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On the recordOctober 21, 1992
You know, it's like taking the manager of the team that finished last in the Little League and saying, you go up and manage the Atlanta Braves. It doesn't work that way when you want to be President of the United States. Governor Clinton calls this change. Let me tell you something; he calls himself a candidate of change. Let's look close at what he offers: to openers, $150 billion in new taxes, bigger than Mondale and Dukakis together--we can't have that--and $220 billion in new spending when I last heard from him. Now he's changing the plan a little bit. Audience members. Waffle, waffle, waffle!
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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