Posted on 12/01/2008 4:20:59 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com
President George Bush said he doesn't view the 2008 election as a repudiation of his presidency, but of his party.
"I think it was a repudiation of Republicans," Bush said during an interview with ABC News that aired Monday. "And I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me."
But he said he thought most people voted for the president-elect because they "decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy."
"In other words, they made a conscious choice to put him in as president," he said.
Bush said his party's nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had "a tough headwind" for two reasons -- the swooning economy and the difficulty for a party to retain the White House for three straight terms.
"Obviously the economic situation made it awfully difficult for John McCain to get a message out," Bush said. "And I felt that Barack Obama ran a very disciplined campaign" and inspired voters.
McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate helped him, Bush said, because it "energized the party."
The election was a repudiation of “compassionate conservatism” and other meaningless terms used to mask the growth of Big Government.
@#$*&% #$%&#$&%. That guy has increasingly shrunk from the spotlight since the last congressional election and now he comes out with this and his mea culpa statements about the economy. What the %$W^%#^!
It’s getting harder and harder to support this brand of Republican......
IMO, the repudiation of the GOP, if that was what it was, reflected their lack of gonads and that includes Mr. Bush who didn’t stand up to Liberals and the MSM who defamed and ridiculed him every hour of every day for the past eight years. McCain had the opportunity to go on national TV and explain the current financial mess and to name names along with a timeline of just how we got here thanks to Dodd, Frank, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the DC criminals.
To sum up, the lack of leadership, the lack of guts, the lack of spine, the lack of gonads, and the lack of concern for America and our future is what got the GOP where it is today. Time to find a leader that will represent conservatives and not be afraid to tell the American people the truth and to stand up to Liberals and the MSM.
After four years of Liberals destroying America, if there is anything left of America, the people will once again throw them out of power. You can count on it.
Bushonomics: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses.
Bush Immigration Policy: Amnesty.
Bush Domestic Policy: Spend.
Good riddance to bad policy.
George W. Bush: Clueless to the end.
Can anyone think of a worse two term President?
Laura, I hate to break it to you , but George is huffing the nose candy again.
Good riddance to bad policy
Umm, I think we are in for worse
This man has not a clue. Never had and never will. He and his clique of Texas cronies including Rove have made the republican party irrelevant and should the republican party disappear from the political scene as a result, they and Bush worshipers will never admit the overwhelming guilt of this administration.
Woodrow Wilson comes to mind ..
Federal Reserve Act
Revenue Act of 1913 (Progressive Income Tax)
League of Nations
Thanks, Jorge.
Classic case of D-E-N-I-A-L !!!
I can. His initials are B.C.
Certainly the worst president elected under the republican banner, of that there can be no denial. Presided over two congressional defeats and then the loss of the White House.
Big government Republicans need not apply in the future. We already have too many Democrats. Conservatives wanted!
McCain got his message out. He just didn't counter "eight years of the Bush economy" with "two years of the Pelosi economy" effectively.
The economy was the number one priority of the voters who voted for Obama. Yet even with the downturn, McCain only lost by 5% of the popular vote. If he had been a little more aggressive on this issue, he may have flipped enough of those voters to win.
It was also a repudiation of Bush.
I will grant you that Woodrow Wilson was a much worse President, and got us tangled up in a needless war, namely World War One, and set up the emergence of Hitler and Stalin.
In fact, Wilson was a much worse president than GWB.
I agree totally
>> George W. Bush: Clueless to the end.
>> Can anyone think of a worse two term President?
Most every lib agrees with you.
a worst two term president? Bill Clinton comes to mind
Bush, meet Norelco.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton’s wife is now Secretary of State, but George Bush’s brother Jeb can barely show his face in public these days.
Sad.
If he had been a little more aggressive on this issue, he may have flipped enough of those voters to win.
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Wish elections were sort of a computer game- where you could reset- and see how McCain would have made out if he had voted against the bailout.
President George Bush said he doesn't view the 2008 election as a repudiation of his presidency, but of his party. "I think it was a repudiation of Republicans," Bush said during an interview with ABC News that aired Monday. "And I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me."
It was a repudiation of the form of "compassionate conservatism" articulated by Bush. You can't be a little bit socialistic - that comes across as lacking in any values. The right answer is to be compassionate and to articulate why true conservatism is the compassionate answer. I understand completely why so many Klan types became democrats. There is no more effective way of keeping blacks down than through liberalism.
But he said he thought most people voted for the president-elect because they "decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy." "In other words, they made a conscious choice to put him in as president," he said.
They did - as the Affirmative Action President. It wasn't a vote for Obama (fortunately). It was a vote for "the black guy" - sadly.
Umm, I know we are in for worse.
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Thank G-d that I will no longer have to hang my head when relatives and friends identify me with Bush and as a Bush voter. After Jan 20, I will no longer feel it necessary to offer some kind of feeble excuse for Bush policies with the idiotic argument that Obama or the democrat policies will be worse.
Poor W. He is getting it from both sides now.
