Years ago threw away my vote and voted for Perot.... we got Clinton. Because of Clinton's moral behavior and the “D” national party support of him, the switch began: the totally democrat county I moved to thirty years ago elected 100% republicans in the 2010 election. Request for ballot in this primary was 2:1 in favor of the “R”.
From not being able to field a candidate for public office in the 70—80s to having a full slate, with choices for the “R” ballot can be initially traced back to Clinton's election and culminated with BO’s win in IN.
First - voting for Perot was not ‘throwing away your vote.” You voted for the person you saw as the best candidate. The ones who “threw away their vote” were the fools who claimed they wanted Perot but the media had warned them that would be “throwing away their vote.” Second, Clinton was certainly no prize but, let’s be honest with ourselves, Bush #1 was certainly no conservative. What we had was Perot and two nearly identical candidates - one of them had an “R” behind his name but was shown to be no friend to conservatives. Bush I was the original Republican sell-out and we have been stuck with more of the same since that time.