The President's News Conference
03/16/1989
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It's not only your philosophy, and what is your position on issues, but can you get things done, and I believe I can.
Then Governor George W. Bush famously warned about that, quote, 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'
I know this, that Laura and I gave the presidency eight years of our lives. We gave it our all.
I tried to get immigration reform done, and it didn't happen. And Social Security reform. And those two issues didn't ta...