On 9/19/2016 4:37 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:15:03 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 04:42:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 6:30:52 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:21:07 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I'm not too sure about Bush,
>>>
>>> Bush the elder was perhaps low on folksy charm. He had the advantage
>>> of being the Vice President when he ran for POTUS.
>>
>> That certainly helps. Am I right in recalling he wasn't a particularly
>> popular president? As you mentioned, he wasn't great at putting on the
>> charm (not that something like that would influence my opinion).
>
> He wasn't re-elected, so he must not have been popular. There was
> a recession in 1992 (the year he ran for re-election), so voters
> blamed him. He was also the "read my lips, no new taxes" guy, but
> he had a Democratic-majority Congress, which resulted in higher
> taxes and increased government spending.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
In contrast to Bush Jr who reduced taxes but increased spending:-)