Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at 94

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Can we apply that to marriage? We promise on our wedding day to be faithful, but we learn more information later on and can ignore our vows.
 
And we heard nothing from Reagan either. Those are gentlemen.
 
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The last Republican president who was in any way activist after leaving office was probably Hoover, who was involved in large scale humanitarian endeavors, I believe–not political activism.
 
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Reagan’s medical condition had something to do with the fact that we never heard from him too
 
True. If he hadn’t suffered from Alzheimer’s he might have become something of a senior statesman, like Nixon (believe it or not).
 
I agree! I truly appreciate it when the outgoing prez’s simply fade away into the sunset (unless called upon by the current Prez to work on a foundation as W asked Clinton and 41 to do after the Tsunami and Hurricanes. It has to be hard for them to do, but they understand it’s in the best interest’s of the country to do so.
 
Funny, I was pretty liberal during his presidency. But I guess Winston Churchill was right.
 
I don’t think you can equate a campaign promise with a sacred vow in the presence of God.
 
Both are vows. A man either takes his word seriously or he does not. If a man’s word only counts when he swears to God then he isn’t a very trustworthy man.
 
It doesn’t meet the same criteria as marriage vows. In his case, it appears he discovered that it was literally impossible to keep his campaign promise. However, if we want to use the marriage analogy, it’s akin to someone finding out after marriage that his/her putative spouse was incapable of contracting an essential element of marriage.
 
Impossible? He had to sign a tax increase? No, he didn’t have to sign it. What you are saying is he found something else more important than his vow. That is how all breakings of vows occur.
 
What makes something a vow? It isn’t like you have to say ‘I vow’. I’d say an earnest promise is a vow. Regardless he made a very specific and emphatic promise to not do what he did.
 
You dislike conservatives (Bush 41 was not a real conservative) so you assume the late president lied. I choose to think that when one knows what he/she is saying is not true but says it anyway, that is a lie. I think when Bush said the famous “read my lips” words, he thought it to be true. After getting into his presidency, he realized a tax hike might be necessary. I am sorry you are adamant that the president lied to get votes.
 
To me it seems obvious he lied or broke a vow. There is no other choice. Either way it isn’t honorable.

A tax hike isn’t necessary. If you need to balance a budget, and they don’t even bother trying, you can raise taxes or cut spending. So there was no necessary for a tax increase. And he certainly was not obligated to sign the tax increase bill.
 
What wonderful accolades being given today at his funeral. The world is better for him having been in it.

Ronan Tynon’s song sounds so George H W Bush. A fitting tribute indeed.
 
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He discovered it because he made a deal with Congress, and after fulfilled his part, the Democrats reneged in 1990 budget battle. Made him look terrible, and very naive for trusting them.
 
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exnihilo said:
A man either takes his word seriously or he does not. If a man’s word only counts when he swears to God then he isn’t a very trustworthy man.
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This is a cultural thing. I once saw a counsel from Texas get up in front of a federal appeals court and argue in a contract case that a man’s word is his bond, especially down in Texas, and therefore the man’s word was the same as if it was written in a legal contract.

In some parts of the country and some cultures, a man’s promise is taken very seriously.
 
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