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> They allowed a third party candidate in a general debate I was only eight years old at the time, but I remember watching that debate specifically because it
by LyndsySimon 7y ago
> They allowed a third party candidate in a general debate
I was only eight years old at the time, but I remember watching that debate specifically because it was a big deal that he was on the stage. To eight-year-old me, that was history in the making.
Thinking back, I was a pretty weird kid. I also vividly remember pretending I was asleep until my grandparents went to bed, then sneaking back to the living room and turning on the TV to watch the news during the Operation Desert Storm (Jan 1991) and the Ruby Ridge standoff (March 1993). I was seven and nine years old for those events, respectively. We didn't even have cable, so I was flipping between infomercials on the three channels we got over the air and trying to catch reruns of the news.
- chaoticmass 7y agoWhen I was 7 at the time I had a killer Ross Perot impression that my family thought was hilarious. But yeah, I remember those times well and I remember my grand parents actually really liked him as a candidate.
- tclancy 7y agoSimilar childhood here: at a little under 5 I watched the 1980 election, rooting for the third-party candidate[0] because I thought he was Orville Redenbacher[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Anderson [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Redenbacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Redenbacher
- godshatter 7y agoI would probably have voted for Orville Redenbacher without even knowing what his politic leanings are.