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MikeandRaph87
07-09-2019, 01:42 PM
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/09/billionaire-and-former-presidential-candidate-ross-perot-is-dead-at-89.html

The biggest third party presidential candidate in the last 150 years and billionaire electronics businessman, Ross Perot died at age 89. He was diagnosed with leukemia five months ago.
Mr Salk
07-09-2019, 02:26 PM
The first great Spoiler.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
07-09-2019, 03:14 PM
The first great Spoiler.

Theodore Roosevelt would take issue with that, sir.
Mr Salk
07-09-2019, 04:29 PM
Theodore Roosevelt would take issue with that, sir.

Technically Taft if you consider the votes...but point taken.
It's amazing our system allows big egos to thwart democracy.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
07-09-2019, 04:36 PM
Technically Taft if you consider the votes...but point taken.
It's amazing our system allows big egos to thwart democracy.

Yeah, but Roosevelt was the one who started his own political party to run against the person he had previously HAND CHOSEN to follow him in office.

Taft was the one who stayed in and ran as Republican.

And thus Woodrow Wilson was elected.
Coola Yagami
07-09-2019, 05:07 PM
I wonder what woulda been had he won the election.
Mr Salk
07-09-2019, 06:19 PM
Yeah, but Roosevelt was the one who started his own political party to run against the person he had previously HAND CHOSEN to follow him in office.

Taft was the one who stayed in and ran as Republican.

And thus Woodrow Wilson was elected.

"Republican" is just one groups word for conservative. The conservatives won the election handily; the country wanted conservative leadership. And yet they split and punted the game to the Libs.

Sad state. The best money spent in an election campaign is to fund 2 opponents.
MsMarvelDuckie
07-09-2019, 11:45 PM
I wonder what woulda been had he won the election.


I said the same thing to a customer at work today during my break when the news announced Perot's passing.