Posted on 03/23/2021 6:58:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
It’s well-known that there’s no love lost between Donald J. Trump and the Bush family. They (with the exception of Texas pol George P. Bush) were conspicuously missing from the ranks of Republican leaders who happily or dutifully endorsed the mogul in 2016 or in 2020. And in a new interview with the Texas Tribune, the 43rd president makes it abundantly clear he is miles away from the 45th on a wide range of issues. But he also shows he’s far from the prevailing mood in the party he led for eight years
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Son of the New World Order.
Son of the New World Order.
NONE of the Bushes were ever conservative.
They were/are ALL UniParty.
I absolutely despise him now.
I absolutely despise him now.
His 2000 campaign themes would be okay, but not how he ended up governing. Tax cuts and war in the Middle East does not equal conservative. He was fairly pro life, so there’s that. The media is deebly goncerned about the GOP again.
Oh? Do tell. Which “conservative” policies has he changed his stance on?
GW was a rhino. He songed every bad bill sent to him until the end of his 2nd term. He was a rubber stamp.
Yep. Me too. Voted for Dad, son but Jeb was very instrumental in putting a stop to a bad habit.
Bush was never conservative
Good freepers were zotted for disagreeing with Bush conservatism..
Who is this conservative George Bush they are talking about ?
I never heard of him.
It’s a conspiracy.
The worst mistake President Reagan ever made. This family had no political acumen or base and would never have gotten anywhere nationally except for him; they showed their “gratitude” by undercutting his conservative policies.
Well, given that the alternative would have been Al Gore or John Kerry, of course we all voted for Bush. We have binary choices in elections.
Conservatives DO NOT bomb their own country.
I repeatedly tried to warn everyone about W in 1999 but no one would listen. Steve Forbes was a far better choice.
No, what’s happened is that many on the right have been red pilled. They are no longer so trusting that they support every war, go along with whatever establishment Republicans swear is the best way to get things done, etc. They are tired of being lied to by evil men like GWB.
Bush was Corporatist, in the most awful form.
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