Bush family swinging behind McCain

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON - John McCain's embrace from the Republican establishment, once hard to imagine, is nearly complete. Former President George H.W. Bush's endorsement Monday will effectively give the future presidential nominee the stamp of approval of the Bush family — both blessing and baggage.

"Bush-McCain Republicans," Democrat Barack Obama calls them. It remains to be seen whether Democrats can make that mischievous hyphen stick.

President Bush is backing McCain through his body language, with protocol demanding that he not swing explicitly behind the candidate with a race still technically — and only technically — in progress.

His father's endorsement, which follows one from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is a further nudge by GOP chieftains for conservative activists to get over their distaste for McCain and for rival Mike Huckabee to find a day job and get out.


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Oh, if only it were literally true that they are all swinging...

[TomInTib]

1. "Bush family swinging behind McCain". From nooses, hopefully. nt

[Xipe Totec]

2. GMTA! n/t

[jmondine]

11. I think Chimpy's swinging from a vine

[Bicoastal]

3. You know what? I hope the Bushes are behind McCain every step of the way.

I hope George, or Jeb, or George HW, or Barbra make it into every photo op.

Nothing like having a 30%-approved monkey on your back to send your own poll numbers into the toilet...

[uppityperson]

12. Yup. Get them going everywhere together, can only hurt them.

[dflprincess]

16. You'd think McCain would know better than to turn his back on the Bush Family

No doubt they still have delusions of getting Jeb-Boy into the White House and if it means sabotaging McCain this year they wouldn't think twice about it.

[Auggie]

4. That should give Walnuts one or two more votes...

no?

:shrug:

[Nitrogenica]

5. Team Bush-McCain 2008

[mamameow]

8. katrina

you should the picture of bush.mc cain sweeties holding the cake with a split screen of the bodies floating in new orleans. it happened the same day.

[Nitrogenica]

10. Yes of course I know. Wait'll the rest of the public knows...

That's what I'm saying.

The "Moral values" of the Republican party are cherry picked to an extreme.

Well, they made their bed and have to sleep in it, and the Katrina thing is an actual hard smear that's 100% true.



I'll be very busy makin' gifs for the next 10 months.

[olddad56]

6. McBush. In a real democracy, that would be the kiss of death.

[damntexdem]

7. Swingers, huh? Ooh, that won't go down well with the social conservatives.

No matter how well they go down. ;-)

[JohnnyLib2]

9. LOL, beat me to it.

[liberal N proud]

13. Fulfilling a 2000 promise to the crony

[Baby Snooks]

14. Might be the kiss of death...

There are still some states to go. And the endorsment of the Bushes among conservatives may prove to be the kiss of death for McCain. Particularly in Texas where he also has the endorsement of Governor 39% which added to the endorsement of the Bushes may ensure Huckabee at least carries Texas. He may carry some other states. The hatred of the Clintons by conservatives is love compared for their hatred of the Bushes. The Republicans in any case are no longer a unified party and I doubt McCain can do anything to change it. His apology to conservaties only proved one thing. He is not one of them.

Certainly going to get interesting in both parties. Everyone was so sure Romney would get the nomination. Just as everyhone was so sure Hillary Clinton would get the nomination. She may. She may not.

I think the Repubican Party is going to go the way of the dinosaurs. At least for awhile. Hopefully some Democrats will join them.

[Bush_MUST_Go]

15. They're counting on McCain to give them that war they want with Iran.

[Drum]

17. Never forget:

[Cobalt-60]

20. Their election rout is only the beginning

Once we have the Republican Party down we need to kick it to death.
I won't even entertain the thought of cooperation.
It's Payback time.

[L. Coyote]

18. Not News because McCain saved Bush in 2004 covering up Abramoff

McCain earned the ring and got it.
The rest was bad show, and McCain will prove to be a bad show too.

[Cobalt-60]

19. Excellent. Verify the equation McCain = Bush

McCain = Bush.
That mill stone should carry him all the way to the bottom.

[pinniped]

21. These repukes are FN sad.

A few years ago they shunned McLame the assclown for * the war criminal.

Now, these brain-dead, Kool-Aid drinking repukes are fully behind this joke.

They are a truly pathetic bunch.

[watrwefitinfor]

22. Is this what Romney brought with him?

Sorta looks that way to me. The deal is done, Romney is McCain's VP. The rest is history (or will be).

Now, how long can McFeeble hang on?

Wat