Renegade Presidential candidate Ross Perot, running on an Independent ticket, refers to those attending an NAACP speech as "you people."
For perspective, Perot drew 38% of voters away from Republicans and 38% of voters away from Democrats.
So as it stands, we could have had a serious third-party candidate as President in 1992 had Ross had a little more self-control and/or not a deep-seated prejudice against brown people.
The last candidate who ran third-party successfully? George Wallace.
There's a lot to unpack here. Google it. But Ross Perot did die two days ago, so let us, for a moment, spare a moment of silence for the man who helped make it harder for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination and should have ran as an independent in the first place, save that the US always wants every competition to be the goddamn Super Bowl.
Sorry, sorry, I'm angry. Super Bowls are cool. Everybody likes the footballs. No stress.
For perspective, Perot drew 38% of voters away from Republicans and 38% of voters away from Democrats.
So as it stands, we could have had a serious third-party candidate as President in 1992 had Ross had a little more self-control and/or not a deep-seated prejudice against brown people.
The last candidate who ran third-party successfully? George Wallace.
There's a lot to unpack here. Google it. But Ross Perot did die two days ago, so let us, for a moment, spare a moment of silence for the man who helped make it harder for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination and should have ran as an independent in the first place, save that the US always wants every competition to be the goddamn Super Bowl.
Sorry, sorry, I'm angry. Super Bowls are cool. Everybody likes the footballs. No stress.
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