[EGPWS]

It is analogous to Wallace supporters in 1968, who damned near gave us Humphrey instead of Nixon.

Analogous, perhaps to Perot who created the slide downward with and via disdain for GHWB only to give us Schlickmiester/Hitlery which only promoted what transpired this election cycle.

[mwl8787]

yes, an even better analogy.

still agonizing and infuriating that people can be so damned stupid

[fhayek]

So in a warped and convoluted way, Perot gave us Obama. (That, and the Republicans, oddly enough, did not field a candidate)