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graycalhoo

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I still remember laughing at the Time magazine cover w/ Perot's pic


Underneath his picture was just one word: Quitter

Perot shut down his campaign after the famous "You people . . ." comment while talking to a group, many of whom were African American. Still, Perot got back into the race a little later and well, he did get like 20% of the vote. And that was with Admiral Stockton as his VP candidate . . . what an interesting debater he was.

Historians say his 3rd party candidacy probably didn't effect the outcome, for what that' worth. I kinda a disagree with that theory since many of those who voted for him were pretty fiscally conservative and worried about the rising national debt. On the other hand, many union workers liked Perot because he was against NAFTA - "That giant sucking sound you hear are American jobs going to Mexico."

That was a fun election. In hindsight, it's a real shame HW lost in his final campaign . . . he deserved better.
[Post edited by graycalhoo at 12/01/2018 6:20PM]

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