[sauropod]

"Third party voting brought us Clinton in '92, Clinton brought us economic recession, terrorist attacks, corporate dishonesty, sensitive miltary secrets sold to our communist enemies, and much more. I voted for Perot in '92, I'll never be pursuaded by a third party again, the consequences or too dire, as I just pointed out."

I question this.

My old man told me he was going to vote for Perot and I asked him why. He told me he was going to "send a message." I asked him what message was that? He couldn't tell me.

I doubt you could either.

Vote FOR a candidate. Make a rational decision based on what his platform is.

[dmzTahoe]

"My old man told me he was going to vote for Perot and I asked him why. He told me he was going to "send a message." I asked him what message was that? He couldn't tell me. I doubt you could either."

Your "old man" is a man of principles, and was willing to face the consequences rather than compromise those principles for short-term convenience.

Thank God our Founding Fathers were the same ilk.

[HankReardon]

I'm not sure what you are questioning? Is it whether Perot's voters would have been Bush voters if Perot was out of the race? Clinton won with only 43% of the vote. Or are you questioning that the election of Clinton led to the very bad things happening that I mentioned? When the future of mankind is in the balance, it is not the time to send messages via 3rd party votes.