[speaker001:] I kind of think the probably the biggest political topic that I can think of at this point is probably the Ross Perot uh candidacy uh I think that that has some interesting uh effects to it at this point with the uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] level of um uh outrage outrage that the public seems to have the voting public seems to have with the existing candidates out there and I think that uh that is certainly something that we haven't seen to this level before
[speaker002:] right well they've been independent candidates before but uh never as as as popular as he seems to be and I mean it seems to be um doesn't really matter who who it is it's just that fact that he's not in either party that uh seems to be why he's so popular I guess
[speaker001:] what's your view on big political issues
[speaker002:] hm um well if we I I I mean sticking with this topic um I would just say that you know it's it's interesting that it doesn't really seem to matter what um what his views are you know I mean he seems to have some views which are pretty conservative and which are pretty liberal
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um but it it seems like people are more interested in just the fact that he's an alternative you know than to um to what what you know it I I guess he hasn't really outlined a platform yet you know and people keep asking him you know what what do you feel uh is the best a plan to deal with the budget or blah blah blah
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and um he really doesn't have any answers I guess but that doesn't stop his popularity from swelling you know people are just sick and tired of um everyone else I guess it seems to be I don't know it's kind of like um people always people always blame you know they always say how can uh-oh dogs outside um people always say how how can these politicians be in power and stuff but I guess they forget that they're the ones who put them there in the first place you know they're always they're always trying to find third third alternatives like um you know uh limiting limiting number of years in office for instance but you know all they have to do is vote him out of office you know it's almost like they want to be forced to vote the way that they could in any case you know what I mean
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] it seems strange
[speaker001:] it's it's going to be interesting to see if he uh actually you know we hear the complaints about uh voter apathy and and the whole the whole shebang about throw the bums out
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] it and it it usually you know it's a big deal until election day comes around and then it you know it fizzles out and we end up with the same people
[speaker002:] exactly
[speaker001:] and uh you have to wonder whether is this going to be something that uh is really going to result in
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] um a mass turnout of the current people that we have in there or whether this is just going to be another of the same old well throw the bums out but not my bum you know
[speaker002:] right right as long as he brings pork back my state then um what what do you think his chances are what do you think uh how much of the vote do you think he's going to get and do you think he will take it more from the Republicans or the Democrats
[speaker001:] well the media media keeps saying that he's supposed to drain it away from the Democrats but I know that there's a lot of Democrats that don't like Bill Clinton
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum uh-huh
[speaker001:] I'm one of them I'm not happy with Bill Clinton at all uh but I you know I'm concerned more concerned about Democrats saying they're unhappy with Bill Clinton and then they go and vote for Ross Perot and then we basically split any protest vote against against Bush more or less in half you know I mean you're dividing it too far and then he squeaks by for four more years and you know for me that's not a going to be a wonderful uh feeling
[speaker002:] exactly right exactly
[speaker001:] but uh I think it'll be interesting to see um whether it turns out he gets more than twenty percent of the vote if that um I
[speaker002:] um-hum personally I have a I have a problem with with electing someone who's that rich um I mean they're all that rich anyway but but someone who's advertised as that rich I don't know I it I kind of um have problems seeing what he and I would have in common you know
[speaker001:] yeah but I you know it'll be interesting I I don't I agree that I don't think that