Thing is, there IS a way to distill even complex issues down to simple sentences, but that takes an effective speaker, not some jingoistic blowhard looking for immediate gratification. Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton all had that gift. Perot did too to an extent-- I voted for him the first time just because I'm an iconoclast. Problem is, Perot scared the parties so much that they sealed up the "gaps" that allowed independents and third parties to have that good of a shot at the process. Bastards.