[quote=FlyerInHi]Marco Rubio was funny in that video. Little Marco does have huge ears and a pot belly. But it’s good to see him dish some out to Trump. Too late tough. I have a feeling Rubio will lose and lose big.[/quote]And I would add that Rubio has a “cheeky” baby face.
Little (slight) Billionaire H. Ross Perot (running as an Independent on his first run for POTUS) had huge ears and even an annoying voice but none of his opponents teased him about it. However, his infamous (WIN 3.1) Power Point Presentations mostly discussing how Federal entitlements were spiraling the National Debt out of control (which he proudly displayed and explained ad nauseam in his rallies and lengthy TV ads) were heavily dissected by his opponents in debates and in their own campaigns.
He campaigned in 16 states and spent an estimated $12.3 million of his own money. Perot employed the innovative strategy of purchasing half-hour blocks of time on major networks for infomercial-type campaign advertisements; this advertising garnered more viewership than many sitcoms, with one Friday night program in October attracting 10.5 million viewers.
Perot foreshadowed many of the same issues (if the status-quo remained) which Trump is now stating has rendered the US virtually “broken” and which need fixing and he is just the man to “make America great again.” Among several other issues, one example Perot was vociferously opposed to was the NAFTA, which had not yet been passed into law.
Based on his performance in the popular vote in 1992, Perot was entitled to receive federal election funding for 1996. Perot remained in the public eye after the election and championed opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), urging voters to listen for the “giant sucking sound” of American jobs heading south to Mexico should NAFTA be ratified.
For me, there hasn’t been a general election season this fun since ’92. And this is coming from someone who spent many a (late) election night at SD Election Central (Golden Hall) in an era where humans were posted in shifts armed with giant white boards and colored white-board markers to change the results as they came in. Another bank of humans were seated to the left of the white boards in an elevated row of phones with a direct line to the Registrar of Voters Office as county polling sites’ precinct workers reported in … one by one. The local new anchors were always seated at the left of the phone bank at more elevated long tables with mics sitting on them and trapped in their folding chairs in a mess of electrical cords. The whole thing formed a big “quarter to half-circle” of mostly bleacher-type risers, much like what choirs use in church and schools. :=0
