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alp227

(32,029 posts) Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:57 AM Jun 2016

An Unlikely Savior Emerges to Help Endangered Republicans: George W. Bush (NY Times)

I think the headline is enough; no excerpt needed.

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An Unlikely Savior Emerges to Help Endangered Republicans: George W. Bush (NY Times) (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2016 OP

'All the Bushes are people of integrity..' Volaris Jun 2016 #1

Then why'd they vote Trump if they don't like that inconvenient fact? nt alp227 Jun 2016 #4

I see that bringing him in to help Jeb worked MFM008 Jun 2016 #2

RNC has issued a statement... Javaman Jun 2016 #3

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

1. 'All the Bushes are people of integrity..'

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 02:30 AM

Jun 2016

And that's where I stopped reading.

Trump got to make his bones attacking Bush's invasion of Iraq as a disaster and not suffer any consequences for it because even dumb-as-dirt conservatives know this is A FACT. That they don't LIKE that fact, isn't my problem.

alp227

(32,029 posts)

4. Then why'd they vote Trump if they don't like that inconvenient fact? nt

Reply to Volaris (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:19 PM

Jun 2016

MFM008

(19,816 posts)

2. I see that bringing him in to help Jeb worked

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 03:08 AM

Jun 2016

really well.
Its the medias job to make a race out of a dead rat.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

3. RNC has issued a statement...

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:43 AM

Jun 2016

"we here at the RNC have recognized the dangerous rhetoric displayed by trump. In light of such inflammatory statements, we here at the RNC have decided to stop backing crazy and instead have chosen to go back to our old ways and go back to backing plane old fucking stupid*".

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