Barbara Bush On Obama's Reelection: 'People Spoke. Move On, Get On With It'

[BostonPirate]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/former-first-lady-barbara_n_2141769.html

"I'm tired now of the elections," Bush, who had endorsed Republican Mitt Romney, said at a forum on America's first ladies. "People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly."

Bush, sporting a double strand of her signature pearls, joined former first lady Laura Bush on a panel for the Enduring Legacies of America's First Ladies conference at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library.

The first ladies avoided offering political opinions, but Barbara Bush did issue a stern warning to both Republicans and Democrats.

"They are going to have to compromise," said Barbara Bush, the wife of former President George H.W. Bush. "It's not a dirty word."

Barbara Bush stepped out as the matriarch of the Bush plutocracy to urge the GOP faithful that it's time to let the bitterness go.

It's a concerted effort, I've noticed, that the Bushes have been engaged in for the last week. It's clear that the Bushes want the GOP back, and realistically they may be their only way forward.

Jeb is married to a Latina, and his son, also going into politics for the first time this year, a bush who is half latino, is expected to be a soon rising star in the future GOP.

Do you think that the rest of the Bushes combined can overcome the damage that Dubya did to their name as a political brand?

 

[rareboy]

If it keeps the Bush's out of the White House, I'm all for the Repub hardliners being as intractable as possible.

 

[JayHawk]

Boston i actually think the country would have been a much better place if Jeb vice George was the favorite son and went up first....

That and american minds are fleeting when it comes to bad news. They will forget by the time a George P Bush runs for national office.... he has a long way to go in Texas politics and you will see Texas politics move to the center more so than ever before....

So yeah George P Bush has a great shot... Jeb Bush has no chance and I dont think he wants it....

 

[Críostóir]

First sensible thing I've EVER heard that evil woman say. Thank you for pointing out that it's dynastically self-serving.

And no, I don't think they can overcome it. At least I hope not. The Bushes who are left are more like that idiot Dubya (two terms) than like his relatively harmless father (one term), and my parentheses contain the only calculation they'll care about.

 

[White Eagle]

I love Barbara. I really think she is a Dem. Who knows what lever she pulls in the booth.
And lest you forget, it was Jeb that sold NOLA the pumps that failed and flooded the poor section.

 

[JayHawk]

I love Barbara. I really think she is a Dem. Who knows what lever she pulls in the booth.
And lest you forget, it was Jeb that sold NOLA the pumps that failed and flooded the poor section.

1- 2- 3.....wait for it.... absoltuely wrong WE.

The levee were designed porrly and failed during Katrina while waters were for the most part within what was supposed to be design criteria....

The pumps you refer to were installed after Katrina to prevent a second fllod and have been plagued with vibration and maintenance issues but have never failed....

This is something engineering on a grand scale cannot often perform exactly at the snap of a finger as those less informed of the process would like....

“Let me give you the scenario: You have four months to build something that nobody has ever built before, and if you don’t, the city floods and the Corps, which already has a black eye, could basically be dissolved. How many people would put up with a second flooding?” said Randy Persica, the Corps’ resident engineer for New Orleans’ three major drainage canals.

Additionally the company that provided the pumps WAS a previous beusiness partner with Jeb Bush but not anymore...

MWI is owned by J. David Eller and his sons. Eller was once a business partner of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in a venture called Bush-El that marketed MWI pumps. And Eller has donated about $128,000 to politicians, the vast majority of it to the Republican Party, since 1996, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Finally the premature report of pumps failing were based off of the initial testing and were inaccurate as they did not follow the entire test and then repair process to bring things up to standard.... think of it like this... if you turn your garden hose on and it leaks do you take the hose back or tighten the connection? That depends on the leak however those pumps are still in place and still projected to work quite well.

 

[Críostóir]

I love Barbara. I really think she is a Dem. Who knows what lever she pulls in the booth.
And lest you forget, it was Jeb that sold NOLA the pumps that failed and flooded the poor section.

Here's what the depraved old white lady had to say about all those dusky people in the Astrodome:

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.

In other words, she found it scary that all those black people (most of them) wanted to stay in Texas, and was so contemptuous of them that she really believed the squalor and hardship they were enduring was really OK.

I was indifferent to her before I heard about this. Since then I hate her guts.

And yeah, it's hard to believe anyone would say anything that callous and heartless. But she did. Here's the Snopes link.

 

[JayHawk]

While it is easy to be cynical and demand she hates the poor and the blacks even more than the poor and that sells well in Librul' land it is in no way possible that she meant it is scary to think of how fucking horrible life was in Louisiana that Texas is so much better so people have no intention of going home....


But hey it is fun to hate the Bush's

 

[Rickrock]

Barbara Bush is a strong person who cannot be pushed. For some reason she hated Franklin Roosevelt, so she is definately not a Democrat. I am happy that she realizes that it is time to move on.

Yes, I think that a Bush can one day again run for president. The Bushes are almost a political dynasty a little less powerful than the Kennedys.

 

[Críostóir]

While it is easy to be cynical and demand she hates the poor and the blacks even more than the poor and that sells well in Librul' land it is in no way possible that she meant it is scary to think of how fucking horrible life was in Louisiana that Texas is so much better so people have no intention of going home....

Wow. I was wondering how the right wing would whitewash (and I do mean white) her appalling statement. I HEARD her say that. She was LAUGHING. Sorry, but your analysis is bullshit.

But hey it is fun to hate the Bush's

Not really fun, just hard to avoid. And I really don't hate George H.W. Bush, despite his crimes.

