Ahhhh, 1992.
The LA riots, a VP candidate misspells potato, Nirvana is top of the charts, Sinead O'Connor rips up the Pope's pic on SNL, Spike Lee gives Obama some of his favorite lines in Malcolm X, the economy slides into the clammy embrace of recession.
And a young presidential candidate puts a big bear hug around the electorate's largest demographic by repeatedly promising a middle class tax cut.
Now there are campaign promises and there are Campaign Promises. This one is historic because not only was it quickly broken, but within months it was replaced by the Largest Tax Increase In American History. Quite a switch --- did I mention that The Crying Game came out in 1992 as well?
Broken promises of middle class tax cuts? We'll meet again.
Ha. Well, if John McCain continues the Bush tax cuts, does that count as lowering taxes? Because, Obama is going to let them expire. Ach! I just can't figure that one out.
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