Ross Perot for President!

[Dylvente]

Clinton was essentially saying we can have it both ways -- free and fair. I wish I could believe that. I think free and fair will always be in tension, though; and that those who benefit from the free part should compensate those who get screwed by the lack-of-fairness part.

[Makell]

@6:32 Bill Clinton got that GANGSTA STARE

[thekswervedirt]

Answer #1:  Real-speak

Answers #2 & #3: Political-pull-the-wool-over-y­our-eyes-speak

[ts53shea]

CAROL DIMP-DIM

[arhines17]

I am afraid that Perot was the last true, honest, potential president that understands economics and doesn't sell his soul to make it rich. He already is by doing it honestly.

[aderholtdaddy]

@arhines17 RON PAUL!

[LEgendaryLoRoT]

@ThunderAppeal Sorry, I'm really trying to understand what you're getting at. How is Lincoln's quote relevant, other than as an attempt at Trolling, and how exactly does saying that people should learn about who they're voting for lead to being too lazy to stay engaged? I would argue the opposite: those who don't care to learn about who they're voting for and instead vote for whoever their affiliated party endorses are too lazy to stay engaged throughout the process.

[girardbcp]

is that John Boehner as the announcing voice?

[deeppurple28]

This is what you get for not voting for this man you Effing rejects! My only regret is that I wasn't old enough to vote when he ran!

[Htown75]

@deeppurple28 me either! I was 17 and couldn't vote!

[deeppurple28]

@Htown75 I was only 8 at the time, and I regret it! But you know what, these idiot Americans are now seeing the consequences of not voting for Perot! Good luck with that Chinese debt!

[DejaDamascus]

clinton should have won an oscar. what a suave piece of shit.

[ThunderAppeal]

@DejaDamascus Thats how he got elected, he talked a good game and the majority of Americans fell for it.

[ditkacigar89]

@ThunderAppeal reminds me of that bum in the White House now

[MFP1520]

I voted for you in 92.I will do it again.U.S.A. needs you Mr Perot

[punishmentya]

clinton win this election because Perot help to him to take votos of Bush

[Blizfam]

I used to call him Ross the rope.

[707westy]

Perot stated "when our wages go down to six dollars an hour and there's go up to six that's when the jobs will stop leaving. Half way there Ross; manufacturing a BMW in South Carolina now pays a worker $15/hr without healthcare or other benefits. WAY TO GO REPUBLICRATS!!!! And they've still managed to borrow and spend the debt over $13 trillion. Amazing and so predictable.. can we all PLEASE stop voting for Republicans and Democrats. Votes for Republicrats are wasted votes!!!!

[sandythebear]

At 2:54 clinton looks as drunk as a fucking monkey

[sandythebear]

He should run as Ron Pauls Vice in 2012

[controlpopulation]

the American people were dumb then and they are even dumber now. Nothing has changed. Americans don't want the truth, they like being lied to so they can stay in their dream world. Unfortunately, that dream world is about to get smashed down their throats. Lets see how they deal with it.

[Yedaddy1234]

Perot's an awfully short man, but what a damn fine, short man he is.

[notamarsupial]

lol "Let's get it on" 2:56

[xXCannonXx]

Obama is the Anti-Christ were all doomed. =[

[tanio12]

@xXCannonXx

no you've been doomed or are you blind and stupid.

[707westy]

@xXCannonXx Obama isn't the antichrist. He's a Republican.

[HollywoodSheen]

Perot is the only guy that makes sense up there. Bush & Clinton are retards

[ThunderAppeal]

@thequietkid10 Look, I understand youre retarded and in America everyone has a voice. But at some point your stupidity becomes infectious, reading your commentary has a dumbing down effect. You would make a great broadcaster or a advertising agent though. Critical thinking is not your forte.

[greeniem]

you need a psychiatrist, you weirdo

[fluff125]

Perot is wrong. Protectionism never works. Free trade works.

Lets follow this logic. Japan refuses to buy our cure for cancer, so in retaliation, we refuse to buy their cure for AIDS. This makes no sense.

Free trade with all no matter what other countries policies are with us.

[ThunderAppeal]

Protectionism as you call it seems to work quite well for china.

Protectionism works quite well for canada.

Protectionism works quite well for france.

Protectionism works quite well for russia.

Your example is purely idiotic and devoid of real world comparisons.

[Norlimon]

Free trade doesn't work when it's done with poorer countries, like India and China. Their workers make less than 1/10 of you average American worker, which is why all companies are outsourcing to India and China, and NOT the US.

