"Presence, running mate"
Admiral Stockdale was a great military hero.
Who was up there on the podium with him? Dan Quayle? Al Gore? A couple of blow-dried airheads.
The derision that the country gave to Admiral Stockdale is indicative of the obsession with stage performances that people have.
I watched those debates. Admiral Stockdale did not look mentally incompetent to me at all. He looked like an irritated straight shooter standing between a couple of smarmy young blow-dried fags. When Admiral Stockdale said "I don't know what I am doing up here", I was with him. What ARE you doing up there? These two guys are spinning lies and flim-flam, and you've got nothing much to say, because common sense doesn't take a bunch of BS.
Fact is, Ross Perot was the best chance for a real third party movement to get started since Teddy Roosevelt launched the Bull Moose Party.
There is very deep and serious political disaffection in this country, particularly in the American Midwest. The Midwest is ripe for another third-party or independent candidate to come sweeping through in 2008.
The Democrats have no chance of becoming a national party representative of the broad mass of the the People. The Republicans still could, but they have to pull their heads out on the border.
LOL...
OK then, I guess you and everyone else saw two different debates. I like the former Admiral, but that was far from an impressive showing.
I'm getting the notion that you just like to argue for argument's sake. Your points make little sense and reveal that you have a very short memory.
I also think that you underestimate the importance of appearance and presence. If you truly believe that Perot had either, well, LOL..., then I just don't know what to tell ya.
You probably think that Gary Coleman could truly be a viable candidate all other things being equal.