“.....George W. cooked the Bushes’ goose as far as any further political success is concerned.
And Barbara added a bit of gasoline on the fire with her remarks about Sarah Palin.....”
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When looking at Sarah Palin Barbara knew that she was looking at “the real deal”—the heart and soul of America.
Unfortunately, in the end, the Bush’s were well-meaning buffoons—sometimes carrying the Democrats water for them following advice from Karl Rove to do same. Barbara knew that the men in her family were of the “pale pastel” variety. They could never fill the shoes of a Ronald Reagan (or a Margaret Thatcher for that matter). Jeb Bush is cut from the same cloth.
"The Bushes were well-meaning buffoons." "They could never fill the shoes of Reagan or Thatcher." Well said.
The Bushes are decent people; I must give them that, certainly more decent than most people involved in politics.
As I have said before: George W. Bush is a better man than Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter, and he's smarter than Carter. Not saying much but at least I can give him that. I worked hard campaigning for him twice, and praised him extravagantly until it became obvious that he was a bad President--then a very bad President--and finally, one of the worst Presidents in US history.
George W. Bush was always a decent man with the nation's best interests and the welfare of the American people foremost in his mind, and he showed great courage and goodness, but he was simply not up to the job.
His intentions were always good; about that there can be no doubt whatsoever. However, those good intentions, filtered through a mediocre intellect and a mind capable of bad judgment, lead him to such bad decisions as refusing to halt illegal immigration, increasing entitlements, running up huge debts burdening even our grandchildren and--worst of all--setting us up for what we have now! These good intentions shoved America a long way down The Road to Hell--and our children, grandchildren, and their descendants will pay a heavy price for them.