GHWB was half decent in spite of the “no new taxes” fiasco, and Perot really was nitpicks.
There’s no direct analogy to that now, I believe.
He was rebuffed, publicly as I recall. Rebuff Perot at your peril, he caused Bush to lose and he was happy.
I remember seeing him swinging his wife around the dance floor on election night ( after Clinton won) grinning ear to ear! . He was the happiest loser I have ever seen.