The next time Perot and Bush crossed paths was in 1987...
The little Texan (Perot) was now really mad. As he told Bush during a stormy meeting, “Well, George, I am looking for prisoners, but I spend all my time discovering the government has been moving drugs around the world and is involved in illegal arms deals….I can’t get at the prisoners because of the corruption among our own covert people.” Perot held the vice president responsible. “This world is full of lions and tigers and rabbits,” Perot observed. “And you’re a rabbit.”
Eager to discredit Bush, Perot had the vice president investigated. Perot people looked for any evidence that could smear Bush, who was then fighting charges he had been secretly involved in the Iran-contra. They even searched for proof that Bush, who was known for his honesty, had been guilty of financial improprieties. (They didn’t find any.)
The denouement in the family feud came in 1992 when Perot decided to launch his independent bid for president. He said he was running to save the country from NAFTA and budget deficits. The Bush family was convinced it was pure revenge. Afterward, W. concluded that the third-party bid cost his father the presidency. (Perot took nineteen percent of the vote.)
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If Perot was in the 92 election for a vendetta against Bush,
why was he in the 96 election?