Core convictions matter. Bush 1 never believed in Reagans economics. Voodoo economics. You can see why he bought into the tax increases the demtards were pushing him to do. I don’t think he expected them to bludgeon him to death over doing what they wanted, though.
It’s all about having balls, it really is. My best friend growing up with me was right there working for Reagan, he said Ronnie would “joke” about nuking countries like Russia or Libya and he wouldn’t know if he was kidding or not. It was that attitude that changed the world. The war on terror would end tomorrow if we had that kind of mentalily. Think about this: One more terror attack and we drop the bomb on Mecca. There is not a chance in hell another terror attack would ever happen.