Bushism is the home of compassionate conservatism. No, thanks. That’s just liberalism in drag. And, yes, I voted Perot.
Perot was in cahoots with the Clintons. He was a major participant in the development of Hillarycare, and stood to profit from it. Crony capitalism writ large.
What did Bush in was “No new taxes. Okay, new taxes.”
May 2016.
Poppy Bush is evil.
Bush lost because he sucked.
Boosh and Perot, two worthess turds floating in the same sewage treatment pond! Just wished I’d had the benefit of “the Trump enlightenment” back then. This country has been so poorly served by the GOPe I’m amazed things aren’t worse than they are.
1992 was GHWB’s to win or lose. And he did.
His ‘read my lips’ did permanent damage to his future candidacy.
He didn’t mount much of a campaign. Even the newsies were wondering why? After he lost the election, a newsie asked him why he didn’t really start campaigning until just a couple of weeks before the election. He responded that he was the incumbent and thought he would win because of that. The falling poll numbers just before the election forced him to start campaigning.
Bush uttered the words, “ New World Order.” That sent shivers down my spine. He saved a dictatorial monarchy, Kuwaiti, from a pan Arabist dictator. He also saved the Saudis from Sadaam. The world would have been better off had he left both alone. The Bushs are millstones around our necks.
Those who fail to understand that a presidential election campaign is a dynamic process tend to compose semi-literate vanity posts. Unreadable.
But then Perot got really weird - he dropped out of the race, declaring that he had saved the Democrat Party from destruction...only to reenter a few weeks later. What a nut case!
I voted for Bush in 1992. 20% of America voted for Perot. My belief is that these 20% believed that Perot was more conservative that Bush, and pro-American.
If Perot had never run for President, most of that 20% would have voted for Bush as the lesser of two evils. Despite Bush being a GOPe, we would not be in the mess we are today if he had won.
Perot did not steal the election. Look at the polling in 1992: Bush led when Perot was in the race. He hardly moved when Perot dropped out but Clinton rose a lot.
Perot disproportionately took votes from Clinton.
The Bush family rise was also the rise of the uniparty.
No Bush(s) no uniparty.
The uniparty has to be defeated in 2016.
Perot helped elect Clinton. No doubt about it.
‘Ole Ross did manage to get his own private International airport out of the deal. Something daddy Bush had shot down.
June 4-8----- Perot 39%, Clinton 27%, Bush 31%
11/92--------- Perot 19%, Clinton 43%, Bush 37%
His VP pick, and that made-up threat to his daughter(when it looked like he had an actual chance to win in a 3-way race), showed he was not a serious candidate, he just wanted to muck up the works.
Politics(on both sides of the aisle)have become nothing but a cesspool ever since, enriching themselves while morally and financially putting America into the toilet. They are ALL playing us for suckers.
Bush was 8% to 15% behind Clinton the entire time.
Clearly pro-abortion, but personally not particularly pro-homosexual. He put his money where his mouth was when his church was fighting over women's ordination and abortion (leading to a split) but he was on board with leaving the denomination a couple of decades later when the issue was homosexual marriage and ordination. I don't have access to the numbers, but the rumor was that he ponied up his share of the $7.8 million exit fee.