Ronald Reagan is a national treasure so the following is not a criticism at all, but rather a statement of harsh reality: Reagan did not pick Bush to “unify the Republican party” - he picked Bush because the Deep State has had everyone more or less by the balls since 1960, even Ronald Reagan.
Here’s some Deep State history:
In 1960, Eisenhower issued a strong warning in his farewell address - here are some excerpts. .
“….we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.”
“….we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”
“…The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.”
Eisenhower was talking about what we now call the Deep State, and we now know that his warnings were too late. We must look back suspiciously at the events of the past 70 years, and consider it very likely that the Deep State was pulling the strings.
Did they steal the 1960 election?
Did they assassinate the Kennedys?
Did they sideline Johnson in 1968?
Did they railroad Nixon in 1974?
Did they force Reagan to choose CIA director Bush as VP in 1980?
I think the answer is “yes” to all of the above.
Here is another bit of Deep State history:
After 9/11, 2001, the Patriot Act was passed and The Department of Homeland Security was created, basically putting the Military Industrial Complex on steroids. And who was President? The son of the man you say Reagan picked to “unite the party”.
See, you people constantly hold Trump to a false double standard.
Reagan is forced to pick a disastrous Deep State VP, and a mostly RINO Cabinet, and you say he’s “uniting the party”.
Trump is forced to pick a disastrous Deep State VP, and a mostly RINO cabinet, and you say he’s “his own worst enemy” or “a poor judge of character”.
Cam’t you see that 40 years later Trump is facing the same Deep State, but if anything 10 times worse?
Can’t you see Trump is not the problem here?
So, spare me your lectures about what’s wrong with Trump until you can find someone better to lead the charge.
Let’s see Trump picked a great AG in Bill Barr and FBI director who are as deep state as you can get and began the lawfare that is now used against him, he picked a great couple of doctors to run his Covid response, and enriched Big Pharma beyond their wildest dreams, his actions led to lock downs, mask mandates, vaccine mandates, led to unjust changes to election laws which likely cost him re-election, crushed the economy, started the uncontrolled spending this is still going and is crushing the average American, and eviscerated the constitution.
Spare me the lectures on why Trump is the only one who can lead the charge.
I would say any Republican not under 4 criminal indictments would be a better choice, considering Trump’s actions led to the 4 criminal indictments.