Regarding "Bush honored with ‘courage’ award for unpopular tax hike as president" (Monday Newsmakers), perhaps former President George H.W. Bush recalls how Democrats treated him in the 1992 campaign, as opposed to the way they are treating him now.
Today they declare Bush "courageous" and praise his bipartisanship, but in 1992, candidate Bill Clinton took Bush's infamous broken promise of "no new taxes" from the 1988 campaign, and Beat Bush like a rented mule with those words. Bush's willingness to abandon the principles of the Reagan Revolution so divided his party that Democrats also managed to win 62% of all congressional seats with only 52% of the popular vote.
Now Democrats are praising Bush because he broke a promise. Generally, people don't consider such a thing to be praiseworthy. They shouldn't this time either.
Pete Smith
Cypress, TX
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