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Dulcinea

(6,660 posts)
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 01:54 PM Nov 2017

I DONT LIKE HIM: BUSH PRESIDENTS WORRY TRUMP WILL TORPEDO THE G.O.P.

Last month, former president George W. Bush took a leaf from Michelle Obama‘s book, decrying the current climate of “nationalism distorted into nativism” that has seeped into the Republican Party without once mentioning Donald Trump‘s name. The speech was a marked escalation for the former president, who, aside from an alleged remark that Trump‘s inauguration was “some weird shit,” had been largely reticent on the subject of 45. Now, however, both W. and his father, George Bush Sr., are ramping up their criticism of Trump, openly calling him a “blowhard” and worrying out loud that he is in the process of leveling the Republican party they built over the course of two lifetimes.

In The Last Republicans, Mark K. Updegrove examines the relationship between Bushes Jr. and Sr. while delving into their perception of Trump and their concerns for the party’s future. According to The New York Times, its name is derived from something George W. Bush told the author during the 2016 presidential campaign: “I’m worried that I will be the last Republican president.” (Neither Bush voted for Trump: Bush Sr. voted for Hillary Clinton, and the younger Bush told Updegrove he voted for “none of the above.”)

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/bush-presidents-worried-trump-will-torpedo-republican-party

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I DONT LIKE HIM: BUSH PRESIDENTS WORRY TRUMP WILL TORPEDO THE G.O.P. (Original Post) Dulcinea Nov 2017 OP
The Smart Money Class Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #1
I hope t-rump does torpedo the GOP but Iliyah Nov 2017 #2
Shrub Senior and Shrub Junior customerserviceguy Nov 2017 #3
He wants the title back, maybe? 7wo7rees Nov 2017 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. The Smart Money Class
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 02:01 PM
Nov 2017

is scared. That is a start,watch for some interesting anti Trump doings come to lite.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. Shrub Senior and Shrub Junior
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 02:35 PM
Nov 2017

are no more valid to me today than they were when they created the wars in the Middle East that spawned Al Queda and ISIS.

They're just pissed that Jebbie got shot down both verbally and electively by Trump. They wanted to keep the dynasty going.

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