[Clemenza]

He had to raise taxes due to the high deficits caused by “spend and borrow” policies of Reagan (RR’s biggest mistake along with Sandra Day O’Connor). GHWB should have kept his mouth shut about the tax issue. The NWO speech still creeps me out to this day.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

He had to raise taxes due to the high deficits caused by “spend and borrow” policies of Reagan

Reagan's "spend and borrow" policies bought us a peaceful end to the Cold War. It was the transition from Cold War to peacetime that resulted in a quick but fierce recession. The economy was already recovering when Bush was voted out, and Clinton got all the credit.

[lewislynn]

Like Bush the Democrats lied through their teeth promising to fund Reagan...nice try though. Oh wait! That was what Bush called Voo Doo economics. The economic system he rode for 4 years. Then like magic (Voo Doo) he found out there was a deficit he didn't know about until AFTER he was elected...by lying through his teeth.

Sandra Day O'Conner? Really? I'm trying real hard to think of the negative impact she made on my life.

Maybe you, pretending to know, can enlighten me.