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The website for the Bob Dole/Jack Kemp campaign for the Presidency in 1996 is still online, and has never been taken down. Dole Kemp '96
Interestingly, its crudeness and lack of sophistication show how much our culture, our politics, and certainly technology have changed in 19 years. Nowadays, no major party candidate even for Congress would have such a rudimentary website, much less a major party presidential campaign. Even fringe of the fringe groups like the Progressive Labor Party have more sophisticated websites than this, let alone GOP and Dem candidates. Things really, really have changed.
That the site is still online is one more sign of the never say die fighting spirit of Bob Dole.
There are still some absentee ballots from Americans who were living on Guam at the time of the election. They were put on a ship for delivery to the counting center in the US, but the ship was lost in a gale. Salvage operations have been very difficult but divers think that they may be able to retrieve the ballots within the next decade or two.
Meanwhile the 90 year old Dole isn't going to give up as long as there is a chance.
And if he does win the '96 election, it will spare the nation the whole sorry Lewinsky saga.
The website for the Bob Dole/Jack Kemp campaign for the Presidency in 1996 is still online, and has never been taken down. Dole Kemp '96
Interestingly, its crudeness and lack of sophistication show how much our culture, our politics, and certainly technology have changed in 19 years. Nowadays, no major party candidate even for Congress would have such a rudimentary website, much less a major party presidential campaign. Even fringe of the fringe groups like the Progressive Labor Party have more sophisticated websites than this, let alone GOP and Dem candidates. Things really, really have changed.
Remember, web capabilities were lower and Internet access wasn't really ubiquitous for another two or three years.
I always liked Bob Dole. Read his autobiography some time ago. Wounded badly in Italy in WW2, the story of his recovery is amazing. He would have made a good president.
Remember, web capabilities were lower and Internet access wasn't really ubiquitous for another two or three years.
Indeed, some sources say as few as 15% of Americans were online in 1996, and those numbers would be even lower for nearly every other country. Not to mention they probably are including BBSes and other proto-Internet tech along with the Internet itself.
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