Posted on 05/21/2022 8:13:09 AM PDT by RandFan
ARGYLE, Texas — His famous name shadows George P. Bush, the only member of the dynastic political clan now in public office, as he enters the final days of an uphill campaign to unseat Texas’ attorney general.
To some Texans, the Bush family name is a badge of integrity, harking back to a bygone era of rectitude and respectful political debate. To others, it is the disqualifying mark of a Republican old guard that failed the party and betrayed its last president, Donald J. Trump.
Mr. Bush would like to make the campaign about the two-term Republican incumbent, Ken Paxton, whose serious legal troubles — including an indictment on securities fraud charges and a continuing federal corruption investigation — prompted high-profile Republicans to take him on in the primary. Mr. Bush made it to a runoff with Mr. Paxton that takes place on Tuesday.
A few years ago, Mr. Bush, whose mother is from Mexico and whose father was the governor of Florida, might have won the race handily, his aides believe, and then been held up as a prominent example of a new, more diverse generation of Republicans.
But that was before the ground shifted and his family spoke out publicly against Mr. Trump, in an unsuccessful effort to derail his bid for the presidency.
Mr. Bush broke with his father (Jeb), his uncle (George W.) and his grandfather (George H.W.) and aligned himself with Mr. Trump and his followers. The effort to distance himself from his relatives was captured in a campaign beer koozie that his campaign handed out last year, quoting Mr. Trump: “This is the Bush that got it right. I like him,” it says, beneath a line drawing of Mr. Trump shaking Mr. Bush’s hand.
The effort did not pay off....
(Excerpt) Read more at dnyuz.com ...
Paxton is gonna wipe the floor with the last Bushie.
And I was one of your most loyal and enthusiastic supporters, I am very embarrassed to say!
Remember the Alamo???
“Stay out da Bushes!!”
This little weasel need to go down and go down hard!
If he does, then the enemedia will blame it on the fact that he cozied up to DJT, not that he is the last Bushie.
My vote for Bush/Cheney in 2000/2004,
My vote for McCain in 2008,
or my vote for Romney/Ryan in 2012
Hopefully...the US has no need of "dynasties".
Sorry Geo Pee. Blood is thicker than water, we know where you’ll go if elected.
No more Bushes.
George P. Bush is the most conservative person who ever had the last name Bush. He’s the only Bush who wants to build the border wall. He supports the state’s latest efforts to investigate the parents of transgender children for child abuse. He has said he wants his generation to be the one that ends abortion. He opposes same-sex marriage.
Yeah that’s a tough one. I am as guilty as you. At least on the last two l was voting against Obongo rather than for either RINO.
Ouch.
That’s a passel of regret.
FWIW, One Guy forgives you. 😏
In each case, the other choice was certainly worse.
We will forever be in Trumps debt for vanquishing both the Bushes and Clintons
The Bush family is a dark family. They have been behind every bad event that has happened in the country for the past 70 years.
I’ve known some people named Bush who lied. And enacted policies that differed from their stated views.
Voting for Palin is definitely not killing you? 🤗
The Blood on George W. Bush’s Hands
Bush accidentally called the invasion of Iraq “unjustified and brutal” in a speech about Ukraine.
He also helped make the war in Ukraine inevitable and undermined efforts to avoid it.
Pedro L. Gonzalez
May 19
https://contra.substack.com/p/the-blood-on-george-w-bushs-hands?s=w
Romney/Ryan. We can thank Obama for saving us from Romney and McCain. That’s about it.
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