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Well, kiss my chicken-fried steak. I didn't know Kuwait made a million dollars a day. I'm settin' there thinkin', "Damn. This is gonna be an embarrassing correction." Then the phone rings, and an operator says, nasally, "H. Ross Perot calling collect for Molly Ivins. Will you accept the charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Billionaire Boy Scout: ROSS PEROT | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...didn't even have the presence of mind to tell the cheap sumbitch to call back on his own nickel. Perot came on and poor-mouthed, still soundin' like a Chihuahua -- got fired from his job at GM, couldn't get his own company back, and here's me usin' him as an example of some big rich guy; didn't I even read my own newspaper, etc. It was the funniest gotcha anyone ever pulled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Billionaire Boy Scout: ROSS PEROT | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...week, but it did slow down long enough for one White House hopeful to get off. David Duke announced that he would end his quest for the Republican nomination and promised not to launch a third-party bid this fall. Score one for Patrick Buchanan (assist to H. Ross Perot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign Goes Into Low Gear | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...Ross Perot? His telephone hasn't stopped ringing. Last week he averaged 30,000 calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign Goes Into Low Gear | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

Molly Ivins analyzes the appeal of fellow Texan Ross Perot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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