[Congressman Billybob]

This is my modest equivalent of a Dennis Miller rant. Not as angry. Not as many obscure references. But still, someting of interest for Freepers, I trust.

John / Billybob

[CPT Clay]

My very first vote for Prez was for John Anderson.

[Cicero]

Well, let me kidnap your thread for one second and say again, PLEASE don’t any Freepers vote third party this time around. Maybe McCain has a few warts, but as El Rushbo says, we need to drag him across the finish line, keep an eye on him, and work on fixing the party for the next election.

We can’t afford to let Obama get in because of a few purists who won’t vote McCain, the only possible way Obama can be kept out of the White House and prevented from destroying the country.

Yes, I remember Anderson, too.

[indthkr]

"Why is this being published only in a reputable newspaper in Great Britain? Why isn’t it being published in any reputable newspaper in the United States?"

LOL! Maybe because they're aren't any reputable newspapers in the United States anymore. Just "advocacy journalism" publications.

"We’ll see on Tuesday whether a majority of American voters manage to figure out the flimflam, without the American press doing its job."

Next Tuesday is really becoming a critical IQ Test for Americans. Can they see past one of the most audacious scam jobs in U.S. History?

[Fractal Trader]

I was going to vote for Anderson, but as the election drew close, I didn’t want to cast a vote that could potentially throw the vote to the democrats. I have never considered voting for a third party since then.

They say that Perot caused Bush I and Dole to lose. I am skeptical, but it should be noted that Clinton was not able to get over or near 50 per cent in the two contests.

[jazusamo]

Good piece and I remember how the enemedia tried to paint Ronald Reagan as not being able to do as he promised.

I was born and raised in So CA and was a staunch Reagan supporter for his two terms as Governor so I wasn’t the least bit hesitant in voting for him.

The enemedia at least tried to cover some of their animosity towards Reagan then but don’t seem the least concerned about being in the tank for BHO now, maybe that’s one reason many of them are going broke now.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

fringe candidates occasionally speak snippets of truth that go right to the heart of the matter. Anderson did that in 1980.

He said of Reagan’s pledge to cut taxes and increase military spending that it could only be done “with smoke and mirrors.”

Are you saying that the Reagan cuts in tax rates did not precede an increase in tax revenue?

[Borges]

John B. Anderson turns 94 today.