Romney is the candidate of ’some of the Bush family.’
By on Jan 27th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Romney is the candidate of ’some of the Bush family.’
On Fox News Sunday this morning, New York Times columnist William Kristol announced that Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz, was endorsing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. That led host Chris Wallace to ask if “secretly, or maybe not so secretly, the Bushes and Cheneys support Mitt Romney?” “I think some of the Bush family do support Romney, I think that’s pretty clear,” remarked Fox’s Brit Hume. Watch it:
Romney has also delivered a major speech on religion at the library of former president George H.W. Bush and has been courting former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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The Bushes should support Mitt Romney. After all, Romney aims to succeed George W. Bush as the MBA President.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:38 amAll that’s really clear is that Kristol is a dickhead (Kristol clear).
January 27th, 2008 at 11:40 amUmmm… does MBA stand for M.orally B.ankrupt *.sshole?
January 27th, 2008 at 11:40 amRepublican-controlled corporations have outsourced millions of American jobs to Mexico, India and China and elsewhere in the third world. And the Mittster is going to help bring our jobs back home with his background in venture-capitalism? Since Bush and Cheney stole our democracy in the fascist coup of 2000, they have given us lies, electronically-stolen elections, spying, wars of aggression, cronyism, stupidity, arrogance, greed, torture and treason. The GOP is dead in the water for 2008. Why do they even bother putting up a Presidential candidate. Instead, they should just hang their heads in shame over the vast mess created by Bush and Cheney.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:49 amThe kiss of death …
January 27th, 2008 at 11:51 amMitt is a rich, effete, man-boy just like W. Of course they like him.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:51 amMitt is the default. But Bush is the kiss of death so he can’t talk about it. lol
January 27th, 2008 at 11:57 amAh, reminds me of the reign of the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age, before the material excesses of the 20s led to the little recession of the 30s and that communist Roosevelt and his New Deal. Now we’re back to the rich and powerful “trickling down” on everybody else, like that scene in The Good Shepherd when the rich fratboy pisses on Matt Damon’s character.
That grinning piece of shite is Bush/Romney et al.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:57 amJust announced:
Liz has joined the Romney campaign.
Romney, like Reagan, is exactly what Neo-cons want; a slick flip flopper that they can impute all their beliefs onto – and then worship him.
∞
January 27th, 2008 at 11:57 amRomney is what is still spinning around the bowl after Bush has been flushed.
The fact that Cheneyspawn support him is all the more reason to run this plastic nitwit into the cornfield.
-G
January 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pmThis isn’t a surprise. Poppy and Babs introduced Mitt when he gave his infamous “This is What I Believe” speech about Mormonism.
The Bu$hs regard the federal government’s reason for existence is to protect the interests of corporations and the top one-percenters. Mitt is their man, alright.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pmShitt Conme is everything that Chimpy is not ; handsome , successful , and articulate ……….
Problem is , he’s just as stupid and full of shit as President Cuckoo Bananas.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:16 pmLiz Cheney’s endorsement of Romney pushes him ahead of McCain for the moniker, ‘the four more years of Bush candidate’? These people are delusional.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pmThis would just be typical FOX foolishness but the announcement was made the morning after Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg endorsed Obama as the next JFK.
Who is still listening to and/or caring about anything Bill Kristol says? He’s right less often than a stopped clock.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pmAll he needs now is Pat Robertsons’ endorsement, and he can surely mop up on that crazy evangelical 20 some’ % I always see on the polls.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pmhahaha….jesus christ himself could run for the repuglicans (not that he EVER would) and not get elected.
500,000 south carolinians said a big fat NO to the repugliKKKlan yesterday.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pmi was going to ask, “what makes it so clear?”, but after reading these comments i get it now…
but i did think that mccain was “the anointed one”, what with his penchant to continue this profitable “war”…
so, with limpballs “hating” mccain, does that mean that
all the dittoheads will go for romney now too?
…
crazy illinois weather… 2 days ago it was solid 0s, high of 20s…
January 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmtoday to be in the 50s… time to go outside and remove the
christmas decors from the house…
later…
Looks like Romney’s political career is going to come to an end. All he needs is to be in the same room as the “Great Destroyer”, George W Bush to put an end to his chance at the White House.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pmI don’t really see the point of this post? Is this supposed to be surprising or revelatory in any way? Among Republicans the endorsement of the Bushes probably carries weight. But, I don’t see how it could me make like Romney less since my dislike for him is already so well established.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pmOf course the Bush’s see Romney as their heir apparent. In their eyes, the Bush tax cuts were their first and greatest accomplishment. McCain opposed them.
In his speeches, Romney mentions W once, claiming he has kept us all safe from terrorists, and then goes on and on about Reagan.
For once, I think Kristol is right. Romney is the candidate of Big Business….McCain scares them.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pmPapa bush wants jeb to get his finger in the pie?…here’s your answer: NO
January 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmSo he wants the Liz Cheney senior is foreign policy adviser. The “attack,attack,attack” Cheney foreign policy? Man thats great. Say hello to a democrat president. This would be the kiss of death for his campaign. The country does not want more of the same.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pmCourting Jeb Bush? For What?
January 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm“I think some of the Bush family do support Romney…”
- – For instance, Barney.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pmJeb would make an excellent VP, but the time is not right.
Comment by good_golly — January 27, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
Another Bush on a ticket will never win, not now, not in 4 years, not in 8 years, not in 12, not ever.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmIf you think any Bush will ever be elected again, you are out of touch with reality.
If this wannabe fascist says it, it is wrong and/or false. Quiz: What has he and his ilk been right about over the past seven years? Answer: Absolutely nothing. Every member of the PNAC is a lying thug.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:30 pmA Bush family endorsement is the kiss of death for any candidate.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:43 pmIf you think any Bush will ever be elected again, you are out of touch with reality.
Comment by Wayne — January 27, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
Bingo!
January 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pmJeb would make an excellent VP, but the time is not right.
Comment by good_golly — January 27, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
Okay, I need a good laugh, why would Jeb make a good VP?
January 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pmThis would be the kiss of death for his campaign. The country does not want more of the same.
Comment by techsong — January 27, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
It does not matter what the American Public and the Rest of The Planet (Universe?) wants.
It is what Diebold/AIPAC wants.
Seriously, every person you know that does not vote has to be convinced to do so, so there is such a ridiculous Super-Majority that they could not pull off any more Coups like 2000 and 2004.
January 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pmHere’s an idea, when this FASCIST bu$h Crime Family moves to Paraguay, Jeb can run for President on the Nazi Party down there.
January 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmIf Romney wins the Republican nomination, will he have Jeb Bush run as VP?
January 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pmIf Romney wins the Republican nomination, will he have Jeb Bush run as VP?
Comment by Cats r Flyfishn — January 27, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
Only if he wants to lose to the third-party candidate as well.
January 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pmBingo!
Comment by VerbalKint — January 27, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
Remember back 3, 4 months ago, when Poppy Bush broