Clinton May Start War to Hang On, Perot Says
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WASHINGTON — Ross Perot suggested Sunday that President Clinton might consider taking the United States into “a little war” strictly for a boost in poll ratings.
The billionaire businessman who ran for president in 1992 and 1996 said Clinton would consider almost anything to satisfy a lust for power.
“This man will let this country rot, he will let the economy go into an international decline, he will devastate millions of people, and, if necessary, he’ll start a little war just to get a bump in the polls, and that is a lust for power,” Perot said on NBC-TV’s “Meet the Press.”
Perot also repeated calls for a grass-roots resignation drive.
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