Read my lips: Taxes (again) doom Bush

By Jim Pinkerton
Newsday

President Bush is willing to raise taxes. That reality was a big surprise to me 16 years ago, in 1990, when I was working in the White House. It's less of a surprise to me in 2006, when I am on the outside - because, after a while, you learn to identify the warning signs.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush broke his word on taxes, and he broke his own presidency. In 2006, his son, President George W. Bush, seems poised to destroy what little remains of his presidency.

Yep, if Bush 43 raises taxes, that will practically be the end of his presidency.