Perot said:

Perot said Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics — as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital issues — and desired a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic Parties.

Less than 48 hours after Lamm announced his candidacy, Ross Perot, who built the Reform Party from his United We Stand America organization, said he would run as the Reform Party nominee if drafted.

They quickly notice that the spaceliner is filled with such notoriously obnoxious and mediocre celebrities as radio psychologist Dr. Laura, film director Spike Lee, grunge rock singer Courtney Love, politician Ross Perot, actor Tom Arnold, MTV VJ Paulie Shore, and actress / talk show host Rosie O ' Donnell.

The public's concern about the federal budget deficit and fears of professional politicians allowed the independent candidacy of billionaire Texan Ross Perot to explode on the scene in dramatic fashion — at one point Perot was leading the major party candidates in the polls.

As Perot — prerecorded and timed to give the appearance of interacting with the live Bush and Clinton — Carvey eschewed the show's signature " Live from New York " opening line, telling Bush " Why don't you do it, live-boy?

After Apple removed Steve Jobs from management in 1985, he left the company and attempted — with funding from Ross Perot and his own pockets — to create the " next big thing ": the result was NeXT.

After the Federal Election Commission indicated only Perot and not Lamm would be able to secure federal matching funds — because his 1992 campaign was as an independent — Perot entered the race.

As Perot had previously done very well in debates, it was a decisive blow to the campaign when the Commission ruled that he could not participate on basis of somewhat vague criteria — such as that a candidate was required to have already been endorsed by " a substantial number of major news organizations ", with " substantial " being a number to be decided by the Commission on a case-by-case basis.

It was formed by the combination of HP's legacy services consulting and outsourcing business and the integration of acquired Electronic Data Systems, which had defined the outsourcing business when it was established in 1962 by H. Ross Perot.

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate ; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by U. S. standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election.

James Stockdale, the choice of third-party candidate Ross Perot in 1992, was seen as incompetent by many, but the Perot-Stockdale ticket still won about 19 % of the vote.

Perot severely damaged his credibility by dropping out of the presidential contest in July and remaining out of the race for several weeks before re-entering.

After Bill Clinton secured the Democratic Party's nomination in the spring of 1992, polls showed Ross Perot leading the race, followed by President Bush and Clinton in third place after a grueling nomination process.

As Governor Clinton's nomination acceptance speech approached, Ross Perot dropped out of the race, convinced that staying in the race with a " revitalized Democratic Party " would cause the race to be decided by the United States House of Representatives.

Perot Systems was bought by Dell for $ 3. 9 billion in 2009.

In the 1986 miniseries, Perot was portrayed by Richard Crenna.

In 2007, it was sold by the Perot Foundation, in order to provide " for medical research, for improving public education and for assisting wounded soldiers and their families.

In September 2009, Perot Systems was acquired by Dell for $ 3. 9 billion.

Perot led the Texas War on Drugs Committee that proposed five laws, all of which were passed by the legislature.

Perot eventually stated the reason was that he received threats that digitally altered photographs would be released by the Bush campaign to sabotage his daughter's wedding.

The debate was seen by many as effectively ending Perot ’ s political career.

Perot received eight percent of the popular vote in 1996, much less than in the 1992 race but still an unusually successful third-party showing by U. S. standards.

ISBN 1-55623-236-5 An unauthorized biography by a longtime Perot watcher.

* Perot Charts ; a blog launched June 2008 by Perot to examine different national issues with charts and graphs.

* United We Stand, H. Ross Perot ; text of the book published by Perot in 1992 to mark the launch of his Presidential campaign, complete with charts.

In the discussion leading up to the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) then-Vice President Al Gore mentioned the Smoot – Hawley tariff as a response to NAFTA objections voiced by Ross Perot during a debate in 1993 they had on The Larry King Show.

* Electronic Data Systems, a technology company founded by Ross Perot, now HP Enterprise Services

Clinton won the 1992 presidential election ( 43. 0 % of the vote ) against Republican incumbent George H. W. Bush ( 37. 4 % of the vote ) and billionaire populist Ross Perot, who ran as an independent ( 18. 9 % of the vote ) on a platform focusing on domestic issues ; a significant part of Clinton's success was Bush's steep decline in public approval.

In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49. 2 % of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40. 7 % of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8. 4 % of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected President more than once.

In 1992, with H. Ross Perot mounting a formidable campaign, Kemp was again considered a Vice Presidential candidate.

Prominent businessman and later 3rd party presidential candidate Ross Perot was known to have called her an " egg roll " after it was revealed that she was Asian.

The first major outside investment was from Ross Perot, who invested after seeing a segment about NeXT on The Entrepreneurs.

Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas, to Lula May Perot ( née Ray ) and Gabriel Ross Perot.

By the time Perot graduated in 1953 he was president of his class and battalion commander.

By late 1954, Perot was made a lieutenant, junior grade.

Perot was refused seventy-seven times before he was given his first contract.

As Steve Jobs lost the original power struggle at Apple and left to found NeXT, his angel investor was Perot who invested over 20 million dollars because he believed in Jobs and did not want to miss out as he had when had the chance to invest in Bill Gates ' fledging Microsoft.

** George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot participate in the first of three televised debates.

The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush ; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.

Perot engaged in unauthorized back-channel discussions with Vietnamese officials in the late 1980s, which led to fractured relations between Perot and the Reagan and George H. W.

Perot did not support President George H. W. Bush and vigorously opposed the United States involvement in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.

The Democratic presidential candidate has won the county in every election since 1992, when George H. W. Bush finished third behind Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.

During the 1992 US presidential election campaign, Carvey did an impression of independent candidate Ross Perot ; in a prime-time special before the election, Carvey played both George H. W. Bush and Perot in a three-way debate with Bill Clinton, played by Phil Hartman.

The year 1992 featured the first debate involving both major-party candidates and a third-party candidate, billionaire Ross Perot running against President George H. W. Bush and Governor Bill Clinton.

* September 1 – 30 – H. Ross Perot, Jr., and Jay W. Coburn fly their Bell LongRanger II helicopter Spirit of Texas around the world in 29 days, 3 hours, and 8 minutes, leaving from and returning to Dallas, Texas.

Independent Ross Perot was included in all three of the debates with Republican George H. W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, largely at the behest of the Bush campaign.

On the October 22, 1991, edition of Good Morning America, Gibson asked Perot what Perot would advise President George H. W. Bush to do to " jump-start the economy ".

* In the United States presidential elections of 1992 and 1996, spoiler candidate Ross Perot allegedly split votes away from Republican president George H. W.

In addition, in a number of crucial states independent Ross Perot, running as a Fiscal Conservative, target many of the same voters as George H. W. Bush.

On October 15, 1992, candidates George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot came to campus for the first-ever " town hall " televised presidential debate, viewed by 200 million people worldwide.

In presidential races, Georgia has not given its electoral college votes to the Republican candidate only four times since 1964: in 1968, segregationist George Wallace won a plurality of Georgia's votes on the American Independent Party ticket ; former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won his home state by landslide margins in 1976 and 1980 ; and then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won a plurality of votes in 1992 against incumbent Republican George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot.

One morning during the 1992 presidential election, he interviewed President George H. W. Bush and candidates Bill Clinton and Ross Perot all within one hour.

For example, the lyric " electronic behavior control system " would be created with a clip of Ross Perot saying " electronic ", followed by a clip of George H. W. Bush saying " behavior ", then Ted Koppel saying " control ", and finally a clip of Bill Clinton saying " system ".

* W. S. Perot ( 32nd and Thompson Streets, NW corner )