[Snardius]

Ross Perot was one of the best things that ever happened to the Republican party.

Save me from another Perot. He was a disaster for this country. The gullible people who voted for him gave us the Clinton presidency which we will be suffering the effects of for decades. I pray that the electorate is not stupid (or idealistic) enough to repeat that mistake. I doubt we could survive another 8 years of the Clintons.

[ex-snook]

"Save me from another Perot. He was a disaster for this country. The gullible people who voted for him gave us the Clinton presidency which we will be suffering the effects of for decades."

Nah. Bush I gave us Perot when he dissed the Reagan Democrats. Perot could not have gotten all those votes on his personality. Perot got votes because voters had a choice. When the voters heard his views in the debates, Perot got votes from both majors. The majors will make sure 3rd parties never make the debates again.

[manwiththehands]

I didn't vote for Perot ... I wasn't that gullible. However, most who voted for Perot were Republicans/Independents and his message (before he went loony) of holding government accountable. We had 8 years of Clinton because we gave Clinton two VERY weak Republican opponents: HW Bush and Dole.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I doubt we could afford another 8 years of the Republicans either. Get over it. George Bush lost. He lost because the country read his lips and didn't like him. Seeing him with Bill Clinton makes my stomach churn, but does not surprise me.