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Billed as a "national referendum," the survey Perot conducted during his Sunday television appearance and in inserts in TV Guide this week was a cynical exercise in political thought control. Relying on responses delivered voluntarily by mail or by phone ensures that the "poll" will be anything but a representative referendum...
...cutting Congress's and the President's salaries by 10 percent and reducing their retirement plans to bring them in line with those of the American people?" It takes tremendous audacity to should such biased filth in the language of democratic poll-taking, and by doing so, Perot mocks the process he claims to promote...
Nonetheless, Perot's efforts have inspired me, and I have come up with some questions to supplement his survey...
...disdain for lobbyists is sincere, should Perot provide leadership by example by ceasing his relentless lobbying efforts and dismantling United We Stand, his self-promoting lobbying organization...
Lobbyists spend large amounts of money on propaganda intended to win support for their agendas and to intimidate lawmakers into voting in their favor. Perot spent $500,000 on his Sunday television appearance and $1,90,000 for his TV Guide survey, both of which are clearly intended to produce at least the illusion that enormous masses of people support his agenda. His promise to forward the results of this survey to Congress and the President, coming on the heels of his recent threat to legislators that "I can deliver" votes, is nothing short of an attempt to intimidate politicians...