Don’t be surprised if the Bush dynasty now tries to migrate to the Democrat party, the market for fake Republicans having dried up. One of Reagan’s bigger mistakes was agreeing to Bush the Elder as his Veep.
Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Oh, please, Bushes, go be Democrats and be honest for once. And good riddance.
Worst family in the history of the US Presidential legacy. Too bad everyone couldn’t see it at the time. Now they are living their best years in retirement bliss with not a care in the world. And their obnoxious and annoying daughters have ruthlessly cemented themselves in the media/ activists/actresses despite possessing zero talent besides nepotism.
None of the Bushes have been fake. They’re a common type in the top ranks of the Republican Party and have been for several generations.
Note, Prescott Bush Sr had six children. Five of the six had only avocational involvements in politics and the sixth did not get involved in politics professionally until he was nearly 40. He had 17 grandchildren who survived infancy. Pretty much he same deal. Only George W., Jeb, and their cousin Hap Ellis were involved in politics professionally, and in the case of Hap Ellis, it was time put in as a congressional aide when he was in his 20s. (Only four of the grandchildren are under the age of 65, and two of these appear to be the sort of people who have an allergy to anything controversial). As for the dozens of great-grandchildren, only George P. to date has had any involvement in politics as a profession, and he appears to have shot his wad at this point in his life. I don’t think you’re going to hear much more of the Bush clan.
Art you are being far too forgiving to the Bush legacy.
I’m happy to be corrected here, but I don’t think there is a war or “meddling” which both Bush governments involved the US in, which left a nation better off than before US involvement. And that boils down to the Bush leadership. Trump was stuck with the distaste, and (I can’t believe I’m admitting to this), so was Obama.
I guess you see the glass half full with the Bush family and who can fault you for that.
I think I personally despise them more than the Kennedy clan. But that’s one silly persons opinion here- mine.
I’m happy to be corrected here, but I don’t think there is a war or “meddling” which both Bush governments involved the US in, which left a nation better off than before US involvement.
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You’ve been imbibing too much palaeotrash literature. Those types write nothing serious about foreign affairs and pretend the dilemmas conscientious politicians face in that realm do not exist.
The problem with the Bushes is that they enjoy competition and attention, but issues are fungible to them. The only domestic policy George Bush the Elder would go to the mat for was preferential tax rates for capital gains. They’ve prospered in politics because they impress campaign donors.
The essential vacuity extends to other areas of their life. No prudent individual gets anywhere near the Clintons and the younger Bushes associating with the Obamas is just gratuitous. (Note that Barbara Bush’s relationship with Nancy Reagan was abrasive). Of our recent presidents, George Bush and Gerald Ford are the only pairing which seem like a good fit for a personal friendship. With regard to the wives of these men, no two of them look like they’d be drawn to each other under ordinary circumstances.
It doesn’t require a great deal of intelligence or consumption of “paleotrash literature” to come to the conclusion that the presidential legacy’s of Bush senior and junior was vapid and self-seeking under the guise of nationalism. But you do you Art.