The new home of Reagan conservatism
Posted on 09/16/2009 12:10:22 PM PDT by TBP
Bush was preparing to give a speech to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. The conference is the event of the year for conservative activists; Republican politicians are required to appear and offer their praise of the conservative movement.
Latimer got the assignment to write Bush's speech. Draft in hand, he and a few other writers met with the president in the Oval Office. Bush was decidedly unenthusiastic.
"What is this movement you keep talking about in the speech?" the president asked Latimer.
Latimer explained that he meant the conservative movement -- the movement that gave rise to groups like CPAC.
"Let me tell you something," the president said. "I whupped Gary Bauer's ass in 2000. So take out all this movement stuff. There is no movement."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
If thats his attitude then I hope he remembers this when Obama goes after him for whatever crimes the rat extremists want to use. I`ll not lift a finger to help that liberal wanna be,screw him and the rest of his pathetic CINO party.
My ‘argument’ was purely factual. It’s up to you to do the research needed to reconcile those facts with your question about the 1984 election.
Please let me know what you find out. Here’s some speculation to help get you started:
Reagan had put together a successful coalition, including the ‘Eastern liberal establishment’ (Ron’s phrase) faction’s leader, Poppy Bush. Why would RR mess with success, and open himself to attack from the Skull & Bones and Jim Baker crowds (ie TPTB)?
And then there’s RR’s 11th Commandment, Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of a Fellow Republican.
“As a conservative, Bush delivered on two of the main reasons I voted for him: the Supreme Court (Alito and Roberts were great picks)”
You wouldn’t have had Alito if Bush had his way. He wanted Harriet Miers.
This is parody, right?
As long as conservatives keep blindly following the GOP and drinking its Kool Aid, all it will give us is people like Bush, McCain, Olympia Snowe, and the like. After all, that’s all you demand.
You are right, he has been out of office a whole NINE MONTHS! I would be interested in your defination of “for some time”.
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