Support WBUR6 Little Words Helped Make George H.W. Bush (A 1-Term) PresidentPlay05:17Download AudioRon ElvingDecember 04, 2018 ShareVice President George H.W. Bush accepts the Republican nomination for president in 1988. In that speech, he laid out a promise that he would later break, hurting his chance at re-election and changing his party. (AP)