Posted on 07/13/2019 5:57:41 AM PDT by texas_mrs
This week, the nation remembers Ross Perot for his success in business, his two independent White House bids and his no-nonsense, straight Texas talk. His love of country, larger-than-life personality and generosity are all part of his legacy that will live on. But there is another little-known part of the life of Ross Perot that should be told now that he is gone. He was a tireless, but private, supporter of our wounded veterans. During my time as governor of this great state, I had the honor and privilege of knowing countless warriors who stepped forward to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan and returned home with horrific wounds of war. U.S. Army Cpl. Alan Babin Jr. is one such hero. While serving in Iraq in 2003 as a medic in the 82nd Airborne, Alan was shot in the abdomen while tending to a fallen comrade. While Alan survived his injury, he faced a long and difficult road to recovery, complicated by the onset of meningitis and a stroke-induced coma that left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. On the one-year anniversary of his wounding, I joined Alan and his family for a small gathering. He was still in very bad shape, neurologically and physically incapacitated. When I asked his mother, Rosie, what I could do to help, she said she was eager to get him out of the hospital and back home, but struggling with the prospect of transporting Alan to his many medical visits.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
It would have been better if people would have dumped read my lips kiss my hips and voter for Ross!
Well, I bow to your all-around goodness, Ol’ Dan.
Obviously, I have no business even assuming to make any comments.
I don't remember it being fairly good nor an excess of optimism. Might have just been my life at the time ... Bankruptcy, divorce, homelessness and living out of my truck at rest stops and Walmart parking lots.
I voted for Ross.
Bawb Dull was the cream? Juan Mc Stain?
It's been a rigged game since I started voting in the early 80s.
Perot and Trump were and are not globalist stooges on the puppet stage show.
Very nice post.
Trump won against the rigged primaries.
As I said, Perot should have taken that route.
Running as an independent, Perot ran afoul of the weirdness that infects American politics ... only the establishment elite are able to serve as President. Everyone else is a Socialist/Green/Communist/Whacko nutjob.
President Trump is running afoul of the same rule. Trump won as a Republican but the rest of “his” party is hardly loyal and stalwart. (In fact, I’m willing to bet that Trump’s party would string him up if given the chance.)
And that is a pity. Both “major” parties SUCK and they scratch each other’s back so much that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. I mean, how can the only “legitimate” candidates be the same assholes who have been screwing us for decades on end? How can Biden even show his face in public after being part of the PROBLEM since the 1970s?
I would love to see independent third-party candidates get a decent shot at the brass ring. Perot definitely sucked votes away from the Republican and let Billy C steal the win. But what if we had actually given him a chance?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.