Quote Originally Posted by DaveStewart View Post
Well, I certainly supported and voted for ol' Ross. If he had been elected the Mexicans would still be in ol' Mexico, we would still be a major industial nation and not a service oriented nation (McDonalds hired 50,000 last week), we wouldn't be wearing clothes made in sweat shops by kids and women in China and third world countries making 7 dollars a week and working 100 hour weeks, yes, we would be paying more for them...but we would be paying americans to make them....and last but not least, we would not be wondering how many POW's we left in N. Viet Nam and Cambodia.
I voted for him too! I think I was in my 20's or so at the time...I remember some of the "older" folks at the time telling me I was "wasting" my vote, what was I thinkin', and so on. At the time he sure did seem like the best candidate in my opinion.