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In reply to the discussion: I'll follow President Obama on this one [View all]It really was the tax increase Bush signed on to that doomed his presidency but set the stage for the last time the federal budget would be near balanced. That was no small achievement and it probably contributed to the booming economy that lasted through most of the Clinton presidency. Money that would have gone into the bond market to cover the federal deficit was now available to go to other uses (some good and some bad). Bush may have been uneasy with the Evangelicals but he should have known they weren't going to vote democrat under any circumstances.
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The praise was a tad effusive but a person's death is the last big chance to say something nice...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2018
#2
George H. Bush Could Have Been a Great (Republican) President If He Stuck to His Convictions
Stallion
Dec 2018
#6
"one of the first in the modern Republican Party to abandon his principles for political expediency"
Jarqui
Dec 2018
#24
I cry each time I'm faced with the stark contrast of the joke in the oval now and the
onecaliberal
Dec 2018
#14
It goes to show how much ground we need to cover. The fact that people thought a dangerous joke
onecaliberal
Dec 2018
#32
I have come to count on Barack Obama to say the presidential words for us in moments like this...
Hekate
Dec 2018
#27
As president, Bush I was my last CinC; although I didn't see action in KUwait/Irqa
RHMerriman
Dec 2018
#31