What purpose in beating a dead horse? Long-term resentments, that outlive the source of pique, are bad for you. Might as well sip on poison and hope the dead guy suffers.
Something about learning from history so as not to repeat it. Democrats want to roll Trump the same way. Only difference is Bush wanted to get rolled. As far as I can tell Trump doesn't
“...beating a dead horse.”
Depends on how one approaches the subject, perhaps a learning history. The history that was purposely overlooked by the born-again-lovers-of-HW-because-it-is-time-to-use-a-funeral-to-bash-Trump, bad-haircut, cheap suit wearing media and their democrap party hacks. Their hypocrisy was more than obvious to those that lived through and remember HW’s Presidency.
HW’s broken tax pledge did not fix the problem that it was supposed to “solve” (deficit spending). There were plenty of democraps who saw it as a way to unwind Reagan’s tax cuts. HW’s broken tax pledge gave him 37% of the popular vote in his ‘92 loss. They also saw it as a way to dispirit his voters in the next election.
WJC won with 43% of the popular vote; there were a lot of people who would not vote for him in ‘92. Perot made it possible taking 19% - he received significant votes for those who heard the sucking sound of US jobs leaving the country due to NAFTA and federal “daficits” were going to ruin the country .... he got a significant votes from people who rejected HW because he broke his pledge.
When Perot first came out, he was a serious challenger because of his focus on a few, significant fiscal issues. However, when he dropped out before the summer because of an odd story how the Bush family was sending secret agents to disrupt a family wedding. The secret agent story cost him votes when he re-entered the race later in the year. Despite such peculiar behavior which came across as someone a little unbalanced “upstairs”, he took ~19% of the vote... mostly from people who left HW because of his broken promise.
Perot in one way made WJC President - electorally. HW made WJC President by breaking his promise. A promise made at the convention in order to bring aboard Reagan supporters who did not quite trust him as a supporter of the Reagan revolution. What HW gained in ‘88, he lost in ‘92. No one should be surprised at the outcome. Just as no one should be surprised that the democraps today “love” HW.
“What purpose in beating a dead horse?”
Don’t you know according to PETA it should be “feeding a fed horse?” lol