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...CANDIDATE] ROSS PEROT tennis (and some riding...
Meanwhile, at the reform Party's convention 94 miles up the California coast in Long Beach, Ross Perot, cantankerous reformer, seemed to be taking on a higher role altogether: miracle worker. Two speakers who introduced Perot before the crowd of 1,500 claimed nothing less than his lifesaving powers. Perot worker Debbie Kraus told of her sister, who in April was found to have an inoperable brain tumor--until Perot had her flown in his private jet to a team of Dallas neurosurgeons, who discovered a treatable aneurysm. Ex-sergeant David Campbell, who suffered near fatal wounds in the Gulf...
...observation widely acknowledged that a billionaire knows the price of everything but not always its value. The judicious reader will doubtless recall from Volume I Mr. Ross Perot's 1992 pursuit of the nation's highest office, when he precipitately and mystifyingly withdrew, before once again re-entering in October and garnering 19% of the vote. Volume II begins as our protagonist, after spending months of coy obfuscation and many millions creating his perhaps inaptly named Reform Party, declares his intentions forthrightly to his amiable megaphone, Mr. Larry King, but not before luring one hapless Coloradan by the name...
...Ross Perot's political maneuverings have enough ups and downs for a comic 18th century novel, but his quest for office this time around seems as serious and cold-blooded as a corporate takeover. Pundits and others have wondered whether Perot learned any lessons from 1992. He did, but not the lessons his would-be handlers might like to hear. Perot's private campaign slogan this time could...
...sound-bite-spouting candidate himself telling America what's what. Also, don't expect many press conferences. Perot regards the press as his true rival. When he has something to say and wants to do it for free, he will saddle up with his suspendered sidekick, Larry King. "So, Ross, what's on your mind?" "Well, Larry...