2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNewt Gingrich Says Bushes Acting 'Childishly' and Need to 'Get Over' Jeb's Loss
Newt Gingrich accused the Bush family of behaving childishly by skipping this weeks Republican National Convention and refusing to endorse Donald Trump.
The former speaker of the House, who was widely considered one of the top three vice presidential contenders for Trump, made the comments today on Good Morning America in Cleveland, where the convention kicks off.
The reason people nominated Donald Trump is because they werent happy and, frankly, I think the Bushes are behaving childishly, Gingrich told George Stephanopoulos on GMA. Jeb lost. Get over it.
Former President George H.W. Bush and his son former President George W. Bush have no plans to endorse Trump, their spokespeople told ABC News in May.
https://gma.yahoo.com/newt-gingrich-advises-childishly-acting-bush-family-over-114811457--abc-news-topstories.html
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Build that party unity, baby! BUILD it!
randome
(34,845 posts)OTOH, maybe that's just what the Convention needs.
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)could vote for Trump. May be the only time I've agreed with her ever.
PatSeg
(47,587 posts)Barbara and George Sr. supported Planned Parenthood, as did Prescott Bush. George had to changed his position in order to be on the ticket with Reagan.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Amazing isn't it? Even Nixon was quite liberal by today's standards. Piece by piece the party sold its soul to the devil, until it became a contest as to who can be the most extreme. I think the downward spiral began when they started to appeal to the religious right who had never been very political. They made promises they couldn't and wouldn't keep and eventually that gave birth to the fringe faction of the party.
Doing and saying anything for a vote eventually will bite you in the ass and you end up with candidates like Donald Trump.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of people who can put someone in office with their chump change. Duping the socioreligious right into serving the wealthy worked for a time, and still is to some degree. Despicable. We have over 550 billionaires and literally thousands of megamillionaires who already made out like bandits no matter what happens to the GOP.
Amazing all right. So, of course, is the Koch-lead alliance that's believed to be as powerful as the GOP, but enormously less scrutinized.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)That's news to me.
Or are you saying that just because they're old?
My mom just turned 90, and there is NOTHING wrong with HER mind.
randome
(34,845 posts)Maybe I had that wrong but I wasn't referencing their ages at all.
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Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Republicans love that word! It was overused in the 1990's.
Never looking at them-selves! Just others were always inappropriate!
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)he lost from name-calling and other personal insults and put-downs, they have no use for Trump or his convention.
The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)and no responsible Republican should endorse him. For the good of the country they should endorse Hillary Clinton.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)He basically blamed 9/11 on George Bush (and there is some merit to that in terms of ignoring warnings) and made some shitty statements about Jeb's wife and mother.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)That's why his lips are still pryed to Donnie's orange ass.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)Imagine the books he can sell as a former Secretary of State. He is going to suck on this teat for all he can and this is his only viable route. Trashing the Bush family is not a good idea, however, if you want to show your diplomatic side. Jis' sayin'
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)They may have decided to lay low.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)He publicly humiliated poor Jebby in front of everyone.