Former President George W. Bush, who has been very quiet, and stayed out of the public spotlight for four and a half years, has come out in full support of the Senate bill on immigration reform, a cause he lost in 2007, but feels deeply about, and he was able to gain 44 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004, compared to Mitt Romney’s 29 percent in 2012.
Bush spoke of a “benevolent spirit”, of a “confident and successful nation” which embraces immigration, but the Republican Party of 2013 is very different than the “compassionate conservative” image that Bush cultivated, and he has little clout or respect among Republicans today.
So it is clear that unless the Tea Party Movement cancer is overcome, we are likely going to look back in the future, and say that George W. Bush was the last Republican President we would ever see take the oath of office as the occupant of the Oval Office!
A new moderate, centrist political party will eventually arise to replace an extremist, right wing party that fails to understand that the American people will not accept their mean spirit, their refusal to accept the demographic changes in America, their desire to make the rich wealthier and push the middle class into poverty, and denounce those who are poor, blaming them for their own degradation!
The American people want an optimistic spirit, a compassionate government, and on this issue, at least, former President George W. Bush; his brother Jeb Bush; Senator John McCain; former China Ambassador Jon Huntsman; and a small percentage of Republican Senators and others affiliated with the party understand this, and could be the basis of a new party which gets the message of the vast majority of the American people!
And there goes another vicious hateful post. Tea Party Movement a “cancer”. Oh the tolerance of the left is admirable..
And the left as well as the establishment are so ignorant about Hispanics in America. Not all Hispanics share the same values and lifestyles.
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanic-origin-profiles/
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/diverse-origins-the-nations-14-largest-hispanic-origin-groups/
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-mexican-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-argentinean-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-cuban-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/
George W. Bush is THE president, from the Republican Party, who ushered in a realigning presidential election [2008] for the Democratic Party.
Before Bush, it was Lyndon Johnson, from the Democratic Party, who ushered in a realigning election [1968] for the Republican Party.
Prior to Johnson, it was Herbert Hoover, from the Republican Party, who ushered in a realigning election [1932] for the Democratic Party.
Previous to Hoover, it was Grover Cleveland, from the Democratic Party, who ushered in a realigning election [1896] for the Republican Party.
Preceding Cleveland, it was James Buchanan, from the Democratic Party, who ushered in a realigning election [1860] for the Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln was the 1860 Republican realigning president.
William McKinley was the 1896 Republican realigning president.
Franklin Roosevelt was the 1932 Democratic realigning president.
Richard Nixon was the 1968 Republican realigning president.
And Barack Obama was the 2008 Democratic realigning president.
Only problem with what I’ve written: There are people who think the Republicans will overcome 2008. As if Team Red will be able to stem the tide of history. (Sure.) By not winning the popular vote more than once in the last 20 years’ worth of presidential elections [cycles, from 1992 to 2012, which number six], it’s only a matter of time before the GOP turns it around. By not winning the female vote nationally since 1988, it’s only a matter of time before the Republican Party turns that around as well. (Yes! Just go after women on their reproductive rights. Nothing better can possibly win them over.) And if only the GOP would nominate an actual conservative, that is precisely when the party will turn it all around. (Yes, of course. But when those who do the nominating in the primaries and caucuses later admit to that, they also confess that they are not truly conservative.)
I may respond some more to this … later. It’s an interesting topic; but for now I leave you with this: The reason, above anything else, why the Republican Party is in their sorry state, in terms of presidential elections, is because they have not overcome their No. 1 problem: their party.
Thanks once again, D, for your brilliant insights, and your refutation of someone not to be named who lives in a dreamland of his own making!
Hello D,
I agree with your historical insights and evaluations. Good research and documentation of events in the past Presidential influences. Keep up the good work!
The Republican party controls the House thanks to the conservatives in the 2010 midterms. The Republican party loses the 2012 election thanks to the moderate establishment Republicans. The Republican party is in such a lame state thanks to its establishment that consistently disenfranchises the conservative base of the party. The Republican establishment grew government, and never cut spending during Bush’s 2 terms. The Rove’s , the McCain’s and the Graham’s are the only ones responsible for the destruction of the Republican party.