[DeathTaxesNoles]

What made you vote or not vote for Ross Perot back in 1992 and 1996? He had a legit chance and breaking the two party stranglehold. I was too young to vote then but I know my dad did.

[xJones]

Ross is a billionaire who hated George Bush Sr. and put on a good show and he fooled millions of people into thinking he was a legitimate third party choice. He wasn't, he was a flake, and we received Clinton for eight years as a result.

[aimhigh]

Perot just stole votes from Republicans. Is this post a fishing trip for the Kerry camp?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Prime reason: I didn't like Bush's apparent coziness w/the UN and internationalists. And I hated Clinton, even then. Not only was he a Dem but I just knew he was a scumbag (I've seen enough asses like him even before that); immediately stories started surfacing about this nobody from ARK. which didn't make it any better.

Plus I wasn't overly happy about Bush's flimsiness both w/the taxes, and not pushing thru all the way on Iraq. (Which was more show of how he was too willing to acquiesce to international opinion.)

Perot was a smart business man w/reasonable values and still had that American spirit (i.e., love for the country instead of hatred like Dems). Heck, he funded a rescue mission to 1 of those Moslem hell-holes for American hostages. (I can never remember which 1 it was, tho!)

[Lakeshark]

This is from my older brother who voted for Perot the first time:

I believed Perot had the business savvy and was a good alternative to what seemed like a RINO in GHWB. He talked a good game and I thought we needed a change.

After the election it became apparent I got change......it was a whole lot worse than most of us who voted for Perot wanted or thought could happen. I actually believed it couldn't get worse than George HW Bush.

It didn't take long to realize what a fool I had been. Duped by Perot, who seemingly only held some kind of a personal grudge against Bush............I got Clinton. Anyone who thinks he did better than Bush would have needs to be, in the very least, psychoanalyzed.

[newsmeat.com]

You all may find this interesting (I do):

Ross Perot campaign contributions (1997-2004)