George H. Bush Could Have Been a Great (Republican) President If He Stuck to His Convictions (Reply #6)

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Sat Dec 1, 2018, 10:54 AM

Stallion (5,771 posts)

6. George H. Bush Could Have Been a Great (Republican) President If He Stuck to His Convictions

he knew Reagan's economic policy was a joke-Voodoo Economics- and he knew the Religious Right were snake dancers

His greatest weakness is that he wasn't strong enough politically to stand up for what he truly believed and he was one of the first in the modern Republican Party to abandon his principles for political expediency. That road leads to Donald Trump and the destruction of the Republican Party.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'll follow President Obama on this one [View all]	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2018	OP
I am just going to say it.	EllieBC	Dec 2018	#1
The praise was a tad effusive but a person's death is the last big chance to say something nice...	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2018	#2
His family loved him.	Butterflylady	Dec 2018	#7
And George and Barbara were very fond of Bill and Barack.	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2018	#9
I was no fan of the Bushes. However,	calimary	Dec 2018	#22
Who would be surprised if BHO & Michelle wrote that themselves?	mr_lebowski	Dec 2018	#3
The Bushes were fond of both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2018	#5
I expected nothing less.	cwydro	Dec 2018	#4
George H. Bush Could Have Been a Great (Republican) President If He Stuck to His Convictions	Stallion	Dec 2018	#6
Glad somebody said it.	pangaia	Dec 2018	#8
Indeed. Good observation.	PatrickforO	Dec 2018	#11
he lost re-election for sticking to his convictions	Hermit-The-Prog	Dec 2018	#15
Well said.	mountain grammy	Dec 2018	#16
And that family ain't clean	thegoose	Dec 2018	#19
"one of the first in the modern Republican Party to abandon his principles for political expediency"	Jarqui	Dec 2018	#24
Bush was knee deep in Iran Contra	Scotch-Irish	Dec 2018	#28
From Preet Bharara	Gothmog	Dec 2018	#35
Agree	modrepub	Dec 2018	#26
I love Obama more every time he does something like this.	PatrickforO	Dec 2018	#10
Yep	grantcart	Dec 2018	#13
Yep.	calimary	Dec 2018	#23
The Obamas are far better people than I am	Bettie	Dec 2018	#12
I cry each time I'm faced with the stark contrast of the joke in the oval now and the	onecaliberal	Dec 2018	#14
I seethe with rage every time I think of what we could've had.	Moebym	Dec 2018	#18
It goes to show how much ground we need to cover. The fact that people thought a dangerous joke	onecaliberal	Dec 2018	#32
I miss having a real POTUS	Gothmog	Dec 2018	#34
Always a class act. Great words, Mr. President.	DesertRat	Dec 2018	#17
he was the best republican president since Ike	elmac	Dec 2018	#20
I used to..	Fuzzpope	Dec 2018	#21
President Obama has spoken often about . . .	peggysue2	Dec 2018	#25
President Obama always leads by example and I respect that	lunatica	Dec 2018	#30
I have come to count on Barack Obama to say the presidential words for us in moments like this...	Hekate	Dec 2018	#27
The examples of being racists?	guillaumeb	Dec 2018	#29
As president, Bush I was my last CinC; although I didn't see action in KUwait/Irqa	RHMerriman	Dec 2018	#31
Great Statement by President Obama	Gothmog	Dec 2018	#33
K & R	MFGsunny	Dec 2018	#36
Fair winds and following seas, sir. n/t	Still In Wisconsin	Dec 2018	#37

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