Reagan was my fault

[Cobalt-60]

That horrible realization came to me as I read some speculation about multiple parties.
In 1980 I was a lot younger than I am now.
That was in a time of much greater prosperity than now.
I spilled my vote on the sand by voting Libertarian.
Ed Clark I believe it was.
I wasn't pleased with Carter's results.
Of course I didn't know then about traitor Republicans conspiring with Iranians or about Nixon's stay behind saboteurs.
There were several alternate candidates to soak Carter's vote.
And the first Corporate Sock Puppet was installed in the White House.
If I had voted "D" instead of "L" the world might be a far better place.
The Pukes and their fellow travelers will do all they can to dilute the vote.
Don't let them.
Vote Straight Democratic.
You wont be gnawed by doubts that a new fascist was your fault.

[regnaD kciN]

1. I voted for Anderson that year...

...and, while I can't say I regret my vote (Carter had really pissed me off by reviving draft registration), I did use the experience to argue against the Naderites in 2000 -- mainly on the grounds that, if you vote for a third-party candidate to "shake up the system," you shouldn't be surprised when, the day after the election, your cause is forgotten and the system continues on its merry way.

However, one thing which should be noted is that Anderson, Clark, and the like didn't put Reagan in office. He won with a majority, not just a plurality, of the popular vote, and I can only think of one or two states where the third-party vote made a difference, far less than would have affected the eventual Reagan electoral-vote landslide. So, whatever else might be said, our votes really didn't even come close to changing the outcome in 1980...very much unlike Nader votes in 2000.

[Scuba]

2. Reinstate the draft...

...get the parents of rich kids to start objecting to the wars. Nixon ended the draft to quiet this group, period.

[Berry Cool]

3. Yeah, that comforts me too.

I also voted for Anderson, with my precious first vote. And I too was pissed off by Carter's revival of draft registration, which first affected the young men born the same year I was (and Obama was, incidentally). It may not have been the wisest thing to do in retrospect, but it didn't really make Reagan win. Especially in Ohio, where I voted absentee.

[and-con]

4. Too young to have participated

but it's alright, I'm young and dumb so i wont hold it against ya

[txlibdem]

5. I'm glad you saw the light, sorry it was a bit late in coming

Some of us saw Raygun for the charlatan he was. I voted for Carter because I knew that he (Carter) was telling us the truth. It wasn't a happy truth or one that we wanted to hear but I knew that Ronny was not just wrong, he was dead wrong. It took Reagan and his minions only 30 years to turn the most prosperous nation in the world into a third world country.

[t0rnado]

6. Ah

Eh, you voted for the least of three evils. Can't blame you.

[TexanRudeBoy]

7. Reagan was FAR from a "conservative"

He raised taxes, massively increased regulation, expanded the size of the federal government......

http://mises.org/daily/1544