It was thirty years ago today that the pivotal political event of my lifetime so far – the 1980 Presidential Election – took place.
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Shot in the Dark
Cranking Open The Big Brass Nozzle Of Truth Since 2002
That was the first and only time my dad ever voted for a Republican Presidential candidate. This was a man who voted Democrat in every Presidential contest since he was of age – FDR in ’42 to Jimmuh in ’76. Dad was of the generational era that thought FDR/Democrats saved the country. Although there is plenty of evidence against that, the REA did electrify the farm, anyway. But Jimmuh in 1980 was such a nasty, incompetent ass that even Dad changed his thinking, held his nose and voted for Reagan. He wound up voting for Mondull in ’84 for reasons he took to the grave not long after.
FWIW – That was FDR in ’44. Wonder if the election boards had the same trouble sending ballots to to some tiny island with just enough room for a landing strip in the Pacific then as they have sending them to Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, etc. today?