When Ross Perot began running for President, he found a convenient excuse to avoid discussing specifics: he’d left them at home. You’d think that after a year he’d know better, but not much has changed.
Asked how to eliminate government waste “It would have been nice if you would have told me you wanted to talk about this, and I’d have had all my facts with me.” Meet the Press, May 3, 1992
Asked about the deficit “You ask me to get into line items … and I obviously don’t have the records with me today. I’d be glad to come back this afternoon and give you all a No. 10 migraine headache going through it.” To newspaper editors, April 10, 1992
Asked another time about the deficit “I’d be glad to give you the details … If I had known you wanted them, I would have brought my charts … I certainly would be glad to give you the details, and that would not be hard to do.” Today show, May 27, 1993
Asked yet again about the deficit “Well, if you had told me you wanted that, I would have come with a very detailed list and given it to you. And if you would like it later, I will give it to you later.” Meet the Press, Aug. 1, 1993