[Isara]

FYI

[WENDLE]

He invaded the wrong damned country!!

[gwgn02]

GW is a moron.

[GulliverSwift]

I’m not a Cruz fan but if Bush keeps this up, it might make me better disposed to him.

[Gasshog]

Luv Dubya

NOT!!!

[txrefugee]

The whole Bush bunch ought to live where they feel comfortable with like-minded people....Saudi Arabia.

[Psalm 144]

The image at the article is great!

[Inyo-Mono]

The Republican Party is not conservative that’s why they dump on the likes of us.

[Psalm 144]

Not quite a full break with the Religion of Peace representative, but close. Certainly a warning shot across the bow.

[Isara]

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[laconic]

Good analysis by Laura I. But I do disagree with her on one conclusion: I don’t like or respect the Bush family, any of them.

[Still Thinking]

Indeed, when the left was going wild in Obama’s first term, all the Bushes went mum. George W. was suddenly applauded by elites in both parties as a gallant statesman when he announced that he wouldn’t criticize his successor.

....but criticizing your predecessor, WHILE YOU'RE IN OFFICE, is just hunky dory. [eyeroll]

[vbmoneyspender]

George W. Bush never defended the people who voted for him

This is a recurring pattern with GWB. He didn't defend the troops who were fighting the Iraq War when the left attacked them all thru the end of his first term and the entirety of his second term. Bush going AWOL on defending the Iraq War made the Iraq War a much tougher slog because the jihadis (who are many things, but stupid isn't one of them) saw that the PR battle in America was being lost because Bush wasn't willing to fight it. Who knows why? Maybe Bush will explain someday what others might properly view as cowardice on his part.

[Thumper1960]

I regret that I supported and voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. I regret that I defended Bush II when the Left went after him. I am not in the least amused that George W. Bush has decided to piss all over we who "had his back" during those 8 long years.

Bush has shown his true stripes. Those stripes are not the coloring of a patriotic American. Those stripes belong to a callous, opportunistic bastard.

[LeoWindhorse]

W has always been in the thrall of Karl Rove and he still seems to be . Karl Rove somehow convinced him to go with the media promoted narrative that ‘ no WMD’s were found in Iraq ‘ , when in fact they were , thus giving the goddamned Dems tons of ammo , up until now . Karl Rove single-handedly went around in 2010 trying his level best to undermine and threaten local and state Republican parties NOT to support the Tea party elements in their states/communities , and to ‘occupy ‘ them and dissolve them wherever and whenever possible . Why in the world W tied his legacy to this stupid little dwarf troll I cannot imagine . Maybe Rove is a hypnotist? In any case W seems to be parroting for Rove again these days .

Get a life W ! Think for your own damn self !

[Georgia Girl 2]

Dubya doesn’t have the stones to attack Trump who is blatantly calling him out because he doesn’t want the ghetto beatdown so he goes after Cruz. Of all people the guy who is classy and trying to play by the 11th commandment. Then Cruz comes back with a really high road reply to Bush’s attack. Commendable. Makes GW look petty and mean spirited which for all I know he may be.

I have totally run out of give a chit on GW Bush. I voted for the Maroon twice and defended him endlessly as he did one thing after another I disagreed with. He should STFU and stay that way and call his mother and tell her to make Jebbie drop out.

[CaptainPhilFan]

You know what? Excellent piece.

I’m actually sitting here crying now, with a pain in my heart. She brought it all home.

Glad you shared it. Speaks volumes.

I knew W said crappy things about Cruz the other day but I haven’t thought about his silence for Barry and his non-defense of grass root right-wingers.

Can’t help but believe there’ll now be a surge for Ted.
W can’t be that ignorant.

[EternalHope]

The true nature of the Bush family is finally clear.

I’m embarrassed I ever supported any of them. Never again.

[Jeff Chandler]

George W. Bush never defended the people who voted for him, or explained that they aren’t guilty of all the cultural or political crimes attributed to them by the left.

[samtheman]

President Bush broke his self-imposed silence in January 2011, in a speech at Southern Methodist University. The only problem was, he wasn’t attacking Obama, but conservatives. Addressing the immigration debate, he said: “(I)f you study history, there are some ‘isms’ that occasionally pop up … One is isolationism and its evil twin protectionism and its evil triplet nativism.”
Bush Family Mexican

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More info:

KARL ROVE: Here's what's behind George W. Bush's beef with Ted Cruz and Donald Trump by Colin Campbell

Bush disliked Cruz's "opportunistic" closeness to Donald Trump, who had called for Bush's impeachment years back. He also resented Cruz's criticism of John Roberts, Bush's appointment as Chief Justice whom Cruz had originally warmly supported.

Of course it may just be preppy-jock-fratboy vs. debate geek/nerd bullying. In any case, it was a private comment (or supposed to be, though Bush should no by now that nothing he says is private anymore) and certainly a lot milder than things we say here everyday about politicians.