Citations:bushlips

English citations of bushlips

insincere political rhetoric

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• 1990 March 24, Paul Taylor, “Democratic Leaders Talk Tough on Taxes;President's Promise Not to Impose New Levies Is 'Pure Bushlips,' Sen. Bentsen Declares”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, page A6:

  "As one of our colleagues recently put it, this Republican pledge of no new taxes is pure Bushlips," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen (Tex.), said in the toughest language he has used to attack the administration's fiscal policy. "It's Bushlips when the president says 'No new taxes' and sends a budget requiring the Finance Committee to raise $20 billion in new revenues: $15 billion in taxes and $5 billion in user fees."

• 1990 March 29, Paul Taylor, “For Democrats, 1992 Campaign Is Already Shorter”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, page A1:

  At both meetings, party leaders tested attack lines on President Bush, accusing him of offering "timid, poll-driven" leadership and "bushlips" tax pledges.

• 1990 September 18, Associated Press, quoting Booth Gardner, “Gardner Hoping For No New Taxes”, in The Spokesman-Review‎^[2], page B1:

  I'm trying to avoid doing the 'Bushlips' stuff (about blocking tax increases). By saying it's not part of our thinking and planning, I'm obviously not saying it won't occur at all.

• 1994 May 9, Malcolm Fuller, “Re: [GRIEVE] The End Is Near!!!!”, in talk.politics.guns‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <2qk9iq$rl4@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca>:

  Aw, Bushlips!

• 1997 November 15, Pox Populi, “Re: WI militias went to war against the US?”, in soc.history.what-if‎^[4] (Usenet), message-ID <346E1414.EF423FC1@somtel.com>:

  I say that's Bushlips.

• 1999 May 20, Bucky, “Re: Ballot box whores (Was:Take away all guns NOW)”, in alt.current-events.clinton‎^[5] (Usenet), message-ID <7i1s5g$s8g$1@garnet.mint.net>:

  Bushlips!

• 2002 March 4, The Angry Liberal, “Social Security Reform, Part I: Bush is Lost in Des Moines”, in BuzzFlash.com‎^[6]:

  Anything short of that is just a lot of Bushlips.