing to say about Nader....HAHAHAHEHEHEHOHOHO}
2004
George W. Bush (Richard B. Cheney) R ***
John F. Kerry (John Edwards) D
{I still liked Bush Jr.... Besides, he said he’s going to end the War any day now!!! John Kerry is a disgusting, yellow-bellied, lying, moron, numskull. (Did I mince my words???) During his campaign he was asked why, if he was such an environmentally-conscience person, was there a gas-guzzling SUV parked in his driveway. His answer??? “Oh, it’s not mine, it’s my wife’s car.” I would rather he had just said, “I’m older now and my butt hurts so I need a big, cushy, leather-covered seat and you can only get that in BIG cars.” The other thing I found repulsive about him was his Purple Heart awards in Viet Nam. I’m sorry, if you’re eating a 3-minute egg and as you tap the top with a knife and part of it gets in your eye... You DO NOT qualify for a Purple Heart for “Shell fragment in eye.” Don’t pee on my leg and then tell me it’s raining. Eliminating Kerry only left one choice... unless I wanted to squander my vote on a candidate that would NEVER win.}
2008
John S. McCain III (Sarah Louise Heath Palin) R
Baraak H. Obama II (Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr.) D
{McCain has earned his lumps...the hard way...when he was staying at the Hilton in downtown Hanoi. Regarding Palin....I don’t understand how someone can go from being mayor of Mooseburg, Alaska, (actually Wasilla, AK pop. 6,300), then governor of Alaska for two years and then the VP nominee in just 6 years. Only in America!!!. Wikipedia states, “Shortly after taking office in October 1996, Palin consolidated the position of museum director and asked for updated resumes and resignation letters from some top officials, including the police chief, public works director, finance director, and librarian.” WOW, those are some hefty public servant positions. I suspect that experience will really help when going toe-to-toe with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!!!! I respect Joe Biden.... In a small way, he and I have walked on the same path of life. Obama... Sometimes he makes me nervous. Sometimes he says a lot without saying a thing. All I can say is maybe it’s time for a shake-up.}
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