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...said that Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot"should have won" in 1992, but only lost becauseof doubts about his character...
...Ross Perot never campaigned for president,"Tsongas said. "The way he did it, he went on LarryKing, said he might run and...[almost immediately]was leading in the polls...
...Tsongas said Perot was essentiallyeliminated from contention by doubts about hisemotional fitness, as well as that of running mateJames Stockdale...
...country, national political leaders are harangued for back-pedaling on promises and, notoriously, saying what they think the American public wants to hear. Consider for a moment popular reaction to President Clinton's ever-tottering policy toward Haitian refugees. Along those same lines, think about media response to Ross Perot's get-tough, populist stance toward America's "less than fair" trading partners abroad. All this seems mundane, typical to politics-as-usual...
Imagine, then, if President Clinton came out with a new policy ordering Coast Guard cutters to machine gun all refugees attempting to enter by boat. Or Perot advocated a limited thermonuclear reprisal against Japan in order to curb the trade deficit? Certainly some Americans would whistle, catcall and respond with a hearty "Hell, yeah!" Most would simply laugh. Statements like those above would indelibly brand someone a lunatic not worth a second look in the American political scene...