The Reform Party – What Went Wrong An Why
Part 1 – © 2009 Independent News Services – Written by: Steven Thompson “A piece of American history you won’t find in any High-School or College text bookâ€
The political saga began in 1992 following an interview between Larry King and H. Ross Perot. Prior to this interview, few in the Pacific Northwest had ever heard of Ross Perot. The more I heard of Perot the more interested I became.
As Perot’s popularity became unavoidable, I started receiving telephone calls from friends up and down the west coast. “Hey, have you heard about Perot and his group, United We Stand America?â€
Soon after, I asked around town and learned about the Perot For President campaign office that had opened on North Division Street in Spokane. The place was buzzing with people to include the Washington State Director of UWSA, Mrs. Connie Smith. It didn’t take long for me to sign up, pay my membership dues and walk away with my Perot For President bumper sticker and campaign sign.
This was way too cool. As with most folks you talk to, two-party politics had become boring, “ain’t a dimes worth of difference†most would say. I couldn’t disagree. Perot was talking about real issues and he’d go on national television with placards that showed simple to understand charts and graphs. Read More →
