Posted on 11/23/2010 10:18:28 AM PST by Qbert
Former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush named Mitt Romney as their favorite Republican for the 2012 presidential nomination.
"If you asked me, who was the nominee be, I couldn't tell you. We like Mitt Romney. We know him well and like him very much," Bush said in an interview with CNN's Larry King.
The former president then joked about his support, saying: "Don't want to kill him off."
"He's a reasonable guy. A conservative fellow, which is good. But, no, I think he'd be a good president, a very good president," Bush said of the former Massachusetts governor.
The former first lady echoed Bush's words when she was asked her favorite.
"I'll go with George. Mitt Romney. I like a lot of them. But I like people who feel that you can respect other people's ideas. I like that a lot," Barbara Bush said.
The Bushes were asked if their son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was thinking about a presidential run.
"I don't think he is. In fact, I know he's not. But, would he be a good president? Absolutely. Don't just take that from a father prejudice view. I mean, he's a good man. He performed as governor. He's well spoken. He is not an extremist. He's not a wild guy that attributes bad motives to those that disagree with him, and he's good. And people that know him and hear him say the same thing. So, I think the bottom line is he just doesn't want to try, doesn't want to do it," the former president said.
The interview aired Monday night on "Larry King Live." It got attention over the weekend when CNN previewed it, airing a clip that featured Barbara Bush saying she hoped former Gov. Sarah Palin stayed in Alaska.
"I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful," the former first lady said. "And I think she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there."
Of course they do. Go get your shineboxes Bushbots, and then buy another copy of his book.
Those folks are old school GOP
Come on, he's more conservative than the Bush's adopted son Willie.
“I’m beginning to think we’ll end up with O for another four.”
Since we control the House, and may control the Senate in ‘12, if it comes down to Myth v. 0, I may just leave that top portion of the ballot blank.
Nope to Mitt.
If the RINO’s and Pubbie Blue Bloods force that down our throat, there will be a 3rd party in 2012 that will blow the doors off both Dems and Pubbies.
3rd parties are not a good thing, but we will have no part of Mitt, no matter who tries to force it.....
Maybe Mittens can expand TSA and Medicare Part D even more.
The question is can he win a southern primary? Or can he lose Utah?
He was a crappy governor of MA - classic RINO.
It takes a Big Government NWO RINO to know a Big Government NWO RINO.
Mitt has been a placeholder for the Bush family all along. They will drop him in a heartbeat if they think the country is ready for Jeb.
FYI.
Those are not leaves on the ground. Those are GOP masks that have fallen this year.
I’m beginning to think we’ll end up with O for another four.Why? Because people are going to care what GHW thinks?
What's his following? His wife? Anybody else?
The RINO herd stays close together . . .
Liberals supporting liberals!
What will real conservatives do if the Repubs nominate another RINO insider elite sellout like Romney?? A real live national revolt comes to mind.
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That’s what I was just thinking. Ole Mitt has just been kissed on both cheeks by the Godfather.
Maybe George HW and Barb are secretly really for Palin. Everything out of their mouths over this past week has helped her.
With "extremist" defined as a constitutional conservative.
“Great googly moogly! They don’t even know what a conservative is!”
Hahahaha ... A WC Fields fan, huh? No. NO they don’t.
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