poverty who built a computer services empire, launched daring missions to vietnam and iran and turned the 1992 presidential race upside down with his self-financed independent run. at one point he was leading president bush 41 and democratic challenger bill clinton in a three-way race. you don t care about anything but making money, there will be a job-sucking sound going south. reporter: with a nasal twang that was instant fodder snl. i can t deal with a problem unless i can feel it, touch it, taste a it amore. reporter: always combative on tv. may i finish? may i finish. it was a question. you ve already finished. reporter: using the soviet as an idea to fix the deficit. abruptly quitting and reentering the race and still winning nearly 20% of the vote. the bushes long blaming perot for their loss to clinton. and the nafta trade deal. this is not good for people