--(the last time I saw the most vociferous one of those that I had known, he was looking for the Lawrence County jail in Deadwood, SD so he could go serve time for his traffic offenses)—
Perot had some good qualities - he fought for POWs, he loved this country, and he talked about NAFTA and the budget. I think he really is a good man, but deeply unPresidential. He should have realized Bush was a better man than Clinton. He ended up electing a damaged man, unfit for office.
The problem with Obama is he is a cypher - people just see what they want to see. If he really went all out and talked policy, things would change. He also has a thin skin, and is a bit foolish on foreign policy, among other things. When he talks of bringing the country together, if he was called on it, it would be to get Repubs to bend to liberalism. In some ways, he may be more bad for the country than Hillary. She’s less opaque.