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Speak of the devil, a conservative speaks ill of the Constitution....
What Bizarro World are you on there? Hello?George Bush was no conservative and he certainly never referred to himself as one. He posed as a republican but was actually a progressive.
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.
George W. Bush (who congratulated Joe Biden for his victory the very day the TV networks called the presidential race for him) emphatically rejected the idea that the 2020 election was “stolen,” said the January 6 Capitol riot left him “sick to my stomach,” and dismissed Trumpism with the words: “History and the United States has shown these populist movements begin to fritter over time, and so I’m optimistic about democracy.”
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CNN’s Chris Cillizza read the interview and thought it was remarkable how far the GOP had drifted in the 12 years since Bush left office. But I think Cillizza is understating the significance of the gap between W. and Trump’s party. George W. Bush wasn’t just any old Republican: When nominated and elected in 2000, he was very much the candidate of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, the man who (as Robert Novak influentially put it) may have been the biological heir to George H.W. Bush but was the ideological heir of Ronald Reagan. He was backed in his unexpectedly difficult fight for the presidential nomination by every major figure in the conservative movement and in the Christian right. And until his popularity flagged during his second term, conservatives were pleased with his presidency; there wasn’t a peep of dissent from them when he ran for reelection in 2004.
What Bizarro World are you on there? Hello?
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Conservative George W. Bush Is Now Too Liberal for His Party
George W. and Jeb Bush once defined not just Republicanism, but movement conservatism. Both have changed decisively after Trump.nymag.com
I have no idea what point this is making except the progressive he is.
And yet, for most Americans, Bush is a conservative.Damn straight!
Bush wanted open borders.
Bush pushed and signed bills that handed out money to corporations in the trillions like a good progressive democrat.
Bush fed the military complex with two wars that made the war machine trillions. Very progressive!
Expanded government programs and government spending like a good little progressive democrat.
And yet, for most Americans, Bush is a conservative.
Nice try spinning the "Bush is a progressive" mantra there...
This is true....sad, but true.most can’t even tell you where America is on a map.
(The Guardian) The Washington Post broke the story last night that documents pertaining to nuclear weapons were among those the FBI investigators looked for at Mar-a-Lago.
Investigators arrived at the property on Monday after months of investigation into whether the former president unlawfully took papers from the White House, which he departed in January 2021. According to the Post, among the documents the FBI found were signals intelligence, which are intercepted phone or email communications that are among the most sensitive type of classified material.
The Post had few other details about the Mar-a-Lago search, but we may find out more this afternoon. Lawyer for the former president have until 3 pm eastern time today to tell a court whether he objects to unsealing the warrant allowing the search, which Trump said last night he would not do. It’s unclear when the document would then be released, but it may offer more insight into what the FBI expected to find at his Florida club.
Then he should let the chips fall; remember - the Big G doesn't do a damn thing until they've got their i's dotted and t's crossed.It’s fake news, Trump didn’t have anything with nuclear secrets.
Then he should let the chips fall; remember - the Big G doesn't do a damn thing until they've got their i's dotted and t's crossed.