[laconic]

The only thing that surprises me about the Bushes (father and sons) is that there are those on this forum who passionately defend them and their policies when they were the WORST candidates the Republicans fielded in generations - huge spenders who didn’t stand for much of any conservative principles except at election time. But for Ronald Reagan wrongly selecting him as vice-president, Bush Sr. would have stayed an appointed party functionary (before his appointment as VP, he never won anything above congressman in a safe Rep. district) and his country-club sons would have remained the nonpolitical nobodies they richly deserved to be, instead of helping elect the current executive and legislative branches with towering Democratic domination.

[ZULU]

I agree. I think Reagan was forced to accept him by the party to have a balanced ticket. I’m sure Bush bucks and the bucks of his globalist buddies helped him.

I really loath the Bushes.

[dragnet2]

The only thing that surprises me about the Bushes (father and sons) is that there are those on this forum who passionately defend them and their policies when they were the WORST candidates the Republicans fielded in generations

No problem. It makes it easy to identify the non-conservatives on the forum.

[Moonman62]

The only thing that surprises me about the Bushes (father and sons) is that there are those on this forum who passionately defend them and their policies when they were the WORST candidates the Republicans fielded in generations - huge spenders who didn’t stand for much of any conservative principles except at election time. But for Ronald Reagan wrongly selecting him as vice-president, Bush Sr. would have stayed an appointed party functionary (before his appointment as VP, he never won anything above congressman in a safe Rep. district) and his country-club sons would have remained the nonpolitical nobodies they richly deserved to be, instead of helping elect the current executive and legislative branches with towering Democratic domination.

My thoughts exactly. Too bad Reagan didn't pick Kemp.