[ThunderAppeal]

@Norlimon Free trade will in fact work with poorer countries, when they are *legitimately* poorer. China is *not* a poorer nation. China has been manipulating its currency for years now. Just about every other nation on earh subsidizes its native auto industry. Yes, that includes germany and japan. The United States is practically the only nation on earth that didnt subsidize its auto industry. If our so-called 'leaders actually negotiated for a fairer trade rather than bending over

[ThunderAppeal]

Our industry would be in better shape.

[ByeByeMsAmericanPie]

First, there's no such thing as "free" when it comes to the nature of man.

If you have free trade, you drain a country's employement, agriculture, finances, industry, and basically the entire life force of what gives a country whether the US or anywhere else, any sort of pull in the world.

Then the country goes bankrupt, the IMF swoops in and bails them out, and things get *FAR WORSE*

I thought people would've caught on by now... Bodies in the streets from starvation will be proof enough.

[cpblackangel88]

Ross Perot wanted to bring the made in America brand back. He advocated a fairer trading policy and getting rid of the debt. Personally I feel we should go to an 18% national sales tax with a fairer trade system and a balanced budget. That will fix our problems plain and simple.

[ryan9942]

Are you kidding??. A 18 percent sales tax in every state???. Taxes are high enough as it is, that's the last thing we need is to pay more in taxes.

[cpblackangel88]

You fail to realize I want to abolish the income tax and every other tax and replace it with an 18% national sales tax. Also you get a rebate every month if your an American citizen on food,drugs,education,water,and energy.

[ryan9942]

oh ok but that will NEVER happen.

[cpblackangel88]

It wont if Americans keep on electing these clowns like Barack Obama.

[ryan9942]

it has nothing to do with the president in office when it comes to sales tax, sales tax is a state issue.

[cpblackangel88]

Yes but I want to replace our entire tax code with a federal sales tax.

[largelester]

lets make our own cars and computers for change

[RedHorse2006]

Man! LOL... I can't believe how wrong Ross Perot was! There was no giant sucking sound of jobs heading south. It was a medium sucking sound heading south... The GIANT sucking sound actually headed toward China. =/

[cpblackangel88]

@RedHorse2006 There's a giant sucking sound from everywhere.

[ThunderAppeal]

Ron paul is a sniveling idiot hypocrite.

[jomigirock]

how is that?

[tomfmorris]

@ThunderAppeal please substantiate that one. I have nothing but respect for him.

[ThunderAppeal]

He's a double talking sniveling whiny piece of shit whose bought and owned by foreign interests. The fact that you cant see that and that you even have 'nothing but respect for him' is a demonstration of what kind of a complete shiftless stupid hill billy you are. He talks about non-intervention but then turns around and blames all of the middle east problems on Israel. He thinks that the civil war never should have been fought, he claims that neo-cons are inherently socialist.

[ArxVirtus]

@ThunderAppeal - Actually, Perot was right about the civil war. It didn't need to be fought. If the federal government had paid slave owners for their slaves, then set them free, there would have been no war.

Instead, America paid with hundreds of thousands of lives.

[ThunderAppeal]

@ArxVirtus That wasnt Perots idea, that was ron paulsy's idea, please try to pay attention.

[ArxVirtus]

I don't sit around for hours reading other people's back and forth comments ad infinitum, so if I erred in believing you were talking about THIS fucking video, deal with it.

Now go FUCK YOURSELF.

[ThunderAppeal]

@ArxVirtus You apparently sit around making stupid comments, so I of course gave a moron like you the benefit of the doubt. I was wrong.

[ArxVirtus]

@ThunderAppeal - Your reply makes ZERO sense. You gave me the benefit of the doubt, how? By being an asshole on your first reply to me?

Go fuck yourself.

[xaviqaz]

But i agree there is little in common between Perot and Paul

[jclemens1970]

Ross Perot was right on. This country is going down I am afraid. Pay attention the looks on the faces of Bush and Clinton, they were very threatened by Perot and it is obvious that the people behind them forced Perot out. Hey Bushy,, how bout those exports nowadays ya traitor,, Same goes for split tongue Clinton, the whole thing with these assholes (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Hillary, Obama), its all a scam and a lie and the people are finally figuring it out, Former Repub here, new found INDEPENDENT

[larsloveskirk]

@jclemens1970 Former Democrat here, new found supporter to ABOLISH ALL POLITICAL PARTIES!

[ThunderAppeal]

@larsloveskirk 'Abolish all political parties.' Really?  Then what would you suggest for governance?