Yes, I think that a Bush can one day again run for president. The Bushes are almost a political dynasty a little less powerful than the Kennedys.

And of course we keep having Kennedys run for president. Oh wait, no, not since 1980, and Ted didn't get the nomination (Jimmy Carter "whupped his ass," as he put it at the time).

Anyway, I sure hope you're wrong. Eight years of total incompetence, belligerent foreign policy, and fiscal irresponsibility are enough - and in fact we haven't climbed out of the hole that moron put us in yet.

 

[Kulindahr]

Boston i actually think the country would have been a much better place if Jeb vice George was the favorite son and went up first....

That and american minds are fleeting when it comes to bad news. They will forget by the time a George P Bush runs for national office.... he has a long way to go in Texas politics and you will see Texas politics move to the center more so than ever before....

So yeah George P Bush has a great shot... Jeb Bush has no chance and I dont think he wants it....

Jeb was harder to manipulate. Cheney wanted a puppet.

 

[JayHawk]

Wow. I was wondering how the right wing would whitewash (and I do mean white) her appalling statement. I HEARD her say that. She was LAUGHING. Sorry, but your analysis is bullshit.

Well we each have our mental needs that should be addressed ... we will have healthcare soon so those interesting opinions can be worked through....lol

BTW I found the left wings delusions about the President just as lunatic as the right wings delusions this time around.... just depends on which side is losing as to whom is more delusional

 

[BostonPirate]

While it is easy to be cynical and demand she hates the poor and the blacks even more than the poor and that sells well in Librul' land it is in no way possible that she meant it is scary to think of how fucking horrible life was in Louisiana that Texas is so much better so people have no intention of going home....


But hey it is fun to hate the Bush's

I had no idea people felt this passionately about old Babs the Bush... who would have thought. Well I never!

What a swell party this is.

 

[JayHawk]

I dont feel that passionate about her really... I am typically against the grain when it appears off the scale and ignorant assumptions are made... she could be just as callous and shitty as Cristoir' is inferring... i really have no idea but the hyper-nutso claims by both parties are the reason our two parties are mortal enemies now instead of two sides of the same American people.

 

[BostonPirate]

I have no opinion on Barbara, really.

Jeb is positioning himself for a run though... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77137.html

George P may wind up being the Gov of Texas before anything else...

"We have said from day one that George P. is looking where he can best serve the state and people of Texas which includes considering Texas Land Commissioner as well as Attorney General, Texas Comptroller and other statewide positions," he said in an emailed statement responding to the letter.
"Right now, the organization is in an exploratory process," Newton continued, "where George P. is travelling the state meeting with Texans about how best to serve."
Bush, a 36-year-old attorney from Fort Worth, is a Spanish-speaker whose mother, Columba, is originally from Mexico. He is deputy finance chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. His uncle is George W. Bush, who was Texas' governor before becoming president. His grandfather is George H.W. Bush.

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/po...s-texas-land-commissioner-post/#ixzz2CWZnsn3W

So George P will be among the elected chattering class by the time the mid term elections are here.

 

[JayHawk]

GC no offense because it was a good win but it was by a mere 3 million votes which is a huge percent in a modern election... however if they get right with gay marriage and immigration and just shut the fuck up about abortion... essentially just say that Roe v Wade is the law of the land then they have very easy potential... Single white women went hard for Obama but imagine if there was no abortion or contraceptive issue at stake?

Well guess what health care will be law and along with it contraception so if republicans get solidly behind immigration (Which the Bush clan could have a prominent voice because Bush was for amnesty) then they simply accept any SCOTUS decisions on Gay marriage... well now you would have a moderate party that has a divergent fiscal view.

I think the economy will recover to a degree by 2015 but it will by no means be booming.... so they will have the ability to paint a different picture with a moderate candidate... i don't think it will be Jed but he may play into the primaries... meanwhile democrats will be having primaries tooo...

Dont kid yourself this isn't a end game election by any means whatsoever..... I have said before if the republican party was for immigration reform, not opposing gay equality then i couyld find a moderate voice like that appealing depending on the rest of their platform.... I am not alone by no means.

 

[JayHawk]

Well that is the beauty of politics is the long game. We will find out who is seeing the tea leaves correctly....

Surprisingly since a higher percentage of the youth vote went towards Romney it would seem that youth divide isnt quite so dependable... check out this wapo link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2012-exit-polls/

 

[JayHawk]

Sure but they also indicated specific issues drive their opinion and if those issues are neutralized with bipartisan solutions then it becomes a message game again...just saying don't get over exuberant....

 

[TX-Beau]

...Dont kid yourself this isn't a end game election by any means whatsoever..... I have said before if the republican party was for immigration reform, not opposing gay equality then i couyld find a moderate voice like that appealing depending on the rest of their platform.... I am not alone by no means.

So if the Pubs weren't the Pubs a whole lot more people would vote for them?

The fundie right will never give up abortion, gay marriage, or the brown horde all the little Bush's will have to oust them, capitulate or start a new party. That is IF they in fact disagree in the first place.

 

[White Eagle]

Here's what the depraved old white lady had to say about all those dusky people in the Astrodome:



In other words, she found it scary that all those black people (most of them) wanted to stay in Texas, and was so contemptuous of them that she really believed the squalor and hardship they were enduring was really OK.

I was indifferent to her before I heard about this. Since then I hate her guts.

And yeah, it's hard to believe anyone would say anything that callous and heartless. But she did. Here's the Snopes link.

I'm sorry, but I read the link and I don't feel she was being that callous and heartless. Staying here would be better for them.