Posted on 09/22/2016 2:56:01 AM PDT by Biggirl
Ronald Reagan’s worst mistake was named George H.W. Bush. Bush was the price that Reagan paid for the support of fake conservatives. And the price ended up being his legacy. Reagan had never felt good about naming Bush as his second, worrying about “turning the country over to him.” And he was right to worry. Once in office, Bush disavowed Reagan’s economic policies, which he had always hated, got deep into bed with the Saudis with disastrous results, and lost a winnable election to Bill Clinton. Reagan had handed Bush victory and Bush had brought Republicans utter defeat.
Bush was the ultimate political insider, with shaky popular appeal, but impeccable political connections. Loyal to party, rather than principles, he was trusted by the establishment in sensitive positions. His final task was to undermine the Reagan Revolution. It’s unsurprising to hear that he will vote for Hillary.
George H.W. Bush ran against Reagan as a left-leaning Republican. In Congress he had backed a plethora of destructive leftist programs. On his way to the White House, he was for abortion and the ERA and the FHA. Described by his wife as a social liberal and a fiscal conservative, he failed to live up to even that low bar in the White House.
Past party labels, George H.W. Bush has a great deal in common with Hillary Clinton. Both of them emphasize social welfare in domestic policy and Muslim appeasement in foreign policy. They both view the role of government as that of patron rather than representative. They see political leaders as wiser than the people they serve. They despise “religious fundamentalism” of the non-Islamic kind, hate Israel, cheer Planned Parenthood and want to fight as many wars for the Saudis as they can manage.
Bush is not unique in that regard. The latest Bush incarnation, Jeb, ran on that same noblesse oblige of an unwanted elite lecturing taxpayers on their obligations to the Democratic Party’s voter base. Bush I had no interest in what the people in his district thought of his social welfare votes at their expense. But this philanthropic contempt runs through much of the fake conservative class which incessantly lectures conservatives on the virtues of illegal immigration, freeing drug dealers and social welfare.
Abroad, the fake conservative believes in international law and exporting democracy as fervently as Hillary. He is the sort of fellow who calls the Muslim Brotherhood moderate, seeks a “two state solution” to divide up Israel between Jews and Muslim terrorists and believes that terrorism can be defeated by meeting the demands of the populations that support terrorism in some other way.
If this sounds a lot like the Democratic Party’s program, that’s because it is. Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren all used to be Republicans. The difference between them and some of the Bush loyalists who are now backing Hillary is that they at least told the truth about leaving the GOP.
The GOP has been steadily moving to the right to the profound discomfort of its remaining cohort of left-wingers who have never been more thoroughly out of touch with their party’s base than they are now.
It hasn’t been a steady transition.
Every time a Reagan rises, a Bush is there to undermine him. Every conservative victory is followed by a careful program to isolate, water down and destroy that victory.
The Tea Party is only the latest incarnation of the conservative movement to get the treatment.
This article would suggest that we need to keep our eyes on Pence.
Elizabeth Warren a former Republican? Really? Was that during her Indian incarnation?
Do I remember correctly that Nancy didn’t have anything to do with Barbara?
I believe she has stated that she tended to vote Republican until middle age, if one can believe her. She voted for Nixon? Reagan? Her first husband was a NASA engineer.
Somebody PLEASE get a photograph of the Bushes going into the voting booth. This will be a photo for all time for all to remember.
“This article would suggest that we need to keep our eyes on Pence.”
Better believe it. He caved on the gay issue in Indiana. Whatever you think about that (whether it’s right or wrong), it suggests he’ll easily cave on big issues that matter a lot. I wouldn’t say he’s a RINO, but he’s not much better than the do-nothing Republicans in Congress. He accomplished no pullback in government spending/regulation/power when he was there.
I understand Trump needs an insider to get his way in Congress, but Pence to me doesn’t amount to much more than that. Conservative yapping and no action (without Trump, that is).
The Bush’s have been screwing America for a very long time. Prescott Bush was fined one million dollars by the US government for banking for the nazi government.
“Could Mr. Trump END BOTH the legecies of Bush and Clinton?”
And, Obama. 2 terms, Obama will leave a legacy too, even Carter did after 1 term, a HUGE one.
You can’t really debate whilst most have already made up their mind on here at least, as we speak.
Back in 1999-2000, had I argued against G W Bush, there would’ve been an army of his proponents, and then again 4 yrs later. About 12 months before he had to move out, the tide started to turn against him. Suddenly, he wasn’t even a ‘true’ Texan!
Gotta work with options you got at any point in time.
Hindsight is an advantage and can be invaluable; but very much a luxury too.
One down, one to go. In doing so, Trump will become one of the greatest Americans in the last 200 years.
HOORAY Trump
This article would suggest that we need to keep our eyes on Pence.
Pence, CONgre$$ and all UNaccountable bureaucrats in all agencies and every unipartarian traitor, foreign and domestic.
HOORAY Trump
Excella piece on the Bush Klan - a congenital political health disease.
Pence us a Conservative by any standards. He is NOT a Bush.
Reagan wanted Paul Laxalt from Nevada, a genuine conservative, to run with him, but the Rockefeller wing of the party saddled him with one of their own, George Bush, so they would have an insider to influence Reagan. It turned out that Reagan would have won without him, but that “compromise” has had bad results as we look back at history. NEVER COMPROMISE with Liberals!!!
i am amazed that anyone is surprised ...
normal people might actually have principles and things they believe in..
patriotism and loyalty and common regard for fellow man
politicians have none of these .... in it for themselves
The Founding Fathers put it all on the line
The current breed of politician puts NOTHING on the line... believes in NOTHING, IS LOYAL TO NOTHING and LIES TO GET ELECTED... and in essencce is NOTHING
ALL politicians are sheet eating maggots of the lowest order...ALL
in it for the $$$ and power.... simple as that
they are ok with stealing money from those who work and buying votes from thsoe who dont... they squander money for kickback cronies and wate the nations resources...
REAGAN confronted communism and defeated it after a loooooong cold war..
He had principles and believed in something... he was consistent in his beliefs and actions... you knew what you had with him...
Star Wars broke their bank... a great deception but one that the Russians feared and broke their bank trying to offset the concept... bravo
The Bushies are the ultimate insiders, eliteists and globalists... (new world order)
The Clintons are low life scum that aspire to wealth and will sell ANYTHING INCLUDING NATIONAL SECURITY and already have... multiple times..to get wealth.
However in the end both are scumbags in it for themselves...
the globalists will stop at nothing to defeat trump and if they fail at that i pray for him...
Yep promising A Kindler More Gentle Administration was a direct slap at Reagan
Jeb Bush took a pledge to support his party's nominee.
Bush's aren't so good with pledges, it seems.
Wonder what W's excuse will be? You picked on my brother, and you don't mess with Texas, even if he lives in Florida.
I was at the convention in 96’. Bush 41 said wonderful things about Barbara in a way that was a direct slap at Hillary. Musta been a wink wink moment.
One thing Jesse Jackson was right about.... Stay out of the Bushes.
It’s all about the Cheap Labor Express.
They are protecting 30 years of bipartisan policy of non-enforcement of immigration laws.
We have 30 million illegal aliens because both parties wanted them here.
That’s something I might have expected. Bush 41 ran his re-election campaign against Hillary as much as he did against Bill.
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