[larsloveskirk]

@ThunderAppeal It would be the same, except for the fact that people would have to know who they were voting for. I guarantee the majority of voters have no idea who they are voting for, they vote depending on what party they belong to. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams all stood for that. Can you find me anything about parties in the constitution? I say NO MORE GANGS in governmen! Running for office shouldn't be to make money, it should be because you want to do what is right.

[larsloveskirk]

@ThunderAppeal I may have made my last statement a little misleading. I meant to say that Washington, Jefferson, and Adams all stood for that, as in; they all stood for not having political parties.

[7575047]

@jclemens1970 I voted for Perot back in my sophomore year in college. He spoke truth and thank God I recognized it. Question everyone and everything.

[zoticus1]

Hey bush where are those exports now?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scshooter]

Ron Paul is a nazi, and an anti-semite. He supports the fake palis against Israel, fact! Enjoy Bruno the movie!

[MotorsportLegends]

End the Fed!

[KKD1247]

Very interesting to watch this again. Perot said he would run if the people would add him to the ballot in all states. They did - I liked what he said - things went well. Then near the end he pulled out citing some odd assassination theory against his family. He was a fringe candidate and pulled the votes away from Bush. But Perot's views on the economy were interesting to hear again.

[ThunderAppeal]

He sounded interesting because despite Perots eccentric billionare behaviour he was still a pragmatist. Hence what he had to say resonated with the majority of Americans because, I like to think, that the majority of Americans are pragmatic.

[TylerHinds]

I would have voted for Ross in 1992, but not in 1996. I would have voted for Dole in 1996

[ThunderAppeal]

Lifetime career politicians like Bob Dole, Ron Paul, Klinton, Bush 1 and 2 are all part of the problem *not* the solution.

[TylerHinds]

Bush 2 was only governor for 1 term and spent most of his life in business. Ron Paul was a medical doctor for most of his life. The only lifetime ones are Dole, Clinton and Bush 1.

[ThunderAppeal]

Paul has been in office for decades, he is a lifetime career politician just like the rest of them. Your politician worship is neuseating

[TylerHinds]

He also had a lot of experience as a medical doctor. I wish you didn't dislike me so much but not everyone can like everyone.

[Pepsifx357]

Damn, I remember this. I was in second grade.

[LuckyGuu]

Perot = The smartest man in the room.

[LuckyGuu]

at 2:54 clinton looks high.

Perot should have been president twice!

[ForzaJersey]

That's because most of the media did not wear their liberal politics on their sleeve.

[wbowens82]

cant beileve this country wouldnt vote for Perot he was the only one wanting to really make America great

[Tylatz]

Perot's problem was that he didn't connect that well. That was the most off putting thing about him. Even people who interviewed him had a hard time. Would have voted for him if I could have. He was the last presidential candidate worth voting for in my opinion.

[splintercell99]

compare the discussion presented at this debate compared to 2008s.

1992-issues discussed

2008- hope change future bla bla rhetoric  country first

[cgulley35]

Ross Perot, where are you? You were right, there was a sucking sound.........I'm still hearing it. Bill Clinton and Bush screwed everything up.

[freakazoidodo]

his party still lives. reform party '12

[ThunderAppeal]

Reform party? Reforming what exactly?

[freakazoidodo]

look it up

[ThunderAppeal]

Tell me in your own words....if you can.

[freakazoidodo]

look at their platform...if you can

[ThunderAppeal]

So basically you dontknow what youre talking about.

[freakazoidodo]

simpleton you obviously don't even know perot started the reform party. if you support perot you'd favor the reform party (duh) lol

next time, do some research (instead of asking people to do it for your lazy ass) and i replied a month ago and you're just replying? that's pretty slow rofl

you're outta here now lmao

[ThunderAppeal]

So you dont have the courage to admit that you dont know what youre talking about.

[joinhandz]

God Bless you Mr. Perot! You told it on the mountain for no reason but our own good! Nobody wanted to hear it.

[joinhandz]

We blew it bigtime on THAT election. Everything Ross predicted has come to pass. It's been one long downward spiral excepting the Clinton years. A baboon could have looked good as Clinton with the internet creating flash in the pan millionares every other day.

[ThunderAppeal]

You are correct. We have no one to blame but ourselves. The liberals will want to blame everyone else except themselves.

[zerostomia]

Say what you want about Bush Sr. He still agreed to permit Perot in the debates, and that is one of the best things a candidate can do for his country.

Vote libertarian.

[ThunderAppeal]

Thats true.

