Comments on: 5 Third-Party Candidates (And What They Did After They Lost)

By: Jodie

Jodie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000

My age was in single digits when John Anderson’s run for the presidency coincided with the national debut of a country/western singer by the same name. My parents had to explain to me that the guy we heard singing on the radio was not the guy running for president (and that John “Rose Colored Glasses” Conlee was not the same person as John Connally, who also ran that year).

When I was in my 11th grade US History class and we discussed Eugene Debs, some friends and I thought he should have used “Pardon Me” as his campaign slogan.

As for Norman Thomas, I still remember the quote attributed to Bill Veeck about why he kept voting for Thomas long after Thomas had died: “Because I’d rather vote for a dead man with class than either of two live bums.”

Great article, David.

By: David H.

David H. — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:36:00 +0000

Thanks for your comments everyone.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Great post – thank you!

By: Wall Street Survivor

Wall Street Survivor — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:53:00 +0000

Very interesting information from a politically historical perspective.

I hope to read more in the future.

Alicia
Wall Street Survivor
http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com

By: H

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:40:00 +0000

On our 4th grade class field trip to Montgomery in 1995 we met George Wallace.. some of us were touring a building and someone just rolled him into the room in a wheelchair. He was really old and didn’t say much of anything, but our teacher said it was very important–so he autographed some pamphlets for us.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:34:00 +0000

I actually voted for Perot in 1992. Turned out the “giant sucking sound” was to India instead of Mexico and was white collar jobs instead of blue.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:42:00 +0000

As always…great and interesting post!!

By: Klinger

Klinger — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:54:00 +0000

Wallace died in 1998, not ‘88.

And Ash needs to let it go.

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Funny that in 1948 Americans wouldn’t elect a Socialist, but in 2008 we just did. My how things change in only 60 years…

By: RodneyB

RodneyB — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:26:00 +0000

John B. Anderson is from my hometown of Rockford IL

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