Source: Why the Last “Normal” President Lost Channel: BooneU Published: February 22, 2026 | Archived: May 12, 2026

Video: Why the Last “Normal” President Lost
Channel: BooneU
Published: February 22, 2026
Duration: 16:46
Views: 332,997
Category: Comedy
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This is getting out of hand! Now there’s three of them!

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Transcript — YouTube panel (human-authored)

0:01 \[bell\] President Clinton. Yeah. Hi. They say all good things come in threes. The three stooges. The three good Star Wars movies. The three best seconds in bed. Which is why American elections never come in threes. Except when they do. In the ’9s, Americans made one of the most difficult decisions in election history. Choosing \[music\] between three candidates despite the average voter not knowing numbers went that high. A choice between a steady war hero, a charismatic new face, \[music\] and this random guy. Wait, is the saying accidents come in threes? I finally get to talk about Ross Perau, baby. Woo!

0:41 Yeah. \[screaming\] But first, we have to start at the start of the end of President Reagan. Ronald Reagan and the Reagan revolution had rocketed the right into a Republican renaissance. Radical. By the end of his terms, his successor was cleared. George HW Bush, the vice president and father of future famous politician Jeb Bush’s brother. Bush was experienced in all things government. He won the 88 election pretty easily, partially due to his famous promise.

1:10 Read my lips. No new \[cheering\] access. And once he won, he got busy. He invaded Panama to topple their dictator. He oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall, the death of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, and the end of the Cold War. And most famously, in response to Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait, he invaded Iraq. His foreign policy prowess in victory in the Gulf War had shot his approval ratings to nearly 90%, a historic high. Now, you may be thinking, Bush Prime sounds like one of the greatest presidents of all time. yet. Notice I haven’t actually mentioned the country he was president of. So, how are things back home? Good lord, what is happening in there?

1:55 Aurora Borealis. In 1990, America entered a recession. The economy was floundering. The budget deficit and national debt were becoming way too large to handle. Bush realized the only way to fix things was to call takes back seis on his most famous promise, raising taxes. While this was sort of ignored during the war, when it was over, \[music\] turns out international invasions don’t come cheap. With taxes up, the economy down, and no distractions left, Bush’s record approval began to significantly slide.

2:26 People began to think Bush didn’t know what was happening to the average American. It didn’t help that he began the year by passing out and puking in the lap of the Japanese prime minister. Some saw this as a metaphor for the sick, weak state of the country. The brolic bush had been shaved and many Americans were ready for a new young lovable face. William Jefferson Clinton was born in Arkansas in 1946. He enjoyed politics from a young age and after shaking hands with JFK, he knew he wanted to be a politician. He studied at Georgetown Oxford and Yale and ran for the House in ’ 74 at only 28. After losing, he’d marry his wife Hillary and become governor of Arkansas in 78. the youngest US governor in 40 years. He’d always wanted more, but his presidential aspirations seemed over before they began. At the Democrat National Convention in 88, his 15-minute speech turned into an over halfhour long ramble

3:24 to the point the teleprompter begged him to stop. TV stations cut off airing it and the crowd cheered when he was ending. Despite national embarrassment, Bill announced his presidential run in ‘92. Due to Bush’s numbers, major Democrats were too scared to run. But as his numbers fell, the nomination became heated. Clinton’s campaign was off to a rough start. Just before the New Hampshire primary, news broke of an affair Clinton had with a woman named Jennifer Flowers. It seemed over already, but Clinton used his now famous innovative political tactic to counter the accusations. Nuh-uh. Both Clintons went on 60 Minutes to admit marital issues, but deny the affair.

4:06 Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Despite losing the primary, Clinton surprisingly came second, declaring himself the comeback kid. And in retrospect, he probably meant that in more ways than one. Clinton would go on to dominate the rest of the primaries. The stage was set. Clinton v. Bush. And the race was Enter Texas billionaire Ross Perau. At 32, he founded an IT business that he expertly turned into a multi-billion dollar company. If you’re wondering what kind of rich guy he was, once his employees were arrested in Iran, so he funded a private commando team to go get them out. So that kind. He’d always been involved in politics, having urged senators to vote against the Gulf War.

