No, we didn't, exactly. The candidate got scared out of the race at the latter end and came back into it after the leaving
dissillusioned his support and scattered much of it back to where it came from. In the face of that, he garnered 19% of the vote. After killing his support, he got 19%. Selective memory seems to pervade this forum on this issue.
The point stands. Voting third party is voting Democrat. Works every time it's tried.
The Reform Party did take a bunch of seats in Congress, though, right?
Oh, wait a minute... :P
Such is the nature of 3rd party movements. There's always something crazy aunt in the attic about them.