If not for Perot, there would have been no President Clinton.
I could say the same about Nader, but with no President Clinton there probably would have been a different GOP Nominee in 2000.
It's that Space Time Continuum thingy, or is it that Butterfly Effect thingy? Glad you're here Norm. You keep my Blood Pressure up and I think I do the same for you. LOL I love the internet.
Without the GOP pushing their guy that lied to us and expected us to vote for him again, there would have been no Perot.
/johnny
No, I get the point. But you are making the wrong point. My point is that to say “A vote for X is really a vote for Y” is a false premise. But people keep saying it over and over. Clinton benefited by Perot’s votes because of the dynamics of the race - IE Perot split the vote. That is not arguable. But to say ‘A vote for...’ is incorrect and is an incorrect excuse people waste time bandying around.
Semantics? No, just fact. Clinton would never gotten any of the Perot votes.