What if Ross Perot were to have run today instead of in 1992?

[mtnsnake]

I'm not at all promoting him in any way what so ever, but I wonder if he would've made even more of an impact in today's political scene than when he ran 14 years ago.

Let's face it. According to what the polls say, most people are fed up with both parties, especially the Republicans. However, while they've had it with Republicans, many of the fence sitters are just as worried that Democrats still have no identity of their own because it appears that they are just sitting back hoping that Republicans lose all by themselves.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that unless Democrats start taking full advantage of the situation and start pouncing on Bush the way Arlen Specter does from time to time, and then some, another Ross Perot billionaire is gonna come along. Only this time the sheeple might go for it in a much bigger way.

Our people are way too careful. Here they've got every excuse in the world to make some incredibly loud noise about Bush, yet the best they can do is give us that tired old crap about how Bush "mislead" us, when they should be shouting out loud that Bush and his minions are all corrupt and they all belong in jail, period, and in those exact words and not in some wussified political jargon.

Unless our Democrats start standing up with a unified voice about how corrupt this country is, some Ross Perot type person is gonna come along and beat us to the punch.

[napi21]

1. Today he would still have the advantage of being an outsider,

and that he really seems to tell it like it is! I think he or someone like him would still have a good following because those are qualities most voters want. As far as his ties to the business community, I think he'd still attract more Pubs, becasue the real ones don't think Shrub did a good job. They like the tax cuts, but hate the bigger gov't, overspending, and the spying thing.

I wouldn't worry about Ross anymore. He's TOO OLD! I really don't know if there's another one like him out there or not!

[Raster]

2. And you know, someone else beating the *Dems* to the punch may not be such

a bad idea. Someone's gotta come along and slap the 'Murcan public out of their complacency. *MOST* of the Dems are fat and happy and feed at the same trough. I would welcome a good third party candidate.

[mtnsnake]

3. What's really sad is that Arlen Specter has been beating us to the punch

It's not so much that he's saying what he's saying because he believes in it so much, it's that he knows that as long as a Repuke stands up to Bush it gives other repukes an excuse to continue voting for future repukes instead of voting for Democrats who are saying virtually NOTHING.

[BR_Parkway]

4. I voted for Ross - and still remember him discussing the "giant sucking

sound" of all our jobs being outsourced.

He may not have been Mr Personality, but he did start with nothing and wind up a billionaire - and as far as I recall, he did it more or less on his own, not because of insider stocks, daddy's connections or no bid government contracts. Takes a few brains at least to accomplish that.

If our Dems don't start sounding like that about the corruption - then maybe it's time for another outsider to come along and lead us all out of the wilderness.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. The country IS ready for a third party

It woudl be uggly for boty leading parties