From: METZE@uimrlm.mrl.uiuc.edu (Virginia Metze)
Subject: Re:      Re: perot
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Organization: Ginny Metze, not speaking for anyone but myself
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 02:23:17 GMT

In <01GPDE1K6P8G000989@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU> i'm writes:

# From: "Corinne R. Hillard" <32GVSR2@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
# >Perot is actually doing a very clever thing he is attempting to avoid the pain
# >and expense of running for president. Very frugal. He may say he hates governme
# >nt but he loves government contracts.
# 
# Of course, Perot could have been even *more* frugal and simply not run at all.
# Perhaps he's not really all that clever.  That, or maybe he clipped a "buy
# one presidency, get one presidency free" coupon somewhere.
# 
# Gary W. Olson, Central Michigan
#   University, class of '91   "The federal government is basically one enormous,
# SWEDE@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU  ongoing Meeting From Hell." - Dave Barry
# 35 days and counting down...

	buy one presidency, get one presidency free!  That's a bute.
	Better than 'the yellow Ross of Texas,' my previous favorite.

	But joking aside, I tend to think that Ross Perot was being
	sincere when he started out, sincere when he dropped out
	and sincere now.

	The way I read him is that he is genuinely concerned that
	America is beginning to look a lot different now, as his
	children grow old and his grandchildren begin their lives.
	There have been truly critical fundamental changes in the
	last few years; changes that have virtually destroyed
	several amendments of the constitution, have ratcheted
	down wages of the American worker to the place we are 
	not only no longer leading the world, but not even in
	the first 5, maybe first 10 countries, the business of
	America has become 'business,' we have started exporting
	our raw materials like a third world country, instead
	of adding value to them, have removed the American dream
	that the average family can own its own home, and on and on.

	I believe that is what moved him. 

	I believe what made him get out was the realization
	after the famous 'you people' comment, that he was not
	going to be able to get in there and win as he had
	promised, so he tried to cut everyone's losses.

	And I believe what made him get back in was that 
	he truly wanted to make sure that lying about the issues
	was not going to work as a campaign tactic and he did 
	not want the issue of the deficit covered up by either
	party because it is critical to what we can do to solve
	this whole mess generated by Republican greed and Democratic
	submissiveness over too many years.

I really do think it is that simple.  Now as to the timing:  Someone
indicated that this way he would not have to file certain documents (I
don't know what) before the election.  I never said he was stupid or
disinterested his his own welfare, did I?

Ginny


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