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To: Kaslin

Many folks forget that in 1980 there was a third party candidate on the ballot.John Anderson split the pinko vote in half making it easier for the Tipper to win.We have no such situation this time and I think Obozo will beat Mittins without breaking a sweat.


32 posted on 05/30/2012 8:08:08 AM PDT by Paddyboy
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To: Paddyboy
Many folks forget that in 1980 there was a third party candidate on the ballot.John Anderson split the pinko vote in half making it easier for the Tipper to win.

John Anderson was a Republican who ran Independent after losing to Reagan in the primaries.

He only got 6% of the vote, and a majority of his support came from people who wouldn't vote for Carter, but liked a more liberal alternative than Reagan.

He didn't move a single electoral vote from one-side of the ledger to the other.

39 posted on 05/30/2012 8:23:07 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Paddyboy

“Many folks forget that in 1980 there was a third party candidate on the ballot.John Anderson split the pinko vote in half making it easier for the Tipper to win.We have no such situation this time and I think Obozo will beat Mittins without breaking a sweat.”


And you obviously forgot that Anderson ran in the primaries as a Republican before running as an Independent, making the Rep-Dem vote count split even bigger than just Reagan.

And that was Gipper not Tipper . . .


80 posted on 05/30/2012 10:36:06 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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