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...campaign" in which George Bush has run "irrelevantly, like someone seeking to be Grand Inquisitor" and Michael Dukakis has run "mechanically, like a candidate for Plant Superintendent." What tipped the scales to Dukakis for the Times was the budget deficit and Bush's plan to cut the capital-gains tax; for the Globe, it was Dan Quayle...
...been that while George Bush was bashing and mischaracterizing liberal principles, he kidnapped the mainstream liberal positions of the Democratic Party--daycare, education, the environment and defense of the middle class. Bush said he wanted a "kindler, gentler" nation and he realized his more conservative side--which grants tax breaks to the rich and wages negative campaigns--couldn't bring that about...
...showed him answering questions from avariety of people and then summarizing hiscampaign argument that Bush stands only for thewealthy. He said his rival's call for a reductionin the capital gains tax would benefit the rich atthe expense of everyone else and said, "Look inthe mirror and ask yourself, 'Is George Bush onyour side?' I want to give every American a chanceto build a better life...
Oddly enough, the one policy issue on which Bush displays genuine passion -- slicing the capital-gains tax to 15% -- would refute the argument behind tax reform: earned and unearned income should be treated equally. But then Bush never believed the free-market gospel that tax preferences distort the economy; one of the few times the Vice President took an activist role in the White House was to preserve oil-industry write-offs in the 1985 reform bill. And Bush promises oilmen new tax breaks if elected...
...that he tried it with arms control, springing a plan for huge cuts on the Soviets. He offended the Kremlin with his arrogance and lost precious years in arms control. Had Reagan heeded Speaker Tip O'Neill's plea to meet him partway and moderate the deep tax cuts of 1981, the deficits and debt might not now threaten Reagan's place in the history books...