“No, George H.W. Bush is the reason we got Clinton then.”
Bill Clinton won with 43% of the popular vote. You’re right, Perot had absolutely nothing to do with that.
“Bill Clinton won with 43% of the popular vote. You’re right, Perot had absolutely nothing to do with that.”
In the same way that the Establishment of the last few years created the Donald Trump campaign, so did George H.W. Bush create Ross Perot’s campaign. Had Bush not contemptuously lied to the public, Ross Perot wouldn’t have run. He had literally 90% approval ratings after the Gulf War. He was Reagan’s successor, and all that he had to do was NOT screw up, NOT lie, NOT increase taxes...and he’d have been a 2-termer with ease.
Yes, George H.W. Bush is the reason we got Clinton then.