Re: Memes Meta-Memes and Politics 1 of 3 (1988, updates 2002)

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@cogeco.ca)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 04:51:40 GMT

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    At 10:18 PM 13/02/02 -0500, "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
      wrote:

    >>From: Keith Henson <hkhenson@cogeco.ca>

    snip

    >>I guess it would have been the election of 1988, or possibly 1992, not
    >>sure. In any case it was the year Harry Browne was running for VP on the
    >>Libertarian ticket.
    > From http://www.lp.org/campaigns/pres
    >
    >1988 had Ron Paul as presidential candidate and Andre Marrou as vice
    >presidential candidate
    >
    >1992 has Andre Marrou as P and Nancy Lord as VP
    >
    >1996 had Harry Browne as P and Jo Jorgensen as VP
    >
    >2000 had Harry Browne as P and Art Oliver as VP
    >
    >Thus, it was neither 1988 nor 1992 and Browne was a *presidential*
    >candidate in 1996 and 2000.

    Ah! I should have looked there myself. It was Andre Marrou, not Harry
    Browne who had the interest in memes. I am almost certain it was 1988.

    Thank you!

    Keith Henson

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