Posted on 12/22/2011 11:38:12 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Less than two weeks before Iowa Republicans make their crucial caucus choices on the night of Jan. 3, George H.W. Bush offered words of support, if not an official endorsement, to an old friend, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a story today in the Houston Chronicle.
“I think Romney is the best choice for us,” former President Bush told the newspaper. “I like Perry, but he doesn’t seem to be going anywhere; he’s not surging forward.”
The former president’s choice is a blow to native son Rick Perry, the Texas governor who has had a long-standing feud with the Bush family and no doubt would have preferred that Bush remain neutral.
Bush said he had known Romney for many years and also knew his father, George Romney, a former Republican governor of Michigan who ran for president in 1968. He praised Romney for his “stability, experience, principles,” and added, “I just think he’s mature and reasonable – not a bomb-thrower.”
But he said he did not mean to imply that the other candidates are bomb-throwers. “I’ve got to be a little careful, because I like Perry; he’s our governor,” he told the newspaper.
Joe Householder, a Houston-based political consultant, told he Chronicle that with his not-an-endorsement statements, the former president probably was drawing a distinction for voters around the country who may not be aware of the historic antipathy between the Bush and Perry camps. In last year’s GOP gubernatorial primary, when Perry sought a history-making third term as governor, the Bushes endorsed Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas...
If Romney wins, the country is likely to get sick of Republicans again like they did after Bush.
It won’t matter one little bit who the president is in 2013.
We’re in a Marxist dominated Oligarchy.
We’d better face up to that.
When MBNA - at the time, the biggest Master Card Co. in the country - was in Maine - the money they spent on things not really related to the business was a puzzlement. Millions spent on art works - could easily have opened a gallery. Buildings and 'resorts' - lavish, expansive to the hilt - built off the beaten track, guarded grounds, etc, separate from the 'working' buildings, a collection of antique cars, all buildings were top level materials, Moroccan leather furniture, 6' round tables with embossed leather tops, Hugh resort-type lodges far from prying eyes, 'guest cottages' behind guarded gates, 3-4 story buildings with every room lit up even though they were seldom used except maybe twice a year for a small conference (to claim legitimate tax write offs?) etc...
Most every thing - like the carpets for a yacht, multi cupolas for buildings, cabinets, set-ups for their annual 'corn boil' etc, all done three times - spending money to spend money, like a Mafia money laundering operation.
The security was phenomenal - headed by a former top official of the FBI in DC. People whispered "Irish Mafia."
Every year there was a hush hush meeting of big wigs from across the country - far from scrutiny. Daddy Bush was there. That's when I first became suspicious of him.
(I had met Barbara previously and admired her intelligence and wit and genuine down to earth demeanor. She didn't act or treat people as many who, like her, had been born with the proverbial silver spoon.).
There were rumors under the radar about the whos, whats and whys of the people who owned MBNA...builders who worked on one of the owners residencies said his lavish bathroom was totally lead lined? He had a lavish mobile home with phenomenal security and never stayed in hotels.
After they left Maine, B of A bought all buildings, etc and promptly sold most of them, keeping only the buildings where people actually work.
Daddy B's semi-endorsement of Mittens today should paint "Establishment" across Mittens forehead where even the most unaware can see it.
I see the announcement as a plus - for Newt and, hopefully , one of many 'kisses of death' for Mittens. (I don't think they realize that people have woken up to the fact that the Republican Establishment Cabal is a co-enemy with the Socialists to us.)
Incorrect. Rick Perry has often said that GW was never a fiscal conservative.
"“George has never been a fiscal conservative. Wasn’t when he was in Texas . . . ’95, ’97, ’99, George Bush was spending money.”
Tens of millions have given their consent to GHWB’s “New World Order”, even some who voted against GHWB. What was GHWB supposed to do; already Dole and Quayle had declared for Mittens.
Of course, the Bushes aren’t fiscal conservatives, but the American people think they were.
I understand...exactly.
well, the headline is not fair — he voiced his own opinion not a “backing” and he also said he liked Perry
veeeeeeeery interesting...
Bush, Sr. came in 3rd in IA in ‘88, behind Dole and Pat Robertson. It was only a lunch at the White House with Reagan the following Wednesday, and his seeming endorsement, that saved Bush that year.
Same point though, he's no Texan, never was.
One would be hard pressed to deny they are decent and patriotic. It's just that those virtues are way low on their list of priorities. Noblesse oblige and family self-interest are primary numbers for the Bush bunch. The rest is more or less optional.
Good point.
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