TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 12月3日 14時18分

“Read my lips: no new taxes.” Six words. That’s all it took to craft one of the most enduring quotes throughout the career of President George H.W. Bush—who died at 94 on Nov. 30. Spoken by Bush during his 1988 run for the presidency, the quote helped Bush defeat Michael Dukakis, became a cornerstone of his Saturday Night Live persona (embodied by Dana Carvey) and also caught him in a political snare. At a time of major budget deficits and spending needs, Bush was—as many had predicted—unable to get by with cuts alone. Before his first year in office was complete, he had signed into law a “stealth budget” that, while leaving the income tax alone, raised various fees and levies. In 1990, David Letterman was joking that Bush’s catchphrase should be updated to “Read my lips: I was lying”; sure enough, it was clear that the original promise had to go. But how did Bush end up making such a promise in the first place? Read the full story on TIME.com.

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