Question: The American author of several books on politics, religion, and culture, wrote the speech, including the phrase, "Read my lips: no new taxes" given by what then-American presidential candidate?
Context: "Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by then-American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he accepted the nomination on August 18.  Written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the line was the most prominent sound bite from the speech.  The pledge not to tax the American people further had been a consistent part of Bush's 1988 election platform, and its prominent inclusion in his speech cemented it in the public consciousness.  The impact of the election promise was considerable, and many supporters of Bush believe it helped Bush win the 1988 presidential election. Matilde Zimmermann (born September 6, 1943) is an American author and professor who ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States Vice President in 1980.  The party had three different Presidential candidates that year, Andrew Pulley, Richard H. Congress and Clifton DeBerry depending on the state.  She was at the time a writer for the party newspaper "The Militant".  Zimmermann also ran as an alternate vice presidential candidate for Andrea Gonzales in some states in 1984; Melvin T. Mason was the presidential candidate. The term New Frontier was used by liberal Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him.  The phrase developed into a label for his administration's domestic and foreign programs. Peter R. Ramsaroop (born 20 June 1962) is a Guyanese entrepreneur, author and business leader.  He also serves as the Chairman of Vision Guyana, a social/political (Not for Profit) organization based in Guyana.  Ramsaroop was a parliamentary candidate for the 2015 General Elections in Guyana under the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and currently the economic adviser to the Leader of the Opposition.  He was also a presidential candidate for the 2011 Elections.  He then collated with the PPP/C Government in the 2011 General Elections.  In June 2009, He served as the chief executive officer of Guyana's second largest opposition party, the Alliance for Change (AFC).  He held this position until June 2010.  Ramsaroop has been involved in the politics in Guyana since the late 1990s.  He has written a book focused on Guyana, "The Road to ElDorado - The People's Revolution", which offers his vision and an implementation strategy to guide Guyana into a promising future.  In 2004, Ramsaroop wrote "Hope for Our Nation".  Over 50,000 copies were given out in Guyana Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi ( ; born March 2, 1970) is an American author and journalist.  Taibbi has reported on politics, media, finance, and sports, and has authored several books, including "Insane Clown President" (2017), "" (2014), "" (2010) and "The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion" (2009). The Jeremiah Wright controversy gained national attention in the United States, in March 2008 when ABC News, after reviewing dozens of U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright's sermons, excerpted parts which were subject to intense media scrutiny.  Wright is a retired senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and former pastor of President Obama.  Obama denounced the statements in question, but critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright.  In response to this, he gave a speech titled "A More Perfect Union", in which he sought to place Wright's comments in a historical and sociological context.  In the speech, Obama again denounced Wright's remarks, but did not disown him as a person.  The controversy began to fade, but was renewed in late April when Wright made a series of media appearances, including an interview on "Bill Moyers Journal", a speech at the NAACP, and a speech at the National Press Club.  After the last of these, Obama spoke more forcefully against his former pastor, saying that he was "outraged" and "saddened" by his behavior, and in May he resigned his membership in the church. The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, often shortened to the Dole Institute, is a nonpartisan political institution housed at the University of Kansas founded by the former U.S. Senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole.  Opened on July 22, 2003 - Dole's 80th birthday - the institute's $11 million, 28000 sqft facility houses Dole's papers and hosts frequent political events.  The institute is officially non-partisan and has sponsored on-campus programs featuring prominent politicians of both major parties.  The institute sponsors the Dole Lecture, which is given in April and features a nationally prominent figure addressing some aspect of contemporary politics or policy.  The institute awards the annual Dole Leadership Prize each September, which includes a $25,000 cash award.  The Presidential Lecture Series features the nation's leading presidential scholars, historians, journalists, as well as others including former Presidents, cabinet officers, and White House staff members who discuss the nation's highest office in ways that combine scholarly rigor with popular access. The 1924 Democratic presidential primaries were part of the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1924 U.S. presidential election.  The concept of a primary election, where any registered party member would vote for a candidate, was relatively new in the American political landscape.  In only 12 states were actual primaries held, and even in those the results were not universally binding for the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, where the presidential candidate would be formally chosen.  In most of the country, the selection of delegates was confined to state-level conventions and caucuses, under the heavy hand of local political machines. Though William Gibbs McAdoo won a vast majority of states, and much more than half of the popular vote, in those twelve states that held primary elections, it meant little to his performance nationwide.  Many of the delegations from states that did "not" hold primary elections favored his main rivals, Oscar Underwood of Alabama and Al Smith of New York, neither of which won any primary elections.  As well, the primaries that McAdoo did not win were won by "local sons" who stood no chance of winning the nomination, or in some cases were not even formal candidates.  Once at the convention, the party was deadlocked for 102 straight ballots, before dark horse candidate John W. Davis, (who was not a formal candidate when he arrived at the convention) was chosen on the 103rd ballot.  Davis went on to lose the election to Republican candidate Calvin Coolidge. Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan (born September 7, 1950) is an American author of several books on politics, religion, and culture, and a weekly columnist for "The Wall Street Journal".  She was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has maintained a conservative leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration. Two Americas is a catch phrase referring to social stratification in American society, made famous in a 2004 speech by former U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate John Edwards, originally referring to haves and have-nots.  The speech has since become popular and inspired many parodies and similar metaphors.
Answer: George H. W. Bush