Replies

Perot was uncomfortably similar to Donald Trump. He spoke well, he appealed to fiscal sanity, he pointed out the dangers of big government. He appeared at a time when people were unhappy with the status quo.

But he was morally unsound. Although he was a businessman, he made most of his money off of big government contracts. In other words, he was part of the big government-corporate complex, even though he pretended to criticize it.

He could not be trusted on the social or moral issues. He didn’t understand or credit the difference between moral right and wrong. Therefore he lacked basic principles.

Just about all of that is true also of Donald Trump. He has his political/business connections, including condemnations by the government of property he is interested in. He has recently briefly declared that he is pro-life and Christian, but those are empty words, with nothing to back them up, and much in the past to contradict them. He simply cannot be trusted.

What you say about the polls is true. The people in 1992 were longing for a savior to come along and rescue them from the two corrupt major parties. The big-spending Democrats and Mr. “Read my lips” Bush the promise breaker.

But Perot was not the man, as they started to realize. And neither is Trump now. It will take someone with sound, basic principles. Someone with religious beliefs that they will not go back on. Someone with a firm foundation, as well as the ability to talk and persuade. Perot and Trump are good at talking, but there is nothing beneath to anchor it.

Although many Freepers are unwilling to see it, there is one person who can lead, talk, and persuade, enough to give her a majority against the two major parties, if necessary. And she has demonstrated repeatedly that, unlike Perot or Trump, she really means what she says. She fires up every crowd that she appears in front of, she inspires loyal friends and followers, and she has a long proven record, including having once before beaten BOTH major parties in Alaska.

But Perot was not the man, as they started to realize. And neither is Trump now. It will take someone with sound, basic principles.,p> I don't think you'll ever see that great all round person in the political arena. All politicians have flaws, probably more so than the general population because the nature of the political game will repulse most people with really strong basic principals.

I'm waiting to see who declares and what issues they emphasize.

I do not believe that Perot was morally unsound. Granted, he did not advocate social conservative issues, but he was a very patriotic man and loved our nation. He had American values of hard work and a belief in right and wrong. He had complete disdain for how McCain abandoned his crippled wife (whom Perot supported when McCain was a POW) when McCain returned from Vietnam. And, I know of no one who was more involved with our POWs in Vietnam than Perot.

Perot's main problem was that he was a flake as a candidate.

I do not believe that Perot was morally unsound. Granted, he did not advocate social conservative issues, but he was a very patriotic man and loved our nation. He had American values of hard work and a belief in right and wrong. He had complete disdain for how McCain abandoned his crippled wife (whom Perot supported when McCain was a POW) when McCain returned from Vietnam. And, I know of no one who was more involved with our POWs in Vietnam than Perot.

Perot's main problem was that he was a flake as a candidate.

Excellent post. Well said.

Someone with religious beliefs that they will not go back on.

and that's really what this all about, isn't it? Who hijacked the Republican party again? Donald Trump? I don't think so. Trump is trying to unhijack it.