James Stockdale
Do you suppose Ross Perot selected Stockdale (hero, yes . . . potential President? Oh, my . . . no!) as his running mate because he truly does not desire to be President, and Stockdale provided him a face-saving out?
DEANNIE ROBLES
Rancho Palos Verdes
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