After Perot's success in the '92 debates, Powers That Be decide ''Never Again!'' »

Posted By Stringcheese 1 year, 3 months ago in News

$Texas billionaire Ross Perot testifies before a US Senate Banking Committee on the Mexican Peso crisis and the Clinton Administration's proposed loan guarantee package to Mexico. US President Clinton, earlier, withdrew his 40 billion USD proposal in favor of a new plan that includes money from the International Monetary Fund and other international organizations. (Photo credit should read Robert Giroux/AFP/Getty Images)\r\n$

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" I’ve been through this before with the Perot campaign. In 1992, my candidate was included in all three presidential debates. In 1996, the opposite occurred.

What was the difference between the two runs?

After our success in ‘92, the powers that be decided that it would never happen again.

Since Ross Perot’s inclusion in the debates, no third-party or independent candidate has even come close to taking a place behind the debate podium.

And for the past 16 years, the two-major parties have been on a wildly-successful streak of keeping out competition by holding the debate stage all to themselves."