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(Vanity) Imagine it's Tue, Nov 3, 1992 - Bush or Perot?
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Posted on 12/03/2018 11:08:16 AM PST by JonPreston

Given the fullness of time, who would you vote for today?


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1 posted on 12/03/2018 11:08:16 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

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.


2 posted on 12/03/2018 11:10:34 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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hehehe... Perot... for the hat-trick.

we see what the deep state was doing then... nearly drove perot crazy.

hehehe


3 posted on 12/03/2018 11:12:53 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Perot would have never run if Bush hadn’t turned out to be a flop.


4 posted on 12/03/2018 11:12:58 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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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.


5 posted on 12/03/2018 11:14:18 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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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.


6 posted on 12/03/2018 11:15:34 AM PST by toast
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To: JonPreston
"Read my lips" or "giant sucking sound?"

-PJ

7 posted on 12/03/2018 11:16:57 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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My goodness... it was just last week.


8 posted on 12/03/2018 11:16:57 AM PST by OKSooner (Whatever happened to, "The midterms are safe."?)
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To: JonPreston

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).


9 posted on 12/03/2018 11:18:21 AM PST by JonPreston
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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.


10 posted on 12/03/2018 11:20:02 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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Perot hated Bush with a white hot burning hatred. The kind that only a truly vindictive soul can conjure.

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.

11 posted on 12/03/2018 11:20:54 AM PST by OKSooner (Whatever happened to, "The midterms are safe."?)
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To: toast

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...)


12 posted on 12/03/2018 11:21:57 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: JonPreston

Time is full? Is this a problem?


13 posted on 12/03/2018 11:21:59 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Yes, it's a Cold Civil War with Socialists. They don't have the stomach for a hot one.)
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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.


14 posted on 12/03/2018 11:23:05 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: toast

Ditto


15 posted on 12/03/2018 11:23:22 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: toast

> 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?


16 posted on 12/03/2018 11:27:21 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Perot.

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.

17 posted on 12/03/2018 11:28:58 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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Ross "I'm in. No, I'm out, No, I'm back in again." Perot? He was a flake. And Billy Jeff is a crook and a rapist and a communist. And that leaves us with George NWO Bush.

I chose Bush. I won't attempt to second-guess myself.

18 posted on 12/03/2018 11:31:27 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: JonPreston

Andre Marrou


19 posted on 12/03/2018 11:32:39 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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I would have voted for Perot if the election in 1992 had been held on July 1st. He dropped out of the race in mid-July, and when he re-entered the race on October 1st I figured he was just a fraud from top to bottom.

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." :-)

20 posted on 12/03/2018 11:36:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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