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Bushes’ snub of Trump has roots in Republican base anger
Washington Post ^ | May 5 at 12:27 PM | David Weigel

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.

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To: Gaffer

W let the Clintons off the hook and then he never defended himself.

If he had gone after the Clintons when he took office we might not be faced today with all the damage they did via the Clinton Foundation, the witch selling us out as SOS, and the damage she intends to do as POTUS. Instead the Bushs adopted Bill as a long lost son.

That was it for me.


41 posted on 05/05/2016 10:32:57 AM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: BenLurkin

I think there is a lot more to it than bruised personal feelings. Trump stands to turn the whole Bush agenda on its head - neo-con foreign policy, amnesty for illegals, trade, social security “reform,” etc. The Bush family may well covertly support Hillary - they seem to feel quite comfortable with the Clintons.


42 posted on 05/05/2016 10:33:10 AM PDT by RAldrich
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To: datura

after the ass whipping Donald handed to Jeb, what choice do they have really?


43 posted on 05/05/2016 10:33:18 AM PDT by RC one
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To: RAldrich

The Bushes have NEVER been conservatives.


44 posted on 05/05/2016 10:35:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

No Bush yet has been a conservative. We now get strip searched at the airport by a bunch of booger eating foreigners thanks to Bush Jr. The Department of Homeland Security is his doing too. The NSA spying was ratcheted up during Bush Sr.’s term. Bush Sr. hates Reagan and did everything he could to undo his work.


45 posted on 05/05/2016 10:36:28 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: BenLurkin

The whole crop of Bush’s have said nothing of how destructive Obama has been since he took office. So who cares who they endorse or don’t endorse? Not me. Bush was right about the axis of evil, but he went after the wrong spoke of that axis first.


46 posted on 05/05/2016 10:37:18 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Aria

In my estimation, the entire Bush Clan is Kennebunkport, instead of the Texas it likes to portray.

The only ‘conservatism’ they have is the nose-in-the-air conservatism of snobbery, IMO. They are “above it all” and the “office” is too reverent, blah, blah, blah.

Bush sold that office down the river when he shackled this country with the DHS and the TSA. I don’t ever want to hear the name ‘Bush’ again for the rest of my life.


47 posted on 05/05/2016 10:37:49 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: BenLurkin

1989 assault weapon [sic] import ban...


48 posted on 05/05/2016 10:43:37 AM PDT by jdege
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To: datura

What does anyone expect. He trashed the family. I am not surprised, nor do I care, nor do I think it makes a hill of beans of difference.


49 posted on 05/05/2016 10:45:44 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: datura
It only helps the cause, and hopefully puts the final coffin nail in the Bush dynasty.

Amen to that. The sooner those political vampires get a stake pounded through their GOPe hearts the better.

50 posted on 05/05/2016 10:52:44 AM PDT by sailor76 (GO TRUMP!!! Make America Great Again!)
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To: BenLurkin

In my view, the Bush’s have done more to destroy the Republican Party (and by extension the country) than any other political entity. First, H.W. ruined the incredible domestic policy legacy he inherited from Reagan by reneging on his tax pledge, and becoming a one-term President because of it. The W. destroyed the Republican advantage in foreign affairs by getting us into the Iraq War, not to mention doing nothing to prevent the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and then shoveling trillions in public funds at Wall Street because of it.

But worst for both of them was the failure to stop illegal immigration, which set the stage for the demographic destruction of the Republican Party and of the country. Trump is the last best hope, but it might just be too late because of the tens of millions of mindless straight-ticket Democrat drones who have been imported and/or naturalized (to the extent that naturalization is still even required to vote) since 1988.


51 posted on 05/05/2016 10:55:14 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: datura

Amen, datura! Amen. It does, absolutely, help the cause.


52 posted on 05/05/2016 11:05:05 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: BenLurkin

The Bushes have managed to transformed the adoration they once receives to utter contempt.


53 posted on 05/05/2016 11:10:53 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Trump is Alexander slashing the Gordian Knot!)
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To: BenLurkin

Look, the Republican National Convention should be the nominee’s big party. There is no need for the old gray-hairs to come out. Let Trump and his supporters have their well-deserved party.


54 posted on 05/05/2016 11:42:14 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: BenLurkin

You Mean the Phony Bush family

‘OF THE WORLD ORDER GANG???


55 posted on 05/05/2016 11:45:25 AM PDT by late bloomer ( Neglegere homo pone aulaeum. semi-retired warlord)
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To: BenLurkin
George H.W. Bush's acceptance of a tax hike (forced on him by a Democratic Congress)...

That wasn't forced on him. Bush caved and abandoned his "no new taxes" pledge at the urging of Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and Office of Management and Budget director Richard Darman.

Bush'e decision to break his pledge on taxes made him a one-term president.

56 posted on 05/05/2016 11:47:39 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin
The Bushes have NEVER been conservatives.

Ronald Reagan's biggest mistake was to pick George Bush as his running mate. It is unfortunate that he didn't pick a real conservative such as Paul Laxalt, who was said to be high on the list of candidates. The Bushes undid the Reagan Revolution, as I knew they would from the get-go.

57 posted on 05/05/2016 11:51:27 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin

> The utter failure of the Bush brand surprised some people,...

Looking forward to the utter failure of the Clinton and Obama brands.


58 posted on 05/05/2016 12:21:29 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: CodeToad

The Bushes were nothing but Saudi agents.


59 posted on 05/05/2016 12:23:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
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