Plus, how about “read my lips”? That was the last straw. A huge tax increase involving a deal with the Democrats, which they predictably violated, leading to an even bigger tax increase when clinton came in as a result.
Sure, Ross Perot made the difference, but Perot never would have had the chance to do it if Bush hadn’t screwed up on taxes. He would have gotten maybe 2% if people hadn’t been so angry with Bush I.
I agree, plus having to listen to his voice anytime he had something to say was not easy. It had a certain grating of the nerves quality to it. The sound of his voice over weighed the content of his message most of the time.