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Ross Perot: Al Gore
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Ross Perot couldn't even beat ALIENS BENT ON ENSLAVING SPRINGFIELD, nay, EARTH!!! He's surely no match for the most ambitious, powerful, ruthless man in the world, Charles Montgomery Burns. Oh, sure, Perot will try to enlist the help of Tito Puente to compose another spiteful Latin Samba against Burns ("El diablo con dineiro") but Burns knows how to deal with bad P.R.
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Perot devoted an entire infomercial in early September to explaining the "problem-solving process" he will institute when he takes charge in January. Business-book authors always employ diagrammatic lingo--the "decision-making box," the "leadership triangle," the "upward spiral of growth"--to create the illusion that they are describing something that actually exists. Perot's "process" is a "prism" with seven "steps" (his gift for metaphor fails him here, and before you know it, the steps of his prism are building walls and flying through wind tunnels). He defines the problem; he creates a blueprint for change; he analyzes all the options; he tests, debugs, and optimizes; he pilot-tests; he stays flexible and dynamic; and on the seventh step, he doth implement.
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Obnoxious, superior moralizing has long been a part of Ross Perot's dealings with other people, especially with religion, drinking and sex. This goes back all the way to his Navy stint, which he tried to get out of because he was schocked that there were godless, hard-drinking, carousing men on his ship.
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In the end, Perot and Dean couldn't hold it together in the context of mainstream media message making. A lot has changed since then. The web is not on the margins anymore -- it's the new reality that all the mainstream media are focusing on. Just check the hot topics on Romanesko.
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A story from the 1970's illustrates Perot's military leadership style. He was asked to take over a failing New York stockbrokerage. When he found that he couldn't see eye to eye with the brokers, he fired them all and replaced them with young ex-military men, whom he was confident he could train to be brokers. He failed, and permanently alienated Wall Street at the same time. Some of Perot's fans certainly see this as a sign of his leadership skills. It all depends on the glasses you wear; it is a nice example of the military model: be decisive, take no guff, throw out the troublemakers.
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Mr. Rollins said today that he wanted to begin an advertising campaign two weeks ago as a means to counter Mr. Perot's recent slide. But Mr. Perot has turned down all suggestions for starting an advertising campaign so far.
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