HW gave us 8 years of Clinton.
And W. gave us 8 years of obama. Like father like son.
HW gave us 8 years of Clinton.
Perot gave us a PLURALITY which weakened Clinton so much both times he ran -- both times the majority of Americans rejected Clinton at the ballot box, or as some would say, voted "against" him -- that he was creamed by the Republican Revolution and then impeached. Them's the facts.
If not for Perot, either H.W. Bush or Dole (or both) would have won with a majority mandate. The Republican revolution would never have happened under those gentle "moderates." OR Clinton would have won with a majority mandate and the Republican revolution would never have happened and Clinton would never have been impeached.
Conservative Republicans, as far as I'm concerned, were helped by Perot and so was America, in that a president rejected by the majority goes into office weak and vulnerable -- and that's a good thing when that president, regardless of party, is a left-leaning big-government "moderate."
At the time, however, I was madder than hell at Perot voters. I voted for Bush and then Dole, even though I didn't like them much. It was before I realized the truth of my tagline.