# "Don't blame me, I did'nt vote for him" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183 "2013-07-22T12:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/1 "2013-07-22T12:54:47Z")
Painted in huge neat letters on the back of a pickup truck I saw yesterday. I think it’s perfect. My guess is that the owner and his friends are all unaware of how “didn’t” is supposed to be spelled. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/2 "2013-07-22T13:02:03Z")
If I may steal a quote: “Another child left behind…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/3 "2013-07-22T13:14:18Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Painted in huge neat letters on the back of a pickup truck I saw yesterday. I think it’s perfect. My guess is that the owner and his friends are all unaware of how “didn’t” is supposed to be spelled. I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the owner of the pickup truck doesn’t really care. excavating (for a mind) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/4 "2013-07-22T13:23:20Z")
Was that phrase in use before Watergate and the “Don’t Blame Me, I’m from Massachusetts” bumper stickers? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/5 "2013-07-22T13:57:49Z")
Yes, because Massachusetts was the only state that went for McGovern (along with DC) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/6 "2013-07-22T14:11:07Z")
That’s when the stickers became popular, but was that when the phrase _originated_? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/7 "2013-07-22T14:31:53Z")
Well, he tried. It could have been “dint”. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/8 "2013-07-24T03:23:26Z")
Message on the rear window of a truck I was behind today: R.I.P. U.S.A. 1776 - 2008 Yup, the Bush administration killed it off before Obama could even get into office, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/9 "2013-07-24T05:45:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, he tried. It could have been “dint”. I haven’t seen it written, but have heard “dint’d”. I used to be quite an evangelist for the apostrophe, but I’ve since mellowed with age. Like the people sitting at the light across from you who only signal that they are turning left when it goes green, at least they recognize that something is supposed to happen here, even if they aren’t sure what or why. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/10 "2013-07-24T11:05:31Z")
Clearly the political views and interests of people who misplace apostrophes do not deserve to be taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/11 "2013-07-24T12:24:23Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Clearly the political views and interests of people who misplace apostrophes do not deserve to be taken seriously. Yes! Thank you! Somebody who gets it! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/12 "2013-07-24T12:32:59Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Clearly the political views and interests of people who misplace apostrophes do not deserve to be taken seriously. Clearly the views of anyone who actually **paints** a juvenile political message on their vehicle does not deserve to be take seriously. Apostrophe aside. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/13 "2013-07-24T13:36:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That’s when the stickers became popular, but was that when the phrase _originated_? I would bet that “don’t blame me, I voted for the other guy,” was created shortly after the first election ever held. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/14 "2013-07-24T15:02:44Z")
I wonder if [THIS](http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/gospeldrivenchurch/files/2013/02/get-a-brain-morans.jpg) is the same guy? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-blame-me-i-didnt-vote-for-him/664183/15 "2013-07-24T18:30:11Z")
August, 1974. Backpacking in the Sierras for a week, I parked my car at the trailhead, adorned with the **Don’t Blame Me- I Voted For McGovern** bumpersticker. (Bear in mind that McGovern won only ONE state in the presidential election, and many democrats felt vindicated by Nixon’s deliciously drawn-out disgrace so soon thereafter.) Anyway- a week later I get back to my car and find that someone had used a rock to scrape the word “Don’t” off of the bumper. I enjoyed the illogical absurdity of the angry pro-Nixon vandalism, and left the damage as is for quite a while. .