"Our president, his wife and a number of associates face serious criminal charges. Would you allow a person with pending criminal charges to baby-sit your children?"
--Diminutive Texas billionaire and longshot presidential hopeful Ross Perot at a campaign stop in Texas yesterday. There are no pending criminal charges against President Clinton or his wife, and there is no evidence that voters would allow Ross Perot to baby-sit their children either.
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