Posted on 05/05/2016 9:59:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Losing the endorsements of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — as harsh an indictment as the "establishment" can offer — is no punishment at all in the eyes of many conservatives.
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The utter failure of the Bush brand surprised some people, given that Republican voters still generally say that they like Bush. But this ignores the role both Bushes now play in conservative history — as sellouts. George H.W. Bush's acceptance of a tax hike (forced on him by a Democratic Congress) is the Genesis story of the anti-tax movement. George W. Bush's record in office, for all of the gains it meant for conservative, is remembered instead for the bailout, the push to legalize immigrants and No Child Left Behind.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
*Jebra*
Exactly. The headline is misleading (I suspect intentional on the part of the WaPo editors)
“...Please clap!”
I pray you're right.
Perhaps GHWBush still has butt-hurt over the Perot insurgency and views Trump as being from the same mold. Trump has been critical of GWBush on mid-east policies and other topics. Little wonder that the Bush folks are not embracing Trump like they have embraced Bubba Clinton in the post-Presidential love fest of the three ex-presidents. Trump has both distanced himself from the GOPe all the while expanding the “tent” of the GOP - which the GOPe HATES, like Harry Reid’s comment about ‘you can smell the visitors’....
The anger can’t be associated with the Republican base.
The Bushes NEVER were part of the base!
The Bushes are a cancer on the prostate of America!
Any association with any Bush would not add votes in the general and might subtract some.
Bush’s hard line stance? You mean letting the Bin Laden family aircraft leave the US during the no fly period? Or classifying the report to protect the Saudis?
Please.
You don’t serve Jesus?
Let me help: Common Core, John Roberts, Moqtada Al Sadr, Medicare Part D, mass amnesty bill, renewal of voting rights act...
I think it's more due to the whupping Trump laid on poor Jeb!.
Are you implying that G.H.W.B. Serves the global elites and worships the same god as they do, which is essentially Satan?
Because that’s what I am implying!
This article attempts to explain conservative unhappiness with the Bushes without even mentioning immigration, trade or the Iraq war.
It does immigration, but not the other two.
Who cares.
EXACTLY. I truly believe that.
(forced on him by the Democratic congress)
What has the Republican congress forced on Obama?
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