From: dwdyer@polari.online.com
Subject: Re: Perot's (latest) candidacy
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix.  (206) 328-4944 (all lines telebit-equipped)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 02:19:56 GMT

mickel@OES.ORST.EDU (Paul M. Mickel) writes:

[quoting someone else]

>    "Perot is essentially saying that he wants the issues facing the nation
>today to be dealt with in a serious manner, without the politics that the
>Demos and the Reps have been engaging in for some time now. The best way for
>him to have these issues addressed, he may feel, is to say 'I'll back which-
>ever candidate will deal with these issues seriously. And if I find that 
>*NEITHER ONE* do, then I will consider running myself, if I get on the ballot
>of every state.'" 

OK, he's back in.  But, he keeps claiming still that he wants ISSUES to be
the "issue".  Fine.  Gimme some details, Ross!  He won't.  He wants to be
the head honcho, and by that I mean the one in power to decide which plan to
enact AT THE TIME.  The plan is immaterial.  He'll surround himself with
"trusted" advisors and fall whichever way the wind blows.  If Bush has no
"vision thing" then Perot is flat out BLIND.  His concept of success is
profit and order.  I mistrust both as incentives for alleviatin human
suffering.






>There are several things that may give substance to this argument:

>0. Perot, when the presidency issue first came up, said that he would only 
>   consider running if there was enough consensus to get him on the ballot in
>   every state. I remember reading this back in May (I belelieve, can't remem-
>   ber for sure).

>1. In an interview with Time this last summer, Perot stated specifically that
>   he didn't want to run if it would hurt the process of addressing the issues
>   facing the nation today. He may have bowed out at first because he felt his
>   lack of preparation would *HAVE* hurt this process. He might have also
>   bowed out because he didn't want personal things (Hart's sex scandal) to 
>   distract the voters from making their evaluations of the issues.

>2. His statements concerning the status of his "campaign" seem to indicate that
>   he is not necessarily driven by a burning desire to be President. Rather, it
>   takes on impression of "If you call me, I'll serve", which is an attitude 
>   that most people, especially myself, have not see in a very long time in 
>   this time.

>3. In the interview in 2., Perot basically rejects the idea that Bush and others
>   "didn't know" about Iran-Contra, etc. He reasoned that those people were 
>   reporting to him, so it was likely that they did know most of the details.
>   He applied reasoning that most people probably would (this is an assumption
>   on my part that may be incorrect). 


>This is probably the most interesting Presidential election I have seen. I'm
>not quite sure what kind of President Perot would make, but based on above,
>I find that he is helping the process more that people would argue that it's
>hurting it. Remember that Perot is not in service yet, and as such he is not
>"bound" to run if he feels that he doesn't want to. I personally am tired of 
>hearing the Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems of this country 
>and vice versa. It seems to me that these two parties are more concerned with
>the amount of power they can attain at the expense of the country, and I feel
>that neither Bush or Clinton either know or care about the problems facing 
>this country, as much as they might profess to the contray. Bush's track 
>record of backing down speaks for itself, and Clinton strikes me as a used 
>car salesman. Neither of these candidates talk about dealing with "the issues",
>but I am not convinced that either one is really serious.

>Of course, I could be really cynical, and write myself in on the ballot on 
>Nov 3..........

>-pmm


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