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Just saw a news release saying Ross Perot passed away at 89. I liked him. Voted for him too.

He was the first viable outsider.

Thanks for putting Clinton into the White House.





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he always complained about how wasteful the government is(and correctly ) , however his company EDS made Billions by overcharging the government.

And a better way to prove his point would be ????????

Smart man in my book, and a great American to boot.

He got my vote ....his last minute weird chit with his kid and 60 minutes ...still puzzles me

RIP.

Just a little loud mouthed peckerwood from Texarkana.

Talk about influencing the outcome of an election....

When I got out of college I went to work for EDS.

By today's standards it was a concentration camp of a company to work for - no facial hair, no hair below the collar, cap toe or wing tip black leather shoes, suits must be worn at all times unless when going to the bathroom, no informal relationship with customer (no bowling league, softball..drinking after work sort of thing). They brought us all in for training for 6 weeks. By week 2 they had fired 30% of our class.

Still, I credit Perot and that mentality for making me grow up and get serious about being an adult - as I sit here at my desk wearing jeans, a polo shirt and hiking boots. What I've learned from his company has carried me throughout my adult life and I feel indebted to him to some degree. Ultimately I wasn't cut out to be an EDS employee, but I've used what they taught for many years.

Here is a glowing article about what he did in his life. I'm sure many people didn't agree with him but few questioned his motives.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/bus ... st-dies-89

As a boy, he helped build one of the first successful jackoff machines in history. Well, actually, it wasn’t all that successful, but it was a fine effort.

Met him once, when I sang for a party he threw for his sons helicopter flight. One tough guy.

Oh no

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I thought he was 89 when he ran for president.

He did put Klinton in the WH. But I also admired him for the cammando raid, and foreseeing what would happen when all the middle class jobs were shipped overseas. America would be much stronger if he would have become president.

With out Ross in the running, everyone would be still asking the question, Monica who ?

or what is NAFTA.

I liked him. RIP.

Flat taxer as I recall, no?

Geno

I remember something about him not liking old man bush ..and ran for prez to bust the vote..

This thread about what he said prophetically would happen and those things happening and then remembering back to a friend's mother who was an ardent John Birch Society person saying similar things makes me realize how propagandized we have been over the years.

I wonder what he thought of giving us 8 years of Clinton. Everyone knew of his butt hurt ness of the bushes