Posted by turtle at 63.79.119.1 on November 09, 2000 at 17:34:49:
In Reply to: Re: My vote got my party on the ballot. posted by Mister Gnu on November 09, 2000 at 14:36:15:
...you may want to check your facts...
"Lincoln won as a third-party candidate of a brand new party. Jefferson won in a three-way race too close to call -- it had to be decided by Congress. Washington didn't even belong to a party, and Teddy Roosevelt, after succeeding a slain President and serving another term, became so disgusted with the "two" parties he formed his own third party and came in second, beating the Republican, William Howard Taft!"
(Michael Moore)
So, yeah, Roosevelt didn't win as a third party, but he did realize that the two-party system was inadequate.
-turtle