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Bushes name Mitt Romney as their 2012 favorite
The Hill ^ | 11/23/2010 | Emily Goodin

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."


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To: Qbert
Don't those elite just love those elite. The elder Bushes don't even realize the harm they are doing to Jeb’s future. But then, that is fine with me.
41 posted on 11/23/2010 10:32:24 AM PST by fish hawk (Liberals are too stupid to engage in a political dialog)
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To: Renderofveils

Yup. What a surprise! LOL


42 posted on 11/23/2010 10:32:48 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good friends do not necessarily make good presidents.


43 posted on 11/23/2010 10:32:54 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: RED SOUTH

Remember that Dems gained in both houses under Bush. His left wing policies turned off conservatives and independents.

Sarah, not Mitt owns that constituency!


44 posted on 11/23/2010 10:33:22 AM PST by BillM (Don)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Great googly moogly! They don’t even know what a conservative is!

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New England, ruling class conservative. New World Order conservative.

Voodoo conservatives, in other words.


45 posted on 11/23/2010 10:33:22 AM PST by Psalm 144
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To: Qbert

David Souter.


46 posted on 11/23/2010 10:33:25 AM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Qbert

It probably didn’t take Rove long to draft their lines.


47 posted on 11/23/2010 10:33:36 AM PST by Gator113 (Sarah Palin can win, and she will win.)
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To: jimbo123
The fix is in.

If the fix in in I'm outta here. I'll write in Sarah Palin.

48 posted on 11/23/2010 10:33:39 AM PST by McGruff
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To: Qbert

Thumbs down on that.


49 posted on 11/23/2010 10:34:48 AM PST by seoul62
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To: Texas Fossil
3rd parties are not a good thing, but we will have no part of Mitt, no matter who tries to force it.....
I am against 3rd parties... strongly against them... but if Mitt is the GOP nominee, I'll have to vote 3rd party myself, for the first time ever.
50 posted on 11/23/2010 10:35:01 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Qbert

Figures they would pick the most liberal Governor in history, the guy who instituted “gay” “marriage,” socialized medicine, complete with $50 co-pay taxpayer-funded abortions, banned guns, and completely homosexualized government schools and state government in Massachusetts.


51 posted on 11/23/2010 10:35:26 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.)
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To: chickadee

“Maybe George HW and Barb are secretly really for Palin. Everything out of their mouths over this past week has helped her.”

I think it’s unintentional. The same ironic way that Obozo through his ineptitude has done more to further Conservatism than the Bushes and their groupies ever would.


52 posted on 11/23/2010 10:37:29 AM PST by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Well then, the Cocktail Party wing of the party has decreed who’s up next, and winner is: Mittens Myth Romney.

Color me surprised. /s


53 posted on 11/23/2010 10:38:26 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Lakeshark
Maybe W and Babs just sunk Romney by mistake.....

Just as 1980 was all about Reagan vs. "Stop Reagan", so it is this time with Palin and "whomever".

The elites do seem to be thrashing around to find their "Stop Palin", though. Probably why the "Huck deception" backup plan is all over the media lately. They're skeered they ain't got nobody. :)

54 posted on 11/23/2010 10:39:08 AM PST by Al B.
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To: samtheman

Exactly, who is really going to base their choice on what these two say? In two years the Tea Party will be even stronger and deeper entrenched than they were this year, lets see how things pan out.


55 posted on 11/23/2010 10:39:08 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Qbert

The problem is the first primary states are more moderate (RINO) areas (IA, NH, MI, NV). He could have a huge lead right off the bat. I will have to hold my nose (Like McCain in 2008) and vote for him over Obama if he wins the primary and I am sure that is what he is hoping for.


56 posted on 11/23/2010 10:39:19 AM PST by MeSpikeLibs (Wake me when the Obama nightmare is over.)
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To: Qbert

Ask yourself: why does the MSM want Romney to run?


57 posted on 11/23/2010 10:40:15 AM PST by hsrazorback1 (Seek truth.)
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To: Texas Fossil

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.

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I slightly disagree. Should that scenario occur in 2012, the Democrats would win with a modest plurality, the GOP would place third and would then begin an irreversible decline into oblivion.


58 posted on 11/23/2010 10:40:19 AM PST by Psalm 144
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To: jimbo123

Karl Rove has to have the largest head in the world, except for Macy’s parade marchers and Minor League Baseball mascots.


59 posted on 11/23/2010 10:41:20 AM PST by bwc2221
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To: EternalVigilance

What a choice we might have in ‘12: an “unrepentant abortionist/statist lying political whore” or 0bama.


60 posted on 11/23/2010 10:41:20 AM PST by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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