Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> 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.

That's where the Democrats really screwed him over. His winning pledge
was "No new taxes." Once he got to be president, the dem-majority
congress would NOT agree to anything he wants unless he agreed to
supporting the "DEMOCRATS" new taxes. So he agreed to approve THEIR new
taxes. 4 years later, they turned that around on him and portrayed him
as a dirty liar. It was a cheap trick on the Dem side.