There never was a Bull Moose Party, except in the minds of the press. Teddy Roosevelt appeared on the ballot in 47 of the then-48 states as the Progressive Party candidate. He did not make the ballot in Oklahoma.
And Perot did not cause the election of Slick Willie in '92. I was in the PhD program at American when that election took place. That precise question was addresses by several researchers, with different agendas. All came to this conclusion:
Perot's voters came equally from Clinton and Bush supporters, plus 2% of the total electorate who turned out to vote for Perot, but otherwise would not have voted at all.
You've got to get up early and pack a lunch if you want to play gotcha with this historian. I repeat, history is a great teacher. Take some more lessons.
John / Billybob
"There never was a Bull Moose Party, except in the minds of the press." I'll let the Progressive Party of Washington State know they've got it wrong when they claim: "The Progressive Party of Washington is a revival of the original Bullmoose Party of 1912."
That statement is just below the banner on their linked page.
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Some folks in Vermont also seem to have an affinity with a certain ungulate.
You've got to get up early and pack a lunch if you want to play gotcha with this historian.
I wasn't thinking of playing games. My original reply clearly implied you were inebriated when you posted, since I found your prose quite humorous.
So here I sit; ready for my next "lesson".
