I believe it might be a “read my lips” moment if he signed it. I really do.
Bush was governing with the support of his own party. If you can’t see the difference now that is on you.
What is on me? Your post makes no sense.
Maybe the Rockefeller wing of the party, but people with common sense knew it was nothing but a Democrat trick to wreck his election chances. I said so the very day he started mumbling about agreeing to a tax increase.
It appeared to me at the time to be the most stupid political blunder of the 20th century, and you had to be a fool not to see what the consequences would be.