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The legacy of those "principled conservatives" who broke from the GOP in 1992 to stand by their convictions, will forever be known as the Clinton presidency.

Wrong-o.

First of all, look at the candidate. A chump. Then look at the campaign. A joke. Yeah, I held my nose and voted against clinton.And look at what happened.

Don't blame Perot. He didn't ruin Bush's campaign, Bush did. Perot didn't "take" votes from anyone. If Bush was a real candidate with real issues and ran a real campaign he would have earned votes instead of simply relying on brand-name loyalty to win.

When are some of you going to quit making lame excuses and realize that the 92 campaign was either one of the most lame efforts ever and quit blaming others or realize that Bush took a dive to let clinton get elected. That Mena cocaine connection isn't all tin-foil stuff, you know.

When are some of you going to quit making lame excuses and realize that the 92 campaign was either one of the most lame efforts ever ....

Not to quibble, but that Dole '96 campaign was no great shakes either. We conservatives got stuck with "Hey, It's My Turn" when there actually was a shot at getting rid of Clinton for a second term. A different man running might have stood a better chance at defeating the crook.

Yep, the '92 non-campaign was only barely better than the '96 non-campaign. Dole was a soft pitch to Clinton. It looked as though the RNC rummaged through their closets and found the absolute worst candidate they could find to run against Clinton.

Maybe Dole was meant to attract the cemetery vote, who can say? One thing's for sure: he was the republican most likely to lose an election that year.