(Greg Kuperberg) wrote:

For sure. When George H. Bush promised that he wouldn't raise taxes,
and then later broke his promise, one act was courage and the other
was cowardice. Which was which depends on which policy you favor

Of course either your bias or your ignorance prevents you from telling
the *whole* story... To wit; Congress attached a bill creating the
new taxes to a package of bills which Bush also supported, and which
had major political mojo attached to them. (IIRC education funding
and Medicare funding.) He was screwed no matter what he did.

Choosing between two incompatible principles is never an easy thing.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL