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Those southern boys sure do have the gift of gab. Every time GEORGE BUSH turns around, Bill Clinton or Ross Perot is chatting amiably with Arsenio, Larry King or some other TV talk-show host, and it's driving him crazy. Last week both candidates took turns answering questions from callers on Today. This week Clinton does MTV. Enough! The Commander in Chief is girding himself for Talk Show '92. Bush's aides are subtly soliciting Larry King, Barbara Walters and other chat-masters. Rush Limbaugh has been spotted bunking down at 1600 Pennsylvania. How about Regis and Kathy...
...ROSS PEROT holds a campaign convention for his loyal followers, he won't have to worry about where to do it. His campaign has already received several unsolicited offers -- in some cases even signed leases -- from places eager to play host to the gathering. Besides Pasadena, which offered the Rose Bowl, hopefuls include Minneapolis and Orlando...
...introduction to the three-way politics likely to dominate the presidential race. Bush seized on the nostrum to divert attention from the $1 trillion in red ink added to the deficit during his presidency. Presumptive Democratic nominee Bill Clinton opposed it. But the pivotal factor may have been independent Ross Perot, who attacked the balanced-budget amendment as "an excuse not to do anything." (See related story on page...
...want a real smoke screen, however, look to Ross Perot. He doesn't seem to have a clue about the deficit, beyond comparing it to "a crazy aunt that we won't take out of the basement." Perot takes great umbrage when anyone tries to get him to explain how he would attack it. Does he favor higher taxes? No . . . Well, yes . . . Well, maybe. So far, the most specific program Perot has been able to describe would balance the budget by (shades of Michael Dukakis!) taxing the "underground economy" and (shades of the Grace Commission!) eliminating waste and fraud...
...Ross Perot, on NBC's Today show, 6/11/92