As a matter of fact, I haven't liked Pat since he ran for president and have ALWAYS loathed Perot, which I completely agree with Grampa Dave about.
Nixon WAS a Conservative and hardly an INTERNATIONALIST and/or hawk.
You don't know what you're talking about Oklahoma and don't know much factual history.
Dave, I'm with you and have the same experience re family and friends. We went out to brunch today, with friends and though we weren't rowdy nor loud, we were all happily talking about Trump and the people sitting at nearby tables were all smiling at us.
A lot of the Trump platform is borrowed from Patrick J. Buchanan, excluding Buchanan’s opposition to “free trade”.
Richard Nixon was a moderate.
Warren Burger as Chief Justice
Wage and price controls
Devaluation of the dollar
Destroyed what little was left of the gold standard
The Environmental Protection Agency
The Clean Air Act
OSHA
The Philadelphia Plan of affirmative action
The Equal Rights Amendment
Pat Buchanan was a model of consistency when you compare him to Trump. He did move left after Bush became president in what I would consider an attempt to mimic Nixon twenty years earlier. I think he considered Nixon more of a role model than Reagan.
Both Buchanan and Perot tried to appeal to the protectionist elements in the labor movement by being critical or even outright opposing trade agreements.
In the circles I travel the same individuals that loved Perot also supported Buchanan later. Some of them support Trump today. I would suggest you are the exception to the rule.