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"Mentally stable" does not really capture the American electorate's impression of Perot's candidacy in 1992. He was significantly damaged by his choice to drop
by twoodfin 7y ago
"Mentally stable" does not really capture the American electorate's impression of Perot's candidacy in 1992. He was significantly damaged by his choice to drop out for a few weeks in the middle of the summer—while leading in the polls!—blaming shadowy Republican operatives for threatening his daughter's wedding.
- colordrops 7y agoAre you implying he was lying or hallucinating? Edit: genuinely curious as to why my question is being down voted.
- jandrese 7y agoIIRC the news outlets at the time weren't painting an especially flattering picture of him either. I have a vague memory of stories where the implication was that he was a nutjob with no chance of winning. My local newspaper was pretty conservative leaning though.
- 5trokerac3 7y agoThat doesn't sound wholly unbelievable, from a 2019 point of view.
- brighter2morrow 7y ago>"Mentally stable" does not really capture the American electorate's impression of Perot's candidacy in 1992. Don't mix up the American people with the Mainstream media