September 27, 1995
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
... Traditional platitude
The re-entrance of Ross Perot, with all his sycophants and idolaters, into presidential politics signals another dark night for conservatives. The fact that Perot mouths platitudes that mimic those ideals means only that he intends to take votes away from the candidate most likely to implement them.
The winner-take-all nature of the American system of elections dictates a political landscape dominated by two major parties. Of course, all minor parties aspire to become one of the two major parties, but a change in the identity of the major parties has taken place only once in our entire history. Failing that, a third party can only do injury to that party whose views are closest to its own, because it splits the adherents to those views. Last time, it gave us Bill Clinton for a president.
Do the math, America.
All contents © Copyright 1995, 1996 by Redmon Barbry ¶ 11:29 PM
