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Question: Who endorsed/supported Bush in the 1980 primary?
My brain | 07/31/2014 | thetallguy24

Posted on 07/31/2014 4:48:31 PM PDT by thetallguy24

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Any ideas?
1 posted on 07/31/2014 4:48:31 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: thetallguy24

Also could you provide the link? Thanks


2 posted on 07/31/2014 4:49:00 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: thetallguy24

Rove…but he was young pup then…..probably Bob Dole.


3 posted on 07/31/2014 4:50:41 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Yeah I knew about Rove and Dole, but I haven’t seen much else.

Did George Will?


4 posted on 07/31/2014 4:51:52 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Dole was running himself. The first I ever heard of Bush was an NPR report calling him a “moderate conservative.” He won Iowa, and was very well networked there.


5 posted on 07/31/2014 4:55:45 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: thetallguy24

the CIA


6 posted on 07/31/2014 4:56:27 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: C. Edmund Wright; thetallguy24
Dole was running for the job himself, as he came off of his brilliant performance running for VP with Ford in '76.


7 posted on 07/31/2014 4:56:44 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Luke21; All

Well I guess the better question would be, who, that is in power now, endorsed someone other than Reagan?


8 posted on 07/31/2014 4:56:45 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: Dr. Sivana

RWR, John Anderson, Howard Baker(?), Bob Dole, Phil Crane, GHWB (sitting).


9 posted on 07/31/2014 4:59:43 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I voted for John Anderson who went 3rd party - but that was back when I was just starting to come out of my pointy headed Leftie life of ignorance. ]


10 posted on 07/31/2014 4:59:49 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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Anderson was the guy running on the 50 cent/gal gasoline tax platform. That’s about $1.50 today.


11 posted on 07/31/2014 5:02:40 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: thetallguy24

Mark Levin says Will endorsed Baker, then Bush over Reagan in 1980. But it’s hard to say just what that means unless you see the actual columns. I don’t remember Will fighting very hard against a Reagan nomination. Anyway, isn’t it all ancient history by now?


12 posted on 07/31/2014 5:03:03 PM PDT by x
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To: Steely Tom
Howard Baker(?),

Looks Like W.

13 posted on 07/31/2014 5:03:23 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: thetallguy24

His biggest donor was the father of John Hinckley.


14 posted on 07/31/2014 5:06:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway (ing)
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To: thetallguy24

I remember fighting with a Navy Officer when I was working with the Corp of Engineers about Bush vs Reagan. I was a Reagan supporter.


15 posted on 07/31/2014 5:06:30 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Steely Tom
RWR, John Anderson, Howard Baker(?), Bob Dole, Phil Crane, GHWB (sitting).

Yup. I guess John Connolly, with his one $10 million delegate already dropped out. GHWB had NO idea how his act was going to play out. Thank God Reagan fired John Sears.
16 posted on 07/31/2014 5:07:41 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: thetallguy24

This book may have a some information.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/10/new-book-tells-inside-story-of-pivotal-bush-reagan-debate-in-nashua/


17 posted on 07/31/2014 5:17:00 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: nickcarraway

HINCKLEY AND BUSH FAMILIES WERE CLOSE FRIENDS
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/HinckleyAndBush.htm


18 posted on 07/31/2014 5:18:01 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: nascarnation

I was brain-dead back then so I can’t even remember why I liked him. Anderson said he was a fiscal conservative and moderate on social issues, as I recall. Lots of people were running, and it all seemed so chaotic and reactionary to Jimmy Carter. Even Ted Kennedy gave it a go to show how delusional it all was.


19 posted on 07/31/2014 5:21:16 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Luke21

But it came down to Bush and Reagan….and Im wondering if Dole backed Bush at that point.


20 posted on 07/31/2014 5:21:24 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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