It's amazing how forgotten Ross Perot's 1992 run is today. Great tweetstorm. https://t.co/D4wWillnuG
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) August 16, 2016
A tweetstorm on putting this presidential election in perspective…through lens of 1992 and thereafter...
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: A billionaire political neophyte shocks the nation with his rise in the polls (1)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Billionaire runs as a populist outsider who is unbeholden to Washington special interests (2)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Billionaire says he will use his business know-how to fix a broken economy (3)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Billionaire’s anti-trade views central to appeal. His book focuses on “how we can take back our country.” (4) https://t.co/8NrBea25Mc
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Billionaire's advisor says, “We showed that you don't have to run 30-second or one-minute ads.” (5) https://t.co/eueX5qZUOV
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Billionaire talks of jobs going south to Mexico, strongly opposes NAFTA…and does erratic things on campaign trail (6)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: GOP House leader calls billionaire “a demagogue” + says he could lead to “authoritarianism in America.” (7) https://t.co/CVnsifAdL1
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Clinton comms chief says billionaire’s “appetite for squirrelly conspiracy theories amounts to a craving” (8) https://t.co/WEdDbtVkzN
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
1992: Many say it’s the craziest election in modern times and will lead to a new third party (9)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
Observation: It’s easy to be a prisoner of the moment and feel that this election is historically crazy (10)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
Observation: We’ve had some historic crazy elections recently, not just 1992 (11)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
2000: We had a recount and a SCOTUS intervention (!) (12)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
2008: First-term African-American senator defeated Clinton machine and a war hero and became president (!!) (13)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
Observation: What happened after each of these “historic” elections defied most predictions (14)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
So: We don’t know what will happen after this election – GOP could crack up, GOP could see rebirth, 2017 events could change everything (15)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
We do know: barring huge external event, Trump is headed for defeat, likely in 4-8 pt rang (or maybe he pulls a Perot and withdraws(!) (16)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
We also know: many issues of ‘92 race remain unaddressed by both parties…this partly explains Trump rise…this can’t go on (17)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
Of course, this time the billionaire took over a party…for now…let’s see what 2017 and beyond holds…(18)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
Yes, it’s midnight in GOP…but I remain hopeful as I see friends + rising leaders stand firm on principle…let’s see where we are in a yr (19)
— Michael Shannon (@mikepshannon) August 16, 2016
