I started smelling a rat in 1996 when the GOP anointed Bob Dole as the next "conservative" Republican who was going to lead us to the Promised Land. I knew Dole well enough: he was anything but a conservative.
I made my decision as I walked away from a press conference with Bob Dole back in 1996. Somehow, in that short walk from the press room to my car, I came to agree with George Washington; and I traded the "spirit of party" for the "Spirit of '76." And I've never looked back.
-Chuck Baldwin
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