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The Candidate Who Won't Go Away
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10 / 1992 |
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Major Garrett
Major Garrett is a national reporter for the Washington
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By the time you read this, Ross Perot may already have made his comeback.
Not as the billionaire populist who would labor, auto-mechanic-like, in the metaphorical grease pit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue until this doddering Rambler of a nation was transformed into the Dodge Viper of the 1990s.
That was yesterday's political costume, one that fit the button-down computer software tycoon, like, well, a pair of oily, sweat-soaked coveralls.
The new Ross Perot costume will resemble, in a style and substance, something more like an actuary's attire. The twangy Texan is likely to pop up--if he hasn't already--on talk shows and news interviews to warn us of the national economy, the budget deficit, or the national debt.
Perot is set to publish a new book with his economic plan for the nation. Soon thereafter he will air television commercials explaining its underlying principles and aims to a nation scared stiff about its short-and long-term economic health.
In the true Perot spirit, the book will be a no-nonsense guide to the nation's economic and budgetary problems. He will sell it at a discount price to increase public awareness and ship thousands of copies to loyal volunteers.
And by the way, Perot will continue to bankroll efforts to place his name on the ballot in all 50 states. That's right. And you thought his campaign had gone the way of the Nehru jacket--a cute trend for turbulent times. Think again.
Perot supporters stress their man is no longer an active candidate for the presidency. As a mid August, his volunteers had submitted petitions to place him name on 41 state ballots, and an ambitious drive continued in New York--the toughest state in the country for third-party candidates to win a spot on the ballot.
In fact, Perot has been working very hard since he dropped out of the race July 16 to build a new grass-roots following. Three times he has flown volunteers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to Dallas and put them up at first-class hotels--at his expense--to lay the foundation of a new movement based on his economic dogma.
He's fulfilling a promise he made
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