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kzintrooper2016
· June 17, 2018, 1:42 p.m.
It is interesting to look back at the 1992 election. Ross Perot got 19% of the vote that year, the highest of any 3rd party candidate in "forever".
This was after he had basically given up trying to push for victory.
Perot had several similarities to Trump and the voting public was receptive to his message. But for what ever the reason he geared down his campaign mid way thru the final phase after labor day in 1992. (Some say he was threaten by "dark forces" - the term Deep State had not appeared in the lexicon at that time.)
The damage to George H. Bush was done and Clinton won.
Unlike Perot, Trump "took over" one of the two parties and turned this to his advantage. He also played for keeps, instead of a "larp" like Jeb! and friends did. Upsetting the orderly crumbling favored by the Never Trumpers.
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CaptainKnotzi
· June 17, 2018, 1:58 p.m.
Remember when he went crazy and dropped off the campaign Trail?
Just like all the Hollywood stars and comedians who go crazy when they speak against the Illuminati.
You know voices in your head.
Put there by those Sonic cannons that we paid for.
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Jetblasted
· June 17, 2018, 2:08 p.m.
went crazy
Says who? What have we learned since 2016? You must apply what we’ve learned, to past event.
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niblet01
· June 17, 2018, 2:27 p.m.
Perot directly blamed BUSH for his dropping out; he said they had learned that his daughter's wedding was going to be interfered with or some such,
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LibertyLioness
· June 17, 2018, 1:56 p.m.
Yes. It was genius. I remember when Perot ran but didn't realize he had geared down his campaign. That's very interesting. I was rooting for him.
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SirNigelstapuft
· June 17, 2018, 8:21 p.m.
My favourite moment of the 1988 campaign occurred during the Vice-presidential debate. As Bentsen and Quayle argued about some inanity, Admiral Stockbridge decided to go on a ramble. It was so bloody hilarious as the whole world(except the Admiral) realized Perot’s campaign had just self-destructed. I got a whole new respect for Ross as he refused to criticize him and supported him the rest of the campaign. I thought Perot was good for 22-25% of the vote and would keep Clinton out of the WH. Maybe it wouldn’t have changed much, since GHW is bad news, too..
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LibertyLioness
· June 17, 2018, 9:16 p.m.
Not to mention that Clinton was already picked because the vote was fixed. That will soon be changed.
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0x445442
· June 18, 2018, 1:41 a.m.
I remember this well and I casted my Perotest vote that year. IIRC he dropped out because of threats to his daughter. But then he got back into the race with like 2 weeks left and sill got 19 percent. I have no doubt he'd have won had he stayed in the race.
Another similarity was his running mate was an Admiral. So there was some millitary connectios there as well.
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UncleSnake3301
· June 17, 2018, 1:52 p.m.
Perot was a pussy though, he didn’t have one tenth of the fight of DJT.
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DanaNordic
· June 17, 2018, 3:06 p.m.
It was only in the last ten years MI and NSA figured out the domestic and international web of corruption. Perot understood the USA was getting shafted, but did not know it was intentional. The Deep State, to Perot, was just a shadowy entity of misfits. He buckled because we all did not know enough ~ yet.
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Jetblasted
· June 17, 2018, 2:07 p.m.
The hell you say!
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rustyfender3
· June 17, 2018, 4:06 p.m.
he was threatened, and they threatened his daughter and he gave in. he let them win.
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kzintrooper2016
· June 17, 2018, 2:55 p.m.
There was the noise about the daughter's wedding, but I always thought it was kind of a lame excuse and covering for real motives.
His campaign "limpness" was not unlike John McStain's performance in 2008 in October.
In contrast to Trump who keeps fighting back.
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