Posted on 02/16/2016 6:42:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
To these Establishmentarians the Trump performance was a call for the smelling salts. Trump attacked the Bushes. O...M...G!!!!
What seems to go right over the heads of these fine folks is that there is more to this than just the battle between Ronald Reagan and the GOP Establishment all over again. To be sure, Trump isn't Reagan. As noted often enough, no two human souls are alike. But while the animosity on display towards Trump from the Bush camp and the larger GOP Establishment is exactly what was on display as Reagan did battle with both the Bushes and the GOP years ago -- there's more here.
Put aside the Reagan-Bush divide. With President Bush 43 now campaigning in South Carolina for Jeb -- and with Jeb Bush haughtily defending John McCain as a "hero" and taking such umbrage at Trump attacks on the Bushes -- let's take a look back at the 2000 GOP primary in South Carolina between George W. Bush and John McCain. -- Let's just see how "the Bushes" and the GOP Establishment work when challenged. Suffice to say the Bush campaign of 2000 and its allies treated John McCain as anything but a hero. And conducted the Bush campaign in a way far distant from the public image Jeb Bush seeks to portray.
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Indeed, the McCain campaign did not fight back in 2000. And they didn't fight back against Obama in 2008. Nor did the Romney campaign fight back when running against Obama in 2012. Which is why neither man became president -- and George W. and Barack Obama did.
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The bottom line? Donald Trump fights. And in being utterly unafraid to take on the Bush campaign apparatus that left John McCain both defeated, bitter, and angry in 2000 after South Carolina...
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
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Trump isn't Reagan, but it's entirely possible that by building The Wall, and dealing with the Muslims, he may go down in history as the President who saved America.
While I’m far less of a Trump fan than I was, if anyone is likely to be McCain-esque, it’s Bush, not Trump.
The Bushes will fail in SC.
Ironic that Reagan is known for tearing down a wall and Trump will be known for building one.
We may actually see Jeb cry.
He was close to it at the debate
Maybe the Yeb! campaign could put that on pay-per-view and raise some more campaign funds.
he is a mama’s boy who wines far too much and then adds in his speeches he is tough and proven!
He’s really just an overgrown baby. He dwarfs his more macho brother, George, btw. I noticed that this morning. He’s a Baby Hughie type.
Real Conservatives
Thanks very much for posting this GOLD from Jeffrey Lord.
His column really must be thoroughly read and digested.
Donald Trump is not only trying to WIN the GOP nomination, he’s simultaneously going after the Bush controlled RNC and its special interest, open borders, big money donors.
IOW, when you go after the king, you must succeed.
Thus far, Donald Trump is well on his way to success.
The RNC stopped running its illegal ads using Trump.
Debate audiences will no longer be stacked.
Trump’s GITMO press conference yesterday was covered by news outlets galore and all Cable channels, including C-SPAN1, as though Trump were already POTUS, which gave Trump premium time to describe his rivals, hit the RNC and answer a multitude of questions.
Good grief!
Comparing Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan is like comparing Pol Pot to Mahatma Ghandi.
Jebs the toughest marshmallow I’ve ever seen.
Reagan should have built a wall instead of getting duped into giving amnesty to millions
Obviously, you neglected to read the entire column posted at the link, but thanks so much for your silly reply.
Odds are high that the only significant outcomes of this Bush family assault on Trump as a way to rescue Jeb from looming failure will be to solidify Trump’s lead and damage the public’s opinion of President Bush 43.
It is clear that the majority of republican voters view Jeb as a loser and unsuitable for the office of president.
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