4:51 But when that failed and the debt continued to balloon, he began thinking about taking matters into his own hands. In early 92, he announced on Larry King Live that he would run for president if his supporters filed to put his name on the ballot, and that they did. With Clinton’s controversies and Bush’s bargain breaking, he began to amass a wave of fedup supporters. He was the anti-politician, a straightalking outsider who appealed to both sides. He focused on reducing the debt and was the only opponent of NAFTA. In a matter of months, Perau created one of the biggest political movements in modern American history, a third party with an actual chance. For months, polls showed Perau actually leading Clinton and Bush. Right before their national conventions, it seemed like Perau could finally break the obsolete plague of the two-party system and give Americans the change they really needed. And then he dropped out. In July, Perau announced that Democrats had actually fixed themselves and he didn’t want to split the vote, so

5:53 he was out. Both candidates now had the chance to win over his scorned supporters at their nominations. At the Democrat National Convention, Clinton made it clear he wasn’t like the other girls. Unlike the liberals of old, he was a new Democrat, solidly centrist. He wanted abortion rights, taxes on the rich, and national health insurance, but supported a strong global military, the death penalty, and a balanced budget. He promised the government would help you, but only if you’re responsible for yourself. Yet, his calls for change resonated with people, and he’d receive the biggest postconvention rise in the polls ever. Bush would not get the same results. Though he’d obviously be renominated by Republicans, conservatives were furious he broke his tax promise. They thought he’d betrayed the Gipper, which is apparently Reagan’s nickname and not an old-timey slur. So, a few ultra-conservatives ran against him. Like, uh, but mostly Pat Buchanan.

6:50 Yes, the Pat Buchanan who accidentally helped baby Bush win in 2000. He did scarily well during the primaries. So, to win conservatives back, Bush took a more conservative tone at the Republican convention. He even let Buchanan give a speech where, among many nationalist points, he boldly claimed there was a cultural war happening in the country. Further proof that nobody has had an original political thought in over 40 years. The speech was not wellreceived with one commentator saying it probably sounded better in the original German.

7:22 The very conservative tone of the convention backfired, scaring away moderate voters, and Bush didn’t receive much of a boost. Quinn’s campaign of moderate change was winning the hearts of Americans across the country. His unique southern charm felt down to earth, appealing to ‘90s America. He held televised town meetings and talked so many places he’d lose his voice. For his vice president, Clinton picked the one, the only, the man with more, Al Gore. I have ridden the mighty moonworm.

7:54 \[screaming\] Like Clinton, Gore was a centrist and gave him much needed foreign policy cred. Plus, he was young, too, relatively. Clinton made himself the new young face of his generation. As crazy as it sounds now, some people saw him as the new JFK. And unlike old Bush, Clinton was cool. He went on MTV. He showed off his blowing skills on the saxophone. He and Gore traveled the country in a tour bus blasting Fleetwood Mac, a commercial on wheels that people lined the streets for. Bush, on the other hand, struggled to find a positive message. He had always struggled with the vision thing, but touted his foreign policy and steady leadership. His ads showed off the fall of the Berlin Wall and victory in Iraq. Except he was almost too good at foreign issues to the point where they weren’t issues anymore.

8:44 So, Democrats kept their message, “It’s the economy, stupid.” It was his weak point and clearly not a fight he could win. But hey, at least he didn’t cheat on his wife. Bush constantly attacked Clinton over his many scandals. His participation in antivietnam protests was criticized. A letter Clinton wrote to the director of the Arkansas ROC was published where Clinton thanked him for saving him from the draft. Many accused him of being a draft dodger. Despite seeming to have a good civil rights record, Clinton was criticized for playing golf at an all-white club in Arkansas, which still existed in the ‘9s somehow. He also admitted to the wretched act of smoking weed in college, though he claimed he didn’t inhale, which made even ’90s Americans want to give him a wedgie. Also in college, he took a week-l long trip to Moscow, \[music\] which Bush used to insinuate he was secretly a liberal commie. Bush

9:38 really tried to make Clinton look untrustworthy and have people question the patriotism of all Slick Willie, a nickname that would become a lot funnier in a few years. Problem was, Clinton didn’t wait for these attacks to blow over like other candidates. He hit back in his trademark calm and witty way. It seemed most voters didn’t care much about private lives and old wars anyhow.

10:00 I mean, hell, Jennifer Flowers isn’t even in the top three sexual scandals involving Bill Clinton. What people did care about was the president. And I’m not exaggerating when I say Bush may have run the worst campaign I have ever covered on this channel. I struggled to find anything he did right. Soon his attacks on Clinton backfired. The government admitted it searched Clinton’s mom’s passport files to try to find evidence of Clinton draft dodging.

10:26 This seeming abuse of power deeply embarrassed the administration. Saddam Gate also embarrassed Bush as the CIA admitted the food credits they had been giving Iraq were actually being spent on their military and they hadn’t noticed until they literally invaded another country, I guess. Back home, he continued to look old and out of touch. At a photo op in a grocery store, Bush was shown a new type of barcode scanner. Really trying to get hip with the kids.

