Nungesser broke with the first Bush to endorse Pat Buchanan in the 1992 presidential primary : " If we do n't stand behind Pat Buchanan , we will lose the true conservative legacy of Ronald Reagan . " After Nungesser 's endorsement , President Bush apologized in a newspaper interview for the 1990 tax increase which he had taken off the table at the 1988 Republican National Convention with his " Read my lips : no new taxes " pledge . He was widely criticized by leaders within his own party . Steven Lewis Schoonover ( born 1945 ) , then an industrialist from Minden and the Bush manager for Louisiana 's 4th congressional district , questioned Nungesser 's judgment and declared Bush " conservative " and the clear choice of Republican voters statewide . Nungesser was among the few Louisiana delegates to the GOP convention in 1996 who opposed the party 's anti-abortion plank . He took the minority view in the GOP , which holds that abortion is not a political issue
1988 Republican National Convention
1988 Republican National Convention
William Nungesser