My Record So Far

In honor of Super Tuesday, I thought I’d come clean on my presidential voting record.

1960:  Saw Kennedy in Norristown.  Waited 2 hours in the rain.  Too young to vote, but celebrated his victory.  [at that time the minimum age was 21.]

64:  voted for Johnson.  Thought Goldwater an idiot.  (Still do.)

68:  Supported Eugene McCarthy.  Angry about Chicago.  Angry about Vietnam.  Voted for Dick Gregory.  Resulted in Nixon.  Big mistake.  Still ashamed.

72:  Diehard McGovern supporter from the beginning.  Proud of that.

76:  Udall volunteer.  Still think he would have made a great President.  Voted for Carter in Nov.

80:  Jerry Brown supporter.  Still love Jerry Brown.  Voted for John Anderson in Nov. so he would reach the threshold for matching funds.  Not proud of this.

84:  Jesse Jackson first.  In Nov. went for Mondale. 

88:  Initially for Hart, but he got caught on the “Monkey Business” with Donna Rice and that ended that.  In Nov. supported Dukakis.  Rove used the Willie Horton campaign to torpedo his chances.

92:  Clinton in Nov.

96:  Clinton, but not with great enthusiasm.

00:  Voted for the winner, Gore, but the Supreme Court took it away.

04:  Voted for the winner, Kerry, but Ohio cheated, and Bush Jr. won again.

08 and 12:  Obama from the start.  Best votes ever.

16:  Clinton.  Like Bernie personally, but wonder why he never became a Democrat until he ran for President.  Think his single-payer health care plan is nuts.  Want to break that glass ceiling.