Good point.

[numba1stunna4269]

Ross Perot '12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gemhunter99]

The beginning of the NWO, Ross Perot had it right, more & more workers being forced into minimum wage jobs, we are getting close to becoming the NAU.

[TETurkhan]

US needs Ross Perot Now more than Ever.

[Charles802]

I liked the part where George H.W. Bush said "I don't believe in protection." And he has six kids to show for it.

[TheTodd74]

Perot laid it on them, wish we had that today, instead of 'settling' for who to vote for. Voting for the lesser of two evils is horrible and it's what we have today...

[quickandalivenotdead]

That's why it's your responsibility to research the candidates that they won't tell you about on the news. I voted Chuck Baldwin.

[ThunderAppeal]

Dont compare a life long beauracrat like Baldwin to a man who actually worked to make something of himself like Ross Perot.

[norwegian68]

I voted for Perot in 1992 and so did my parents. My parents had voted for Republicans all thier lives and I had voted Democrat. We have never agreed on any candidate before Perot or since him. He spoke the absolute unglossed truth. People did laugh at him but everything he said back then has happened. Jobs are gone. Health insurance is gone or too expensive. We're importing products (toxic) from China (a communist country no less!)

[erinmhughes]

nor - yes and China now owns about 2-3 trillion of our foreign debt too! Scary.

[dcfrezz]

nafta is all part of the one world government scheme. nafta has to be stopped.

[sayanythingkicksass]

Well i really liked and still do like Romney and Guliani they would of atleast helped some of the BS thats going on

[ThunderAppeal]

@sayanythingkicksass I like guilliani over romney, romney actually helped pass a 'universal health care' system in massechusettes, which I am surprised to learn and find appalling. I'll admit that I am biased towards guilliani because he was mayor of NYC when I was in my 20s. He cleaned up NYC something fierce, he alone was instrumental to turning NYC in to a liveable city instead of letting it continue its slide in to a drug infested cesspool.

[ThunderAppeal]

I dont know, I look at that audience and I dont see any trace of the racism that the blacks are screaming about today. What are the blacks today trying to say? That because I dont like their rap 'music' I'm automatically a racist?

[6458522]

look at those smug pricks, bush and clinton, when perot says the "giant sucking sound" line. Perot was right on the money, NAFTA fucked us hard.

[AnsellsBrewery]

Of course Perot was right. He's a man of the world. All he had to do was take a look at the Common Market in Europe and how it fucked Great Britain.

[FuckUtube2008]

the guy who posted this video needs his head examined. he says this was 10 years ago, when it was actually 16 years ago. big difference. the man even announces it at the beginning of the video. get it together.

[sayanythingkicksass]

why the hell dont we have debates like this anymore

[xdroog]

@sayanythingkicksass

100% agree. Was thinking the same thing.

[ubeerham]

Independents and third parties have been shut out since. apparently they didn't like the spanking that Perot gave them.

[sayanythingkicksass]

i really liked Perot but the GOP has been hijacked and the democrats are to focused on their bong to notice those silly things called facts

now im still a republican beacuse i strongly disagree with libertarians on military issues and many social issues like the fact they support legalization of pot which is ridiculous but i gotta say the republicans with their deficit and huge government is really starting to piss me off

[Velitoptorix]

We all made fun of him because of friggin' SNL and the media. Remember that great big suckin' sound" from NAFTA and GATT? Yeah. He wasn't crazy- he was the sanest choice. Too bad I wasn't old enough to vote, but I was paying attention.

[2012byebye]

We blew it. He would have at least showed the political machine we DO still have a choice. We get handed two groomed puppets with some vague pep rally propaganda, and we think we are choosing our leader? Pick either one, the men behind the curtain don't care. It sure was refreshing Ross. I haven't voted since.

[virgostar19]

He let the American people down once when he got out of race for the presidency and give up without any obvious resean.

Now he should shut up.

[ThunderAppeal]

Ok.

You do know that this is an old video from a debate in '93 right?

[BigE7]

In '92 before Clinton was elected

[RightCitizen]

Ross was absolutely right, that the special interest groups and foreign lobbyists will buy our politicans and therefore will not listen people. I wonder why there hadn't been any talk since Perot, for making an amendment to stop rich people form buy our politicans. I think because the government-media complex wouldn't tell us.

[mrsparkl3s]

Could Perot have prevented the rise of China?

[ThunderAppeal]

At the very least he would have negotiated for a more favorable deal for America.

Did you not listen to the video? Why am I explaining this to you?