Was Ross Perot Right
During the 1992 presidential race, Ross Perot had an opinion on NAFTA. Was he right?
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TexChik · F
When I was first starting out, I liked to go eat lunch at a BBQ place not far from my office. I saw him in there eating lunch and thought what a small world. Then another time it was really busy and I was sitting at a table eating my BBQ and reading a file when he excused himself and asked if he could sit with me because all the seats were filled. I of course said yes and moved my purse. He introduced himself, and I told him I knew who he was; we then had a nice conversation. He never went anywhere without security. He was a very nice man.
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Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
Ross Perot did not win in '92 but his economic plans and his 30 minute speeches to the American people did resonate with a good amount of American and independent thinking voters. George Bush would have easily won that election with an 89% approval following the Gulf War but he was done in by the '92 recession and the fact that he broke his "No new taxes" pledge.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@Barefooter25 I think his high water mark was 19% in Kansas. I think Bush had squandered the end the cold war and blew a super chance to move the entire world to a new era that wasn't based on east-west distrust, than his reasoning for invading Panama sounded too contrived to justify invading a heavily populated city.
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
@Heartlander Since he was already in Panama with all those forces, he had a great opportunity to snatch the Panama Canal while arresting Noriega. Another squandered opportunity.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
Yep. As I remember, he referred to it as as a swishing sound as the great US wealth gets siphoned off. And predicted a future US economy where we do one another's laundry.
A drive by most strip malls 25+ years later and what we typically see is a massage parlor, a hair dresser, a tanning salon, coffee shop and a few closed store fronts.
A drive by most strip malls 25+ years later and what we typically see is a massage parlor, a hair dresser, a tanning salon, coffee shop and a few closed store fronts.
nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@DavidT8899 That entire election cycle gave voters no good choices. Bush was out of touch, the Clintons were crooks and Perot was out in right field talking to himself.
Lee Atwater put Bush in the White House for one term, he could have put anyone in the White House, but Bush was on his own for a 2nd try, and he had wasted Atwater's achievement by trying too hard to accommodate Democrats.
Lee Atwater put Bush in the White House for one term, he could have put anyone in the White House, but Bush was on his own for a 2nd try, and he had wasted Atwater's achievement by trying too hard to accommodate Democrats.
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
@Heartlander That and openly supported the New World Order with a one world government. That should have been a reg flag and a warning of how politically toxic that whole family is.
BizSuitStacy · M
nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
@BizSuitStacy Absolutely correct
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@BizSuitStacy was it Perot or was it Bush’s cave on taxes after having run on a “read my lips” slogan? My own thinking was and is tha it was more Bush that accounted for the Clinton win. Perot lost it all with his pick of a VP candidate and became a non issue.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
4meAndyou · F
I voted for him, so I thought so at the time...☺☺☺