Posted on 01/20/2021 7:23:01 PM PST by Pelham
Apparently, GPB is running for attorney general in the primary against Ken Paxton.
Never forget what great family friends the Bushes and Clintons are, a little bit of “get some ice on that” notwithstanding.
Allow me to repeat myself, what I have been saying for the past 30 years: The biggest political mistake ever made by a politician in the USA is Ronald Reagan picking GH as his VP Talk about falling dominoes from hell
Yes, I don’t think that Jeb realized what he had done when he let Terri die.
I called his office many times, from Canada, begging him to intervene. He must have received millions of calls.
And those who were disappointed did not vote for him.
The “Chimp” must have forgotten just how much the Left hated him, some even promoting his assassination. He’s just a “chip off the old block” that ran a vicious campaign against Reagan.
Wasn’t it, though? /s
Seriously, it wasn’t until later that I realized just how close the Saudis were to the U.S. president.
Immediately after 9/11, we should have gone for total energy independence. Between the U.S. and Canada, we have more than enough energy right here. Of course, Biden has just destroyed that possibility by stopping the pipeline.
Instead, we continued to rely on the M.E.
And Obama bowing obsequiously to the Saudi king was just another example.
I agree. And I used to be a part of the “Daily Dose of Dubya” threads.
To my deep chagrin.
I remember “Daily Dose of Dubya”.
The glory days of our Innocence.
“This old man George is not the same Dubya we all remembered on 9/11 when he stood on the ruins of Twin Towers with a bullhorn.”
Nope, he’s the exact same man. Any politician in that situation would have done that with the bullhorn. Sure it’s iconic, but literally any political type (except Obama) could pull that off.
The real Bush though : Bush campaigned on a conservative, non-nation building platform. He spent his first term acting like he was mopping up Clinton mess, handling the aftermath of 9/11 at home, bombing Iraq, and subsequently kicking off the nation building he campaigned against. Then, right before the 2004 election, he went and expanded Medicare.
After he was re-elected, he tried to privatize social security for, what was it, 15 or 20 minutes? He gave up ... the elite Rs and Ds didn’t want that since it would mean that they’d have to admit that they spend that money the instant it arrives. He didn’t want to fight them since he more than likely privately agreed with them.
After that fiasco, he didn’t do a damn thing but pander to the left and let them walk all over him. Hurricane Katrina response was 100% the result of Democratic policy, yet most in this country blame Bush (and, by extension, conservatism) for anything and everything that went wrong there. The mayor (Nagin) and the governor at the time (I want to say Blanco ... Kathleen?) were 100% failures when it came to leadership, but Bush took all of the blame.
His ineffectiveness cost the Rs a sizable lead in the Senate and the House in 2006, and, eventually the Presidency to his buddy Obama in 2008. He was *that* close to locking out non-leftists from the White House forever.
Much like his dad blowing 90% approval ratings under a year before his re-election, Bush destroyed anything resembling political capital by the end of 2005 and dragged the conservative brand down with him. That gave us a clown like Obama.
If I’m honest, I believe both the father and the son intentionally tanked their Presidencies ... I don’t think they ever expected Bush’s coattails to be that long in 2004 ... they had to correct that problem. I also think his father pretty much handed the election to Clinton since he was his chosen “son” to kick off his vision of the “New World Order” (few know that they knew each other well before 1992).
I get that Ross Perot may have played a role in HW Bush’s loss, but you don’t squander a 90% approval rating in under 12 months no matter who the media backed unless you are doing it intentionally ... he was hellbent on losing since he knew a D would have an easier time getting globalist nonsense passed.
“for not being properly grateful for the wisdom of Dubya...... my, how times change.”
I was a slow learner ... I didn’t see how sickening he was until 2006 ... after that, I had nothing to say about him. I despise him now as well as the most of the Republican Party. After his “See ya at the signin’”, I made a decision to not even urinate on the guy if I saw him on fire.
At least you had the guts to explain why you couldn’t stand him on a conservative site back when he was loved here. I sure as hell didn’t :-) . That’s what happens when you put party first and not the country though ... you wind up supporting some of the biggest scumbags known to mankind!
At least I learned ... many haven’t :-). And to think from 2000-2005 I thought people like you were crazy :-). Sorry (though I never would have blocked/zotted anyone that is otherwise conservative ... I like people being honest).
“The biggest political mistake ever made by a politician in the USA is Ronald Reagan picking GH as his VP”
I don’t think that was Reagan’s decision ... that was more of a Republican Party decision. There are several stories/articles out there about why Bush wound up as Reagan’s running mate in 1980. IIRC, it was either “have Bush on your team, or you are not getting help from us”. The elite Rs hated Reagan as much as Trump.
For what it’s worth, he campaigned as a “Compassionate Conservative”.
Which is neither.
Sad to witness the plus of a man turn so negative. Bush has been invaded by evil.
In the early ‘90s we had a grassroots campaign to pass an illegal immigration bill here in California. Prop 187. We did pass it, but we had serious opposition from GOP establishment hacks who sided with Mexico’s illegal alien army.
One of those hacks was Dubya, a privileged ass who couldn’t have cared less about what the flood of illegals was doing to California. I don’t think he changed for the worse, he was always like this. He was just good at deceiving people and he had a lot of assistance from “conservative” media who helped him do it.
No kidding. I really believed in GW.
Never really understood just how tangled up politicians are.
Trump opened our eyes.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.