Posted on 06/11/2013 9:28:00 AM PDT by I still care
What I think hurt 41 (beyond the fact that he’d already defied history by succeeding RWR) was not only reneging on the “read my lips’ but what preceded that line in his acceptance speech. He’d said (and I paraphrase) the Democrats will push for tax increases and I will push back; he reiterated that push/push back, ending with “read my lips.’
And far as I recall there was never ANY pushback. Had he shown any effort to fight them, he’d have been given credit for at least trying but there was no evidence of pushback OR fight before the agreement to raise taxes.
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