10:52 His confused and impressed reaction was used by opponents to say the out of touch Bush hadn’t even seen one. His vice president, Dan the Fail Quail, only made things worse. During a children’s spelling bee, he corrected one of them by insisting there was an E at the end of potato. He criticized fictional sitcom character Murphy Brown for raising her fictional child without its fictional father. This sparked ridicule, as believe it or not, attacking single moms is not a very popular political stance. Bush would also feud with fictional characters, famously saying he wanted to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.

11:32 Quite ironic, considering The Waltons is about a family during the Great Depression. This is what I’m talking about. He could have used any other example. Hey, we’re just like the Waltons. We’re praying for an end to the depression, too. Both made the 80s administration seem too old-fashioned for ’90s America. Bush knew the only thing that could save his presidency was a major shakeup. Some sort of hero or maybe a puro. \[laughter\] Woo!

11:59 Ros Perau announced he was rejoining the race in October. Exactly the shakeup Bush was hoping for. Kind of. When asked what changed, Perau now claimed that he actually dropped out because Bush was planning to smear his daughter with a computer altered photo and disrupt her wedding. He also claimed the CIA was trying to tap into his stock so he couldn’t fund his campaign. He of course had no evidence for any of this. Yep, he’s a third party candidate. All right.

12:27 Yet many Perau supporters were still mad dad left for cigarettes and saw him as a quitter. So like any deadbeat dad, Perau just spent a bunch of money trying to win them back. He spent over $65 million and started airing halfhour commercials explaining the economy to millions. Somehow getting more viewers than the playoff baseball game on right after he regained enough popularity to qualify for the debates. Yet Bush didn’t seem too keen on doing that. That was until people in chicken costumes began following him around the country with signs reading Chicken George. This seemed to bother Bush a lot to the point where the president was publicly yelling at a man in a chicken costume. He would soon agree to debate. The first debate would be the first time \[music\] in televised history three candidates took the stage. It was Bush’s chance to turn things around and Clinton’s chance to put the old man away. And yet, when all their bickering was \[music\] over, it was Perau who came out on top. Bush and

13:26 Clinton clashed so much they forgot to go after Perau, whose humorous straight talk won him a boost in the polls. But Perau’s VP, James Bond Stockdale, real name by the way, did uh less good, starting the vice president debate by asking the hard-hitting questions of who am I? Why am I here? The second debate would be the first ever town hall style and maybe Bush’s last chance to relate to Americans. Pero made his famous claim that NAFTA would create a giant sucking sound of jobs towards Mexico, which is the funniest way he could have said that. But it was during this debate Bush made his most unforgivable sin of all, checking his watch. When a woman began asking the candidates a question, Bush checked his watch, later admitting that he wanted to see how much longer he had to deal with this crap. It didn’t help that the question was about how the debt and economy had affected them personally. Bush responded, “I’m not sure I get it.” Which also didn’t look good.

14:25 You ought to be in the White House for a day and hear what I hear and see what I see and read the mail I read and touch the people that I touch from time to time. I was in a low. In his last chance to seem like he cared, HW looked bored and uninterested. Clinton, on the other hand, responded with sympathy, letting the country know he felt their pain. Clinton would win big. The third debate saw Bush claim that the economy wasn’t so bad actually and it was a global recession anyways.

14:53 What was he supposed to do? A surprisingly aggressive Perau would win again with Clinton and Bush tying. Going into election day, Perau had seen a boost due to the debates and Clinton actually seemed to be slipping. Though Bush was optimistic voters were changing their minds, voters chose change. Clinton would win the election with 370 electoral votes. Though Perau’s momentum never really recovered and he didn’t win a single state, he still gained over 19.7 million votes, nearly 19%. It was the best a third party candidate had done since 1918, and probably the best we’ll ever see for the rest of our lives. You can bet your ass this will never be allowed again.“ George HW Bush would be a one-term president. But instead of bitter, Bush was devastated.

15:40 He felt he had let his friends and family down along with his country. He worried his time in office would be forgotten by history. Yet in his final months, he actually received a significant increase in his approval polls and graciously paved the way for Clinton to enter the White House. And in his final days in office, he sent troops to Somalia, which would end up being a disaster, and pardoned people convicted of illegally selling weapons to Iran and right-wing extremists that he may or may not have been involved in.

16:10 Uh, but he left Clinton this nice letter. Clinton had stunned the world, taking down two opponents to become head honcho. In his victory speech, Clint promised to reunite the three sides to create a better America. And of course, Clint would indeed go on to improve the economy, making a lot of money for ’90s America, Boone University, and probably Jeffrey Epstein. Like and subscribe.

16:33 Bye-bye. \[music\]