Posted on 01/23/2015 6:08:23 AM PST by xzins
Per those who are in the Bohemian Grove circle, Reagan was told if he wants to become president that he had to select GH Bush as his VP.
...yes, and from one of the RR insider books, the point was made that it was a threat that Reagan would never see the inside of the Oval Office unless he put HW on the ticket, and the campaign without HW would include every juicy past indiscretion of Ron and Nancy... Rockefeller GOPe/OneWorlders play for keeps.
And I don’t think GW was ever “conservative” except in the compassionate conservative sense... he just played one at the insistence of GOPe handlers...
ymmv
So the voting going on after midnight, and Reagan narrowly missing the nomination by 1070 to 1187, was all theatrics that Reagan and thousands of republicans were all participating in as part of a conspiracy?
So are you saying that conservatives appreciated the major run up of the national debt engineered by President Reagan?
The betrayals are legion.
We appreciated the demise of the Soviets and the booming economy, and understood the run up in the national debt engineered by the Democrats who controlled Congress.
Absolutely correct Spacebar. It was Reagan’s biggest mistake to succumb to “picking” GHW Bush as running mate and Veep.It was JFK’s biggest mistake likewise to “pick” LBJ.It’s well know that both these good men, Reagan and JFK , had no high regard for their running mates, who succeeded both men and changed American political life into something we still have to live with.
HW Bush was so awful that Clinton was able to apply term limits to him.
If Jeb runs, I will actually vote for Democrat. NO matter what he says, what he does, or what anyone thinks. Its the only way to teach them GOP a lesson.
And I wont feel the least bit bad. Im actually very pleased that McCain did not become president and im now horrified that I ever voted for the loon.
Romney? Why have a white Obama? Other than the bunting and flag waving, his policies are nearly identical on Gun Control, Immigration, One world, health care, banking, etc.
Fixed it.
PING!
But then they did not appreciate Bush Sr.s efforts to pay for the deficit. Explains why Bush Jr. opted for unpaid wars which we will be paying for over many years.
Thanks for the post. Didn’t remember this. I probably wasn’t paying too much attention to politics at the time.
Good points.
Think of all the big Bush folks who have left FR
One attractive gal comes to mind
This is the first I’ve heard of it, but I’m not surprised. The GOPe also continued a Reaganite purge of elected officials for the next 20 years. It took longer to get rid of them than appointees.
Now they simply tell the rank and file to sit down and shut up.
That’s my understanding as well. Somehow things have changed since then, as now it seems the candidate can pretty much hand select their running mate. But not back then.
And this is exactly why I will never vote for another GOPe. I learned with Bush I, then Bush II. I will not be snuckered by Bush III.
I didn’t vote in 1988. I could not bring myself to vote for HW. He is the one mistake Reagan made. And Reagan spoke for him at the convention. I’ve always wondered WHY Reagan picked him for veep.
I voted for Jorge once. I will not vote for Jeb. If it takes the democrats destroying America quickly instead of the republicans doing it slowly, I’m all for it if it kills the Rockefeller republicans with it.
Remember HW’s VOODOO ECONOMICS? When he was asked about it after being selected veep he said “I have evolved.”
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