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Re: Clinton to Concede Delegate Race Tonight

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:41 pm
by lawrnk
drw wrote:
lawrnk wrote:Around the numbers of mickey mouse and he is still in the race.
:grumble :mad5
Eh, I'm not against you. I like Paul in theory 10x more than McCain, even though he makes ridiculous comments every other day. I'm far too conservative to call my self republican. That being said..a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama this election.

Re: Clinton to Concede Delegate Race Tonight

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:56 am
by boomerang
lawrnk wrote:Eh, I'm not against you. I like Paul in theory 10x more than McCain, even though he makes ridiculous comments every other day. I'm far too conservative to call my self republican. That being said..a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama this election.
"a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama" reminds me of "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

But I'm not sure what that has to do with Clinton conceding. :headscratch

Re: Clinton to Concede Delegate Race Tonight

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:22 am
by lawrnk
boomerang wrote:
lawrnk wrote:Eh, I'm not against you. I like Paul in theory 10x more than McCain, even though he makes ridiculous comments every other day. I'm far too conservative to call my self republican. That being said..a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama this election.
"a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama" reminds me of "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

But I'm not sure what that has to do with Clinton conceding. :headscratch

The average 3rd party garned 5.6 percent of the vote. Not sure if you recall the last 2 elections and what 5.6 percent would do? And it is related, since there i speculation of Clinton running 3rd party. I don't expect it, but it is possible.

Year
Party
Candidate
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote (Number)
Outcome in Next Election

1996
Reform
H. Ross Perot
8.4
0
Did not run; endorsed Republican candidate George W. Bush

1992
Independent
H. Ross Perot
18.9
0
Ran as Reform Party candidate

1980
Independent
John B. Anderson
6.6
0
Did not run

1968
American Independent
George C. Wallace
13.5
46
Won 1.4 percent of the popular vote

1924
Progressive
Robert M. La Follette
16.6
13
Returned to Republican Party

1912
Progressive ("Bull Moose")
Theodore Roosevelt
27.4
88
Returned to Republican Party

1912
Socialist
Eugene V. Debs
6
0
Won 3.2 percent of the popular vote

1892
Populist
James B. Weaver
8.5
22
Endorsed Democratic candidate

1860
Constitutional Union
John Bell
12.6
39
Party dissolved

1860
Southern Democrats
John C. Breckinridge
18.1
72
Party dissolved

1856
American ("Know-Nothing")
Millard Fillmore
21.5
8
Party dissolved

1848
Free Soil
Martin Van Buren
10.1
0
Won 4.9 percent of the vote

1832
Anti-Masonic
William Wirt
7.7
7
Endorsed Whig candidate