i can t this is president bush speaking i can t be off in a corner falling on my ideological sword. at that point as well as you know, you write about in 41, it s october, and what june 27th, 1990, is when the no new taxes pledge was broken and the statement was released. august 2nd, 1990, saddam invades kuwait. the budget negotiations roll in to columbus day. the last thing george herbert walker bush is going to do is put the trips in the field at risk with a government shutdown, a possible market dip when he has americans in harm s way. and gingrich went to him, gingrich told me this, gingrich went to him and said, just don t do it now. take the pledge back, go into the midterms in november and say, if you want a tax increase, you vote for the democrats, if you want lower taxes, vote for the republicans. and i honestly don t think that was in your father s imaginative