A handful of political sayings that continue to reverberate in American politics are indelibly linked to President George H.W. Bush, whose public life included serving as the CIA director, as vice president during the administration of President Ronald Reagan, and his single term in the White House as the 41st president.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Voodoo바카라 게임 웹사이트� economicsWhile they were rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, Bush famously panned Reagan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s economic plan, calling it 바카라 게임 웹사이트�voodoo바카라 게임 웹사이트� economics.Bush, who had an undergraduate degree in economics from Yale University, coined the phrase to describe Reagan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s plan to drive economic growth by cutting taxes. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It just isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t going to work,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�what I call a voodoo economic policy.바카라 게임 웹사이트�After joining the Reagan administration as vice president, Bush at one time denied using the term, which was a source of embarrassment. But it caught among Reagan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s critics.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The wimp factor바카라 게임 웹사이트�As he campaigned in 1987 to succeed Reagan as president, Bush was battling against a so-called 바카라 게임 웹사이트�wimp factor,바카라 게임 웹사이트� according to a 온라인 바카라 게임week cover story published in October of that year.The article raised questions about whether Bush could overcome public perceptions that he wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t strong or tough enough to take on the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트�s challenges during the Cold War.Vice President Bush, the article pointed out, stood taller than Reagan at 6 foot 2 inches. But members of the public were often surprised to find when meeting Bush in person that he wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�little short guy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� it said.Bush went on to win the 1988 election, but lost a second term. On Saturday, a 온라인 바카라 게임week editor behind the cover story 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Fighting the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�wimp factor바카라 게임 웹사이트�,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said he was wrong to have thought that Bush lacked the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the inner fortitude to lead the free world.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Read my lips: No new taxes.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Bush spoke this iconic line as he accepted the Republican nomination for president in 1988 바카라 게임 웹사이트� one that would come to haunt his presidency.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Read my lips: no new taxes바카라 게임 웹사이트�,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he told a cheering crowd.In 1990, Bush struck a budget deal with Congressional Democrats that called for raising taxes to help cut the national deficit. The reversal became a major line of attack in Bush바카라 게임 웹사이트�s bid for a second term and he ultimately lost to Democrat Bill Clinton.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It did destroy me,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Bush later told biographer Jon Meacham. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was a mistake (to make the pledge), but I meant it at the time, and I meant it all through my presidency. But when you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re faced with the reality, the practical reality of shutting down government or dealing with a hostile Congress, you get something done.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�A kinder, gentler nation바카라 게임 웹사이트�Bush laid out his vision for a kinder, more gentle nation during his bid for president in 1988 and when he was eventually sworn in as the country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 41st president. The words stand in stark contrast to the incivility and name-calling that has come to define today바카라 게임 웹사이트�s politics.But, at the Republican convention in 1988, Bush described his meaning as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�teaching troubled children through your presence that there's such a thing as reliable love.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Some would say it's soft and insufficiently tough to care about these things,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�But where is it written that we must act as if we do not care, as if we are not moved? Well, I am moved. I want a kinder, gentler nation.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�1,000 points of light바카라 게임 웹사이트�Bush coined the phrase in 1988 at the GOP national convention, when he described America as a nation of community volunteer organizations 바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The focus on volunteerism continued through Bush바카라 게임 웹사이트�s first term with a practice of honoring someone as a Point of Light for community service. He also launched a nonprofit organization bearing the same name.The phrase caught on with the public, sparking a country song and plenty of political satire, including cartoons of devastated neighborhoods cast as "a thousand points of blight,바카라 게임 웹사이트� according to the New York Times.