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.
What did they tell him in 1976 when he almost took the nomination?
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...
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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.