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America desperately needs a politician with Perot's fiscal responsibility but without his questionable temperament, assorted reactionary views and general mild insanity...
...collective awakening to our economic dilemma is at least a positive step. What's not positive--and may be ultimately dangerous--is the lack of an electoral channel for this revelation. Ross Perot, who has done so much to create the newfound awareness, is still the only visible politician with credibility on the issue...
Throughout his first months in office and most obviously during the budget battle, Clinton has shamelessly sought to assume Perot's mantle of fiscal responsibility. He now uses colorful charts in his speeches and deficit-cutting has become central to his economic schpiel...
This lack of leadership on the issue leaves the American people with unsavory choices. They can join the demagogic Perot or hold out hope that the major parties can change. If that slim hope doesn't materialize, many voters who are serious about the debt will turn to the only other alternative...
...what an alternative it is. Perot's disqualifications for the presidency are numerous. He has demonstrated a public personality that lacks any vestige of the calm, rational mind the country needs in its head of state. When asked probing questions, he bristles and barks about how the media is out to get him. This kind of behavior casts serious doubt on whether he has the ability to handle the pressures of the presidency...