Let's hear from everybody who voted for Dukakis/Bentsen in 1988.

[trogdor]

I was registered Republican at the time. Hated the Bushes as far back as 1988. So here's the poll question: What party were you affiliated with when you voted the Dukakis/Bentzen ticket in 1988?

[corkhead]

1. I only relatively recently admit to being a Democrat

but I have NEVER voted for a repuke, except once in a primary to help pick the only relative moderate 'puke among several kooks.

[Liberal Dose]

2. I still remember "Coming to America" being played at the convention.

It gave me a good feeling. :hi:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. It was the last time I didn't have to hold my nose.

[hippiechick]

4. My first election!

:applause:

[Jed Dilligan]

5. I was 14 but I hated Reagan and Bush

My parents were Democrats

[LuCifer]

19. I was 13

So yeah, I know the feeling. I turned 18 A MONTH after the 92 election, oh man I was SO pissed, but thank gods for all y'all who voted for Clinton/Gore for me!

[Flirtus]

6. I was a Tenn delegate for Dukakis, but didn't get to go -

If only we had gotten enough votes - but it made me come 'out' to my family - been on the outs with my mom since then!

[bowens43]

7. I have voted a straight Democratic ticket

in every major election since 1976.

[datadiva]

8. I went to a rally in my town with Dukakis

I remember it so well. He came through on a train and it was really cool. Like you see in old movies. I also remember GW coming through my town on a train and I did not go to that one but had to stop and wait for the train to go by. I had my hand out the window. I can't say what my finger did. LOL

[Buck Laser]

9. Unless you'd mentioned Bentsen as the VP candidate,

I wouldn't have been able to recall his name. Bentsen was my congressman when I graduated from high school, and I still have a pass to the House that he sent to all high school grads in 1953. I should have remembered his debate with Danny Quayle--"I knew Jack Kennedy. He was a friend of mine. And you're no Jack Kennedy."

[LSK]

10. i wasnt of voting age but my family voted for him

And I was rooting for Dukakis.

Clinton was the 1st President I voted for.

[madinmaryland]

11. As a life long dem, it was the only year that I did not vote straight

democrat. As I was living in CT at the time, I did vote for Lowell Weiker over Joe Lieberman. Joe came out with some nasty ads that irritated me, and I still appreciated Weiker from his Nixon impeachment days. Voted for Wieker again in 90 when he ran for gov as an independent over Rowland and the dem nominee who was some party insider.

[DearAbby]

12. I'll admit it, I voted for Dukakis/Bentsen

[TallahasseeGrannie]

13. I sat that one out

[acmavm]

14. Never ever never ever never ever voted for anyone but a dem

for president.

[FSogol]

15. I did, "I knew Jack Kennedy and you are no Jack Kennedy." n/t

[Raksha]

20. I'll never forget that debate and that line...

not just what he said, but the way he said it! That was the most perfect smackdown I've ever heard in my life.

[gollygee]

16. I campaigned for them at the college I went to

Aaah the memories

[libnnc]

17. It was the first ballot I ever cast

I had just turned 18 that September.

[WI_DEM]

18. if the ticket had been reversed Bentsen/Dukakis we would have won

Lloyd was much better in his debate than Duke was. But I voted for that ticket, of course.

[TahitiNut]

21. I couldn't even consider voting for Poppy Bush.

His repeated divisive and condescending rhetoric was appalling to me. I have never been a partisan - neither Democrat nor Republican. I regard it as a kind of moral blindness. I cannot comprehend the (so-called) Democrats who, even today, castigate and sneer at Dukakis - most often with the theme of 'bad campaign' and 'embarassment.' That's just fucking nonsense, imho.

At the same time, bigotries seem to run thick no matter what the party label one assumes - not the least of which are the regional bigotries shown by too many who ("just happen to be from Southern states") reject "Northeast Liberals."

[Sadie5]

23. I remember the word exchange

It was a moment to remember as it put Quayle in his place on national TV. I really thought that Bush/Quayle were history, even after the Willie Horton deal. I have never in my life voted for anyone other than a Democrat and at my age now, I never will change that.

[BlueManDude]

22. First vote I ever cast for anything n/t

[Captain Hilts]

24. I really liked Dukakis. He came close. I'd vote for him again. tough guy

[Jim Warren]

26. Smart too nt

[AspenRose]

25. Couldn't vote until Clinton/Gore

But I supported Dukakis/Bentsen and caught hell for it because I was attending Texas A&M at the time.

[NewJeffCT]

27. '88 was my first presidential election

I was so disappointed! I had remember picking Dukakis to win the nomination way way ahead of time, too. I'm sure my proximity to Mass helped as well...