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"Bush I was simply weak and caved to the Dims on a tax increase, breaking his only campaign promise "Read My Lips...".

Let's start there.

Thinking challenged right wingers failed to understand what was happening, and allowed themselves to be led away from the GOP by the Democrats, and in fact, handed the bragging rights to the combined efforts of Reagan and Bush I, plus the greatest economic boom in recent history, to William Jefferson Clinton.

Bush I broke his tax pledge in order to get some much needed budgetary concessions from congressional Democrats. His broken pledge helped balance the budget, and helped fully realize the Reagan economic recovery. Thinking challenged right wingers failed to understand what was happening, and allowed themselves to be led away from the GOP by the Democrats, and in fact, handed the bragging rights to the combined efforts of Reagan and Bush I, plus the greatest economic boom in recent history, to William Jefferson Clinton.

This is some really bizarre spin. I have to admit, I've never heard it spun this way. But then, I never liked or trusted Spook Daddy. I actually like the present Bush much better as things have turned out.

I'm not sure exactly where you get this interpretation of economic policy. I don't think I've ever read this before, even here at FR.

So your position that Bush lied to us and broke his no-new-taxes pledge was actually a Good Thing? That campaign promises should be broken whenever they like? That their word is meaningless?

If so, why should we ever vote again?

I think we have to hold them accountable. When they promise something over and over and over and over (like Bush I did), then our ability to keep them accountable will disappear if we vote for willful dissemblers.

The biggest problem with your theory is that the voters just don't like blatant liars.