Posted on 12/03/2018 11:08:16 AM PST by JonPreston
Given the fullness of time, who would you vote for today?
They were both horrible losers. Perot was even worse than Bush. For that reason I voted for Bush, and would do so again—with great regret.
hehehe... Perot... for the hat-trick.
we see what the deep state was doing then... nearly drove perot crazy.
hehehe
Perot would have never run if Bush hadn’t turned out to be a flop.
In 1992 I was already convinced that Perot was in it to help Clinton (or rather the Democrat) get elected. People may not recall this but he got out of the race at one point citing that the Democrats had got their act together but got back in when he figured they were falling apart and those were the things he said to explain himself. I viewed Perot with deep suspicion. I could NEVER have voted for Perot as a consequence.
People say it was because Perot hated Bush but I suspect that he may have done the same for most Republicans of the time. He was in it to elect the Democrat.
I voted for Perot. What I ended up with was Clinton.
After that I vowed to never vote for a third party candidate for the rest of my life.
-PJ
My goodness... it was just last week.
To answer my own question, I voted for Bush but today I’d vote for Perot. NAFTA was a killer (I know Clinton signed it but the baton was handed to him by Bush & fellow globalists).
I voted for Perot, and would probably do so again. Especially if it might help the GOP to get a clue about choosing candidates. They only put up Reagan 8 years earlier because they had to.
Had something to do with a big land deal down on the Houston area when Houston International Airport was being built.
Only reasonable way for Perot to avenge his getting screwed over by Poppy was to run for President and screw Poppy, and the whole country over with Clinton.
If you're lurking, Perot, screw you.
I had the same experience and came to the same conclusion. I can imagine exceptions but have never seen one. (I would have voted for Trump if he’d run third party...)
Time is full? Is this a problem?
I had a coworker who was strongly for Clinton and another coworker who was strongly for Perot.
I talked to both of them to find out their reasons for strongly supporting these two candidates.
My coworker who supported Clinton wanted free stuff from the government.
My coworker who supported Perot had no reason why he supported Perot.
Ditto
> I voted for Perot. What I ended up with was Clinton. <
Same here. There’s got to be a way to reform this so that we keep the Electoral College, but minimize the damage done by spoilers.
To take down Trump in 2020 all the Dem’s need do is find - and fund - a “moderate conservative” to run as an independent. John Kasich, maybe?
Don't forget his running mate, though: James Bond Stockdale...a warrior / philosopher who was one of America's greatest heroes.
Now that's a Beat Army ticket.
I chose Bush. I won't attempt to second-guess myself.
Andre Marrou
If you forced me to pick a candidate right now I would probably vote for GHWB again today -- with no illusions about what I was getting. More likely, I would have written in a silly name like "Ronald McDonald" ... or even something more outlandish like "Donald Trump." :-)
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