# Is a backlash against mainstream politics beginning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823 "2015-08-25T12:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/21 "2015-08-26T02:19:46Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Its only a real backlash if one of them wins. If Trump or Sanders wins in 2016, I’ll call it a backlash. Otherwise, I’ll call it 15-months-before-the-election-itis _Beware! The non-Euclidean geometries of his hair! He lurks at the Threshold, large as the Universe, twice as stupid! November sixth is the Gate!_ Something like that, I don’t know, I’m not into Lubcraft. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/22 "2015-08-26T02:35:42Z")
Trump ain’t new, but what might be is a weird mix of cynicism, idealism and awareness inspired by the likes of Stewart, Colbert and Oliver. They’re not just ranting and bellowing crap about how America has lost its way, but explaining why and how some people profit by _saying_ America has lost its way. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/23 "2015-08-26T02:48:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Agreed. No one remembers Ross Perot? He had a lot more support than that clown Trump has. Oh! Oh! I remember. Ross Perot: Look at this chart here! This chart says it all! See this line leading to the big black hole? That thing creates the giant sucking sound which comes from all the jobs going to Mexico! Interviewer: okay, so… Ross Perot: Can I finish? CAN I FINISH??? Answer me! Interviewer: Yes you… Ross Perot: CAN I FINISH??? Interviewer: … Ross Perot: Now then. It’s important to realize that Republican operatives are sabotaging my daughter’s wedding! Interviewer: Okay, so your policy is… wait. WHAT? Ross Perot: CAN I FINISH??? Interviewer: Yeah, I think you’re finished. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/24 "2015-08-26T14:43:27Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Oh! Oh! I remember. > > Ross Perot: Look at this chart here! This chart says it all! See this line leading to the big black hole? That thing creates the giant sucking sound which comes from all the jobs going to Mexico! > > Interviewer: okay, so… > > Ross Perot: Can I finish? CAN I FINISH??? Answer me! > > Interviewer: Yes you… > > Ross Perot: CAN I FINISH??? > > Interviewer: … > > Ross Perot: Now then. It’s important to realize that Republican operatives are sabotaging my daughter’s wedding! > > Interviewer: Okay, so your policy is… wait. WHAT? > > Ross Perot: CAN I FINISH??? > > Interviewer: Yeah, I think you’re finished. You forgot: I’m all ears! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/25 "2015-08-26T15:02:46Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > There seems to be a “backlash candidate” who gets big headlines in almost every election. > > Ross Perot > Jesse Ventura > Ronald Reagan (1976 version) > Jimmy Carter (also the 1976 version) > George McGovern > George Wallace > Jesse Jackson > Pat Buchanan > Dennis Kucinich > > And the list goes on. Certainly you forgot Eugene McCarthy. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823/26 "2015-08-26T16:08:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You forgot: I’m all ears! 🙂 …or Stockdale’s “Who am I? Why am I here?” The final thud of an ill-considered campaign. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-backlash-against-mainstream-politics-beginning/728823.md?page=1)