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Title: Ross Perot endorses Mitt Romney
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The Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog ... ss-perot-endorses-mitt-romney/
Published: Oct 16, 2012
Author: Stephen Diman
Post Date: 2012-10-16 12:17:41 by X-15
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Views: 249
Comments: 10
Ross Perot, the businessman who mounted the last major challenge to the two-party political system, said Tuesday he is backing Mitt Romney for president this year. Mr. Perot's 1992 campaign elevated the budget deficit to the forefront of politics, and six years later the federal government notched its first surplus in decades. "At stake is nothing less than our position in the world, our standard of living at home and our constitutional freedoms," Mr. Perot said in a statement released by the Romney campaign. "That is why I am endorsing Mitt Romney in his quest for the presidency. We can't afford four more years in which national debt mushrooms out of control, our government grows, and our military is weakened. Mitt has the background, experience, intelligence and integrity to turn things around. He has my absolute support." Like Mr. Romney this year, Mr. Perot made the argument in 1992 that the country needed a businessman to take control and execute a turnaround. Mr. Perot also wrote an op-ed for the Des Moines Register laying out his thinking. He called the economy "stagnant" and pointed to the same deficit trajectory that pushed him to enter the race in 1992. "It is this massive deficit spending that threatens to undermine our future standard of living. To pay for our government's massive debts, Washington's profligacy, our children and grandchildren will be paying interest and principal on the nation's debt for untold years into the future. That is wrong. It's not the way America ought to be," he wrote.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Did they threaten to kill his family, again? “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken Perot and Paul need to walk the same plank. Both from Texas, both military, BOTH COULD HAVE WALKED THE WALK AND GIVEN US A VIABLE THIRD PARTY. Both went away and left their legions adrift.
I pity the oafs who beg for political leadership and whine when it fails to appear or falters. Rather than gripe, lead yourself in any direction you see fit. For most that will be the comfort of their sofa....
This is a sign that the polls are wrong, Mitt is still losing to Obama or he wouldn't need this hypocrite's endorsement. I doubt it will do any good, few think much of Ross Perot anymore.
God is always good!
And on an equally irrelevant note, so does Lindsay Lohan. Whoa! not all that good. Some comments from site: op Comments Great, I've got emphysema AND herpes just from watching that. BruiserKnux 1 year ago 26 lol she does that everynight, of course its gonna look realistic loverajmangat 9 months ago 11 “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken Did you ever think that your standards might be set a tad high? Oh wait, you've had Chrissy sitting in your lap. I can see how everything else would seem second-best. Yes, he's been to the mountaintop and glimpsed heaven, much like extreme- skydiver Felix Baumgartner seeing the curvature of the Earth from the balloon capsule :) shut-up, ross
#2. To: Lod (#1)
shut-up, ross
#3. To: All (#1)
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
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#5. To: X-15 (#0)
Ross Perot, the businessman who mounted the last major challenge to the two-party political system, said Tuesday he is backing Mitt Romney for president this year.
the quality of a man’s life is directly proportionate to
his commitment to excellence.’
#6. To: Buzzard (#5)
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is this the lohan?
#7. To: Lod, christine (#6)
Whoa! not all that good.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#8. To: Esso, Lod, christine (#7)
Oh wait, you've had Chrissy sitting in your lap. I can see how everything else would seem second-best.
-Alex Kurtagic
#9. To: Esso (#7)
Great point. But God, was I ever doped-up. I need a real-time playback when stone-cold sober. (You do get the very best drugs in hospitals, and your HMOs pay for them!) Oh wait, you've had Chrissy sitting in your lap. I can see how everything else would seem second-best.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#10. To: X-15 (#8)
I'm not normally prone to jealousy, but my wife says i turned this color when I saw the pic:Yes, he's been to the mountaintop and glimpsed heaven...
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
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