You are missing the point. Obviously, for the flim flam to work, there has to be a reason to vote for the spoiler.
But Perot wasn't in it to win. if you voted for Perot, you de facto voted for the clintons.
I'm not advocating voting for a third party. I'm just saying that the responsibility lies with the GOP, and not with the voters. Conservatives should not become the plantation workers that blacks are for the Democrats. Hopefully, they will learn their lessons before 2008.