and has supported 'truthers' as recently as last month.
"Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008"
Now how Romney is that?
Posted on 09/15/2009 11:57:05 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former President George W. Bush "seemed to feel considerable unease" with John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee, according to ex-speechwriter Matt Latimer in his tell-all memoir on his days in the White House.
In Latimer's new book, "Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor," set to hit bookstores on September 22, he reveals Bush's reactions to the economic collapse, the presidential campaign, and other memorable events. GQ published an excerpt from the memoir in its October issue.
Latimer said Bush liked Mitt Romney best and that he was "clearly not impressed with the McCain operation." Latimer said the former president wanted to appear with McCain at a campaign event in Phoenix, but after he was told the then-Republican nominee couldn't get enough people to show up, he called it a "cruel hoax."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Bravo Sierra.
Remember, it’s all about Palin for the MSM. They’ll gladly publish a criticism of Zero if it comes with a free zinger at Palin.
That said, I think these are fabricated.
McCain may indeed have been “a cruel hoax”.
Goodness knows Bush had his flaws, but he looks awful good compared to Zero.
With Bush I wondered if he was in over his head, especially in 2008, but not whether he was trying to destroy our current political and economic systems.
The media pukes gave us our last nominee. They have already started for 2012.
They are trying to hurt Romney’s chances with the Independents by saying Bush was on his side.
The media are determined to make Obummer’s re-election easy.
“This is a dangerous world,’ he said for no apparent reason, ‘and this cat isn’t remotely qualified to handle it.”
Was that Bush speaking or Sammy Davis Jr.?
My good guess is Matt Latimer won’t be invited back to the Bush’s house any time soon.
McCain is a joke. I think Mitt is a nicer man with a nice family but he is a RINO.
Bush should not bash Sarah. He was caught flat footed and clueless in the Fall 2008 with the Soros/hedge fund/outside country financial attack caused by Fannie & Freddie.
Bush had no one inside from Wall Street obviously. Paulson could not be trusted because he is a Goldman guy. I wonder if his old man’s pal Nic Brady could have helped? Brady had run Dillon Read on Wall Street.
All I can say is THANK GOD Bush does not support Sarah Palin, now she can say she has nothing to do with the Bush Administration. Who needs to be associated with that train wreck. Look, I voted for Bush, TWICE, but he never stood up for himself, let the Dems walk all over him. Sarah doesn’t need his support, he wants to support Romney, that’s fine by me.
Well, from CNN I take it for what it’s worth.
He’s right on Obama.
He’s right on McCain.
I don’t think dumping on Palin is particularly productive, but I do want folks to remain rational regarding her capabilities.
Can’t say I’m sorry to see Bush disappear from the scene.
Could this book be all BS, we have to wait and see
McCain was the second hardest working man on the 0bama campaign.
“Former President George W. Bush “seemed to feel considerable unease” with John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee”
Welcome to the club, GW Bush!!!
His backing of Romney says all anyone needs to know about Romney. ;-) Of course, that’s if this report was true.
speaking of Sammy DAvis Jr, and with racism on our heels, during one of the Rat Pack’s shows Frank Sinatra quipped that Sammy DAvis Jr. rode on the back of the bus, and Dean Martin smarted off, “No he doesn’t. Hell, he OWNS the bus.”
Bush’s judgment is WAY off on Sarah Palin.
Despite his coddled frat-boy life, he ought to know better by now.
He wasn’t “prepared” for 9-11 and I’d say he did just fine. What EXACT preparation does Sarah Palin lack, George?
"Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008"
Now how Romney is that?
The guy I miss is Cheney. I’d like to turn him loose in a room with the fascist for ten minutes.
Propaganda BS
Lots.
Bush’s thoughts on Palin immediately after she was selected are worthless (this is not a criticism of Bush).
Was the Barf Alert issued because CNN tried to attribute a Palin swipe to Bush that, from their own admission, couldn’t be substantiated?
I would like to hear what W thinks about Sarah.
Yea, Bush went way off track in his second term, and stopped listening to Cheney, IMO. . Cheney's book might be enlightening in that regard.
Agreed. And I will continue to assert that in 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant and quality executive experience than Barack Obama!
Bush did NOT “attack” Palin.
He merely observed, quite correctly, that she wasn’t prepared for the brutal national stage. Anyone who watched what the Dems and the media and the legal wars to which she and her family have since been subjected would have to agree.
I agree. When even CNN goes out of their way to say that the comment about Palin is in dispute, you know it’s just made up stuff that CNN seeks to get away with publishing.
I think if you read W's comments about Palin, they come across as accurate: he worried that the media would tear her apart because of her inexperience (true dat) and would go after her family (mos def). I don't think anyone who was undecided who watched the Couric or Gibson interviews was swayed toward Palin, however "unfair" they were. The most important love you can show someone is to tell the truth about him or her, and until we start doing that for Palin, she will NOT be a viable candidate.
if one considers his concern about qualification to be able to manage a dangerous world, arguably neither Palin nor Obama were very impressive a year ago.
President Bush never once in his adult life used the word "cat" to refer to another person. Latimer has no clue, I promise you. And given that both Palin and Bush aides are disputing that the president dissed Governor Palin, I call Barbara Streisand on the whole book. Of course Latimer will be all over the MSM news giving sensational interviews. Maybe ABC can have him on the nightly news a few times until Charlie Gibson figures out who Acorn is.
That is quite a conspiracy, anything that keeps Romney away from destroying conservatism that he hates so much, works for me though.
Please enjoy your retirement, Mr. Bush and stop making headlines by criticizing Republicans who are more competent than you ever were. Your presidency was a mess and as in 2008, I would bet your large photo will never grace another Republican presidential convention. Your presidency was an embarrassment that I will not defend.
Just as I thought. Doesn't pass the smell test.
Trainwreck? We were the ones that let the democrats walk all over Bush. Will you abandon Palin the same way when the going gets tough for her?
IN the “quotes” published so far, he never attacked Palin, he simply said she wasn’t a national figure (on the day she was announced as VP).
It’s not surprising that the media would try to play up the idea that Bush was “attacking” Palin, because they do like to attack her.
It’s no surprise he didn’t like McCain much; they never really seemed to like each other.
Agreed.
Not only was Paulson a Goldman guy, he was also a Democrat supporting Obama.
Bush was never that good at picking people to trust.
Highly likely the story is a load of crap, or quotes are cherry-picked to be, at the least, partial crap. That’s the way it generally turns out.
You ignore that Palin won vast support during her campaign, helping the entire republican turnout and ticket, she was the only good news to come out of 2008 for conservatives.
IN the “quote”, Bush was supposedly talking about how she was not a national figure, and that the “next 5 days” would show how well she could cope with the national media onslaught.
Of course not. I will always admire President Bush for defending this country against terror. I wish he had defended himself better against the attacks from the left. All I am saying is that if he did say those things about Sarah Palin, that’s fine, that is his opinion. He can support whoever he wants to, if he wants to support Romney, that’s fine by me. I do NOT believe that he did not know that she was Governor of Alaska, and instead thought she was Governor of Guam, that’s a lie right there. So after reading that, I doubt anything from that book
I haven’t heard from the FR Romneybots lately. Last time they were accusing those of us non Romney supporters of being prejudiced against Mormons. Guess they hadn’t heard of Mass’s Romneycare.
YOu can’t really blame Bush for someone else writing a book NOW about what he said LAST YEAR. Bush didn’t choose for his comments to come out now.
Really? You have shadowed Bush around his entire adult life and recorded every word he said? That's amazing. I thought only God had that power.
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