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On the recordNovember 2, 1992
We cannot have a pattern of deception. It's like any family. A President makes a mistake, he says, ``Look, I made a mistake. Now let me help continue to lead this country.'' You cannot be on all sides of all issues if you're President of the United States. I'll give you one example. Let me give you one example. When I had to make the toughest decision of my life, whether to send somebody else's son, somebody else's daughter into combat on Desert Storm, I made a decision not because it was popular. We had plenty of people in the media, plenty of people demonstrating, plenty of Congressmen telling me it was wrong. But I made the right decision. And what did Governor Clinton say? He said, ``I agree with the arguments of the minority, but I guess I would have voted with the majority.'' What kind of Commander in Chief will waffle like that? Audience members. Boo-o-o!
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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