[Midwesterner53]

And he was near perfect if you don’t count the lie about taxes and how the Democrats rolled him right out of office with it.

[Fightin Whitey]

I told my children when they were growing up, start with George Bush.

And as long as someone else's children serve and get blown to pieces in an unending war, then everything is fine.

[hanamizu]

And he was near perfect if you don’t count the lie about taxes

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Although it is often stated as a lie, I don’t think a broken promise counts as a lie—unless you never meant to fulfill it. When GHW Bush said “Read my lips...”, I’m sure he meant it. Later, he allowed himself to be rolled by the Democrats into breaking the pledge, and as you say, they then rolled him out of office. That and Ross Perot gave us the Clintons (spit).

[Theodore R.]

He was more critical of other Republicans than he was the Democrats, in violation of his boss’ “Eleventh Commandment”.