PUBLIC FORUM : PEROT: SOME '92 BACKERS ARE FAITHFUL; OTHERS AREN'T.Of course Perot is building an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties. This truly dedicated American, who has worked and earned his way into a fortune, can prove to anyone who truly listens to him that our country is in deep serious economic trouble. One needs only to look at the records of the Democrats and the Republicans and their continuous partisan squabbles to realize that their motivations are entirely political with disregard for the future of future generations. Anyone who accuses him of selfish motivations is an idiot. He works continuously. If it were not for him in 1992, some of the important issues would never have been considered by either party. He could sit back and enjoy a leisurely life with the best of everything. If he were elected, he wouldn't even take a salary to serve the nation. Many of those he would have selected to help him in the White House probably would have worked for a dollar a year. Our past politicians are always there when they need you. Politicians, like diapers, should be changed often - and for the same reason. In 1992 one poll determined that Perot would have received 40 percent of the vote if people had voted their consciences and weren't brainwashed brain·wash tr.v. brain·washed, brain·wash·ing, brain·wash·es To subject to brainwashing. n. The process or an instance of brainwashing. into thinking that he had no chance of winning. God bless Ross Perot H. Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot and his dedication to help American survive what is indeed coming. We all know we are heading toward an economic disaster. Real businessmen are the only ones qualified to solve such problems. Who is better than Perot? If we listen to what he has to say, he can and will win the election. - Max M. Feibelman Sherman Oaks The last time Perot pulled his wagon into town, he sold a multitude of people a bill of goods bill of goods n. pl. bills of goods 1. A consignment of items for sale. 2. Informal A plan, promise, or offer, especially one that is dishonest or misleading: "The salesman himself . that wound up being pots and pans with holes in them and patented medicine that was no good. In the old days those guys were called carpetbaggers carpetbaggers, epithet used in the South after the Civil War to describe Northerners who went to the South during Reconstruction to make money. Although regarded as transients because of the carpetbags in which they carried their possessions (hence the name or snake oil A product that has been proven to not live up to the vendor's marketing hype. The term comes from the 1800s in which elixirs and potions of all kinds, even ones that supposedly included the oils from snakes, were sold as a cure for everything that ailed a person. salesmen, but today they have a more sophisticated term: ``Spin doctor.'' In any case, I am not buying this year so Perot can run all he wants to as long as it's out of town. In the last election I threw away my vote on his promises and Bill Clinton got into office with a minority vote of only 42 percent. I hope my fellow constituents are not dumb enough to let that happen again. - Robert Bostick Canyon Country Over 60 percent of American voters are fed up with Republicans and Democrats. Over 40 percent of those voters said that they would have voted for Ross Perot if they thought he could win. So instead of voting their hearts, they voted against their fears. No one expects to win ``the big race'' on the first try. Now we've had a chance to let Perot's words echo in our ears for the past four years. ``Perot is electable'' if: He stays true to '92; He doesn't drop out and drop in again; The volunteers are still mad as hell; He can hold back the start of the campaign until he sees the whites of their eyes - on Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. ; He keeps to the issues and is positive - and if he doesn't run out of money. Perot is electable e·lect·a·ble adj. Fit or able to be elected, especially to public office: an electable candidate. e·lect . - ``Brodie'' Broderson Burbank I was one of the first supporters of Perot. I even set up a card table at a local market to solicit public support for him. But after watching him and listening to him these past few years, I've changed my mind about this little oracle who thinks that every statement he makes is the profound philosophy of the average voter in our country. He's an expert at political vacillation. He generalizes about every topic he's questioned about and seems to avoid specifics. He loves to be the center of attention, but in my opinion, he's a ``Little Caesar'' in sheep's clothing who, when shorn shorn v. A past participle of shear. shorn Verb a past participle of shear Adj. 1. , would be nothing more than a lamb as president. - Earl D. Horwitz North Hills The media, including news people interviewed on talk shows, their op-ed pieces and your editorials, misplace mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. the emphasis, which you always put on the man, whether it is Perot, Richard Lamm Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm is an American politician and lawyer. He served three terms as Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975–1987) and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996. , Harry Browne Harry Browne (17 June 1933 – 1 March 2006) was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He was a U.S. Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000. , Libertarian; Paul Tsongas Paul Efthemios Tsongas (IPA pronunciation: ['sɑŋgəs]) (February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was a Presidential candidate, a United States Senator and Representative, and local politician from Massachusetts , Concord Coalition; Ralph Nader, Green Party. The fact that all these men have their supporters should steer you to the really big story - that there is a huge number of Americans whose cynicism with our present politicians, Republican and Democrat, has reached a stage of near paranoia and is seeking any alternative. Perot may have his shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
