And I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, 'Read my lips: no new taxes.'
- George H. W. Bush, at the 1988 Republican National Convention
Bush's promise has gone down in history as one of the most disastrous ever campaign promises. It was made assuming that the good economic growth of the late 1980s would continue during his Presidency. Instead, the economy went into a recession in 1990. After initially resisting pressure from the Democratic-controlled Congress, Bush eventually agreed to tax raises.
Although the issue was initially swept aside by the Gulf War, it returned to haunt Bush in 1992 when he was challenged in a Primary by Pat Buchanan. After he was nominated, Bush's final opponent was Bill Clinton, who used the broken pledge to suggest Bush was untrustworthy. Clinton won the election.
Conservative pundits later voiced the opinion that Bush would have been easily reelected if had kept to his word. On the other hand, the Democrats and Bush's economic advisor Richard Darman believed that Bush's mistake was in making the promise, not the actual raising of taxes.
None of the four assassinations of US Presidents occurred in the White House.
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None of them were actually born in the white house. However, Grover Cleavland's daughter was born there in 1895.
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you can try emailing him from the white house. but none of the emails get through
None, We havent had a girl president yet. Which is never going to happen.. Because that would be stupid..
Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated while in office. None were assassinated -IN- the White House.
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D) President of the Senate (Vice President): None
George H. W. Bush had sons who were grown men by the time he was President . None of the presidents after him had any sons. John Kennedy was the last to have a young son in the White House.
George Washington. The city was planned during his presidency and the White House started, but none of it was finished until after he left office. When Adams moved into the White House several rooms were still unfinished.
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None of them that was just a dumb lie.