After Bush the Smarter lost the election to Clinton, he became officially a bad joke to the GOP. The CPAC that year jeered his name out loud and he was the subject to ridicule.
As I read this right after his son stole the election for Gore, I wished him an even more pathetic memorialization by his own. So, when I saw this title
Bush a four-letter word at CPAC
I certainly celebrated my wish coming true so precisely.
I savored several details:
if there’s one thing those attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this week agree on, it is this: They don’t want another George W. Bush.
There’s no nostalgia for the past eight years, no tributes to Bush and no sessions dedicated to exploring his presidency.
Indeed, for a president who publicly embraced conservative principles, there is little evidence that the movement returns the sentiment.
But while enjoying morsels like this one, I was troubled by my second time agreement with New Gingrich (the first time was over Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy). Someone on that side notce the Jr.Jr reality – even if they zoom on all the wrong things:
Conservative icon Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker, railed against the “Bush-Obama continuity in economic policy” and the “Bush-Obama big spending program” in a speech Friday.
“We had big spending under Bush and now we have big spending under Obama,” Gingrich said. “And so now we have two failures.“
What he said.
Not Your Sweetie 
12 comments
March 1, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Stray Yellar Dawg
Yep. What he said.
And, remember, for all the Newt hate on the left, he was the one who helped Clinton pass welfare reform, and balance the federal budget.
What we see now is that balancing a budget simply doesn’t mean anything to simple minded voters of the sort who voted for Jr. and Jr. Squared.
March 1, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Grail Guardian
Newt hate, CDS – it’s all a page from the same playbook. Let’s create polar opposites so we can drive people to the far right and far left out of fear. That way they’ll forget all about what they really believe and how little their elected officials vote for anything they agree with.
We have got to stop letting these people manipulate us and play us like a board game!
March 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Grail Guardian
BTW, Newt does not think W. was a failure. It’s just popular to say you are right now, so he is. In 4 years he’ll be waxing poetic about Jr. again.
March 1, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Deja_Vu
Gingrich speaks for the rich, white, male part of the population.
Welfare reform was the removal of the last remnants of the safety net enacted 30 years previously.
“Welfare queen” was as hateful a political moniker as has ever come down the pike, and Gingrich gleefully repeated that horrible mantra.
I don’t care for him, but I’ll admit he’s a smart guy, who hedges his bets. I’m just glad he’s not in, or running for, office.
March 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Woman Voter
Deja_Vu
March 1, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Gingrich speaks for the rich, white, male part of the population.
……..
He will throw his hat in the ring, trust me, he is trying to make a run for it in 2012.
March 1, 2009 at 8:16 pm
sister of ye
Sorry, but Newt Gingrich is a hateful person who merits all the opprobrium he gets. If you voice support for someone who agrees with your opinion for the wrong reasons, it’s too easy for said person to claiming your support of his underlying bad reasons.
Let’s face it, if Newt had been really worried about the Bush deficits, he would have been speaking out long and loud for the last 8 years. Nope, it’s only now, with a Dem in office, that he’s suddenly horrified, horrified I tells ya, by the nation’s debt.
It’s not an either/or choice between supporting Obama or the Republicans. Neither of them supports policies that are any good for people like me. I can despise and oppose them all.
March 2, 2009 at 11:36 am
huh
Bush is not a conservative and probably not even a Republican. I suspect the Bushies had more to torpedoing Palin than SNL. The U.S. has had a Third Party for several years now. It’s the Bush-Clinton/Obama Party. They run it / steal it. Why has Obama put Geithner (NY Fed Pres) as Tres Sec?? Why has he left Helichopter Ben as Fed Chair?? Where’s the “hopenchange”???
March 2, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Deja_Vu
“Bush is not a conservative and probably not even a Republican.”
Really? Can you provide any substantiation to those claims? It would be especially fascinating to see the proof that he’s not a member of the GOP.
One of my favorite things, among many, about Edge’s and other PUMA sites is that definitive statements come with links backing them up.
Thanks in advance.
And, I’m happy to provide a one of the many links about Gingrich and his “welfare queen” rants
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n7_v29/ai_19596314
March 2, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Deja_Vu
The link I provided isn’t informative. I will have to investigate further, I know Gingrich wanted “welfare reform” in the worst way, and “welfare queen” was a GOP staple since Reagan.
Ain’t accountability grand! 🙂
March 3, 2009 at 12:00 am
huh
By definition, no REAL conservative Republican would go along with all the bail outs. Therefore Bush is not a REAL conservative Republican. If you want to see what a REAL conservative Republican looks like look at Ron Paul. If you are still confused, feel free to google: Bush and socialism.
March 3, 2009 at 12:08 am
Deja_Vu
Is Bush still in the WH? Going along with the bailouts?
My view of Dr. Paul, gynecologist…I would hate to see his face behind the speculum. 🙂
March 3, 2009 at 12:45 pm
adagioforstrings1
“Indeed, for a president who publicly embraced conservative principles”
GWBush certainly was not a fiscal conservative. He made no attempt to limit government spending. “Compassionate Conservatism” is often viewed as “socialism lite”. Instead of tax & spend, he simply engaged in borrow & spend.