Today's government stalemate shows conclusively how badly we need new leadership - any leadership - and that's where the emphasis should be, not on the man. - Stewart East Saugus In the last election I voted for Ross Perot, thinking that he had the guts, the know-how and the integrity to run this country in a new and prosperous direction. But when he dropped out of the race, that really let a lot of people down, and put a bad taste in their mouths. I felt that I threw my vote away, like it was a vote for Bill Clinton. So this time I'm holding my nose and voting for Bob Dole. I sure would like to see some candidates on both sides that have some new ideas and some fire in their guts to get this country back on its feet and run down a straight and narrow road to recovery. - Norman Floyd Castaic Laugh folks - go ahead and laugh because your local newspaper tells you too. Laugh, they say, because Ross Perot is back. Well, many of you now recognize what you did not understand in 1993 and 1994 when Perot warned you about the North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. and the World Trade Organization. When you receive your pink slip from your boss or when your local newspaper prints a funny cartoon about Ross, ask yourself the following questions: 1. Was NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's , GATT See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. GATT See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), former specialized agency of the United Nations. It was established in 1948 as an interim measure pending the creation of the International Trade Organization. ) or the WTO See World Trade Organization. designed to bypass the 13th Amendment or our Constitution (slavery) and replace our slaves and the slave plantations of our past with new slaves and slave plantations in Third World countries? Have the CEOs of our modern multinational corporations replaced the slave master of the past who used blood and sweat to fill his coffers with gold? Were these trade treaties really initiated to destroy our trade unions or to reduce the size of our middle class by sending our jobs to Third World countries? Remember folks, Ross warned us and we were ordered to laugh Go look in the mirror folks - do you see anything funny?! - T.B. Tuso Rancho Vista All Perot is building is a dead end that ensures Clinton's re-election. His Reform Party must be an instrument for serving his own ambition. What can he be hoping to accomplish? We all know where George Bush's votes went in the 1992 presidential election. The main issue that Perot addresses is the federal deficit. Yes, this is a huge problem that is in need of attention, but there are a lot of other issues in need of attention, too. Do we really want an indecisive in·de·ci·sive adj. 1. Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager. 2. Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle. businessman to act as president of our country and have the power to make such critical decisions? I don't think so. I have to ask, is this party he has formed truly an alternative to the two parties or simply a ploy in favor of the Democratic Party? - Shannon G. Carlisi Calabasas Perot's Reform Party can go nowhere without his millions. No Reform Party official is busy with fund raising. Everyone knows Perot is calling the shots in 1996. A real third party could make Clinton and Dole sit up and take notice, but we'll all have to wait until we can change our election-financing laws. - Leonard Shapiro Tarzana Ross Perot is like a bottle of hydrogen peroxide hydrogen peroxide, chemical compound, H2O2, a colorless, syrupy liquid that is a strong oxidizing agent and, in water solution, a weak acid. It is miscible with cold water and is soluble in alcohol and ether. - once exposed over time it loses its potency. So too with Ross. He had his chance and ducked out of the competition. He is much like Jesse Jackson, another loud-mouth popinjay pop·in·jay n. A vain, talkative person. [Middle English, parrot, from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo or Old Provençal papagai, both from Arabic who also chose not to compete. Each of these has-beens can't resist the chance to be on camera and to mouth off. Very few people other than those in the media really take them seriously. The truth is, no party can satisfy citizens on every issue: abortion, taxes, welfare, for example. Perot recognized that there would be fall-over of the dissatisfied, and with all his money decided to have fun and play a political hand or two. Hence the Reform Party. It is a joke, just like the Rainbow Coalition with Jesse Jackson running up and down the streets yelling racism - that is, when he is not yelling Hymie. Clearly, both groups are used as instruments to promote personal ambition. - Judd C. Kramer Woodland Hills |
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