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Ross Perot: Pat Buchanan
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Ross Perot, the towering midget of American politics, can't be summed up in a sound bite. He's one of the most complex, colorful, crafty figures on the American stage today. He has made billions of dollars as a pioneer in data processing and real estate but has lost millions in naive and ill-fated business ventures. He's a savvy and skillful business operator, yet a new book by Gerald L. Posner cites former colleagues who describe Perot as ``squirrelly'' and ``paranoid.'' Perot, in turn, defiantly tweaks his critics by dancing in public to Patsy Cline's famous rendition of Crazy.
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Ross Perot has announced his running mate. Pat Choate is an economist and a long time Perot confidante. Does this addition to his ticket warrant his place in the Presidential debates? Did he deserve a place previously? The NewsHour panel of regional analysts discuss Perot's choice and his chances to debate.
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Continuing such high-level, secret contacts in the early 1970s, Perot met a young Marine officer whose name would later become infamous in the minds of most Americans. Oliver North wanted to come to work for EDS, but Perot convinced him to stay in the Marines, which led to his later becoming the main villain in the Iran-Contra scandal. It would not be the last time Perot and North crossed paths....
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The clue to Perot’s about-face is when Perot himself refused to meet with Pat Buchanan a few months after Buchanan had switched to the Reform Party. He wouldn’t even take Buchanan’s phone calls, according to people in Buchanan’s camp. The timing is significant.
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At 73, Mr. Perot seems less intense than a decade ago but still unabashedly patriotic. It's a tossup whether there are more photos of his family or eagles and flags in his office. He's kept a lower civic profile since he eased out of the political spotlight, and he agreed to help with the Eisenhower dinner primarily because it will benefit the military.
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Co-chair of the bipartisan Commission on the Presidential Debates, Paul Kirk, visits the NewsHour to defend the commission's decision to exclude Ross Perot from the presidential debates. But Perot running-mate Pat Choate tells Margaret Warner that the move is unfair.
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