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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.

From my own personal experience, I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters. All of them voted for Perot in '92 except me that went for Bush Sr. If it weren't for Perot being in the mix I believe they would have voted for Bush Sr. too. I think it was the "read my lips" mantra of the left combined with a desire for any change that made them vote for Perot..they wanted to see D.C. get cleaned up and Perot was talking the talk.

However, I am the only "true" conservative in the family,I am both fiscally and socially conservative where they are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. So, just from my little laboratory family experiment, I would say that it was not the "principled" conservatives that left Sr. flapping in the wind in '92, more likely those disgruntled moderates...sorry to burst your bubble ;-)

My bubble?

You believe that the truism in your microcosm is the absolute truth in the real world.

Look around you, I'm not the one making the claim that "us true conservatives deserted Daddy Bush in '92"...talk to those making the claim.

You can very easily identify them, they are the ones saying that they are "true conservatives" and that they are deserting Bush II.

I also voted for Bush in '92. Clinton? I'm in, I'm out, I'm in Perot? Nope, it was Bush. I even voted next to the bottom of the barrel in '96. Then I started asking myself how low the party would go? After looking at what had just happened, I checked out.