LLS
Bush comments should come as news to some Freepers who see the GOP in the most glowing terms. The GOP needs to address Main Street family concerns instead of throwing them under the trade bus. Time to recover the lost Reagan Democrats.
Bill Clinton
LLS
It’s such a shame....he did it to us by doing it to himself. One day the people will wake up and force a change in the party or walk away. I can no longer support a party which refuses to stick up for itself. They start to grow some nads or I’m movin’ on.......
Bingo! Did no one ever tell Bush, did he never imagine that if he pauperized middle America, they were going to drop him like a hot potato.
Was he really this clueless all the way from the beginning?
Was he unconscious when he gave this interview?
I would say a lot of credit goes to the New Majority and the moderate powers that be in the GoP for setting the party up for not one but two arse-whuppings.. and then putting their heads back in the sand again.
jmo
I agree.
Well, at least he finally defended a conservative by acknowledging Palin helped the Party.
He frustrates me. He could have been a better leader, he had the tools, but his instincts were all wrong. They leaned toward appeasing the Left and the RINO’s and trying to be liked. Still do. This is why I’ll never support another Bush. I think it’s ingrained in the character from birth.
What did they have to lose? If they had stood up for themselves and (with Bush and McCain) against the Dems Fannie May and Freddie Mac fiascoes, the MSM would have trashed them, but the MSM did that anyway. At least by making a stand, they would have given more people a reason to vote for them, as opposed to against the Democrats.
There you go again! It's President Bush (take your pick, #1 or #2), just as clueless as ever. "Repudiation Of GOP?" Sorry, sport - it was a repudiation of you (and your son/dad)! In other words, you're spouting bull crap!
Since when did the GOP back import restrictions on firearms, or tax increases after a GOP president swore up & down not to raise taxes? Since when did the GOP have a massive expansion of Medicare as a platform plank? Since when did the GOP promote infringements of the First Amendment, or turning a blind eye to illegal immigration? Go back to where you came from (Krawfordbunkfart). You pissed away a Republican majority in both houses, and pissed away conservative input on Supreme Court nominees, from here to eternity.
Guess what? Piss on you...
I can deny it.
Eisenhower was worse. Much worse.
Still, history will not remember the economy as readily as they’ll remember the fact that 9/11 happened. They’ll forget about the 7 years of plenty (and they’ll NEVER hear about the Congress that concealed all the malfeasance at Fred/Fannie).
They won’t remember the fact that the US went without another terrorist attack for 7 years.
Maybe they’ll remember the Ethanol bill that sort of led to the beginning of the end of the economy, and the Gorecle declaring an end to industrial prosperity at the very moment we were loaning billions to the companies that were polluting the planet. I doubt it though.
Maybe we’ll remember being able to get an abortion, but not being able to smoke a cigarette at a bar.
I doubt it though.
I doubt we’ll remember Heller, or the end of private property rights with the New London case.
Nope, and before it becomes unfashionable to say it anymore - It was all Bush’s fault.
What I AM noticing is that once the Chocolate Messiah got a real whiff of the intelligence the POTUS is privvy too, and got a look at the books from the inside, how not very different his policies seem to be from W’s at this point.
Same as the old boss, but this time in Living Color.
He’s right. Big government borrow and spend Republicanism and the revocation of capitalism through legislation is why Republicans lost. If they don’t return to their small government roots, the party could fade into obscurity.
You know many of my siblings and cousins have lost aprox 25% of all their retirement savings in the last 12 months and most had at least 40% in CDs, thankfully. Most of them had routinely voted republican all their lives. They will never forgive republicans (Bush, McCain, Paulson, etc) for telling them that nothing was wrong with the economy, don’t believe the lies that the economy is headed down, in other words, buy more stocks they’re a bargain. All this when even a casual look at credit expansion running wild, over building, and lack of standards in lending would lead to a completely different conclusion.
“This man has not a clue. Never had and never will. He and his clique of Texas cronies including Rove have made the republican party irrelevant and should the republican party disappear from the political scene as a result, they and Bush worshipers will never admit the overwhelming guilt of this administration.”
Word for word out of the DNC playbook.
Yes, and make mine a double of that. At least.
It not just that specific event......it’s EVERYTHING. That’s is just more of the same ‘ol same ‘ol from the RINO party..... There hasn’t been a REAL conservative in the WH since Reagan.
Glad you read the DNC playbooks, I don’t. I am a conservative in a political party that has lost its conservative soul.
I thank you for your service and wish you Godspeed, Mr. President.
But this election was a repudiation of YOU and your allies in the Republican party.
Own it, Sir.
the election was a repudiation of BUSH.
And if Bush is going to be doing media tours he might consider that he is about 3 years too late to do any good. The time to defend his own adminstration and his policies was after his last re-election. That he has refused to fight for himself or anybody who was putting his career or his/her life on the line to enact Bush policies is an unforgivable sin. Bush cost us the House and Senate and he cost the GOP his election as well (although I’m not sad that McCain isn’t going to be Prez since he was a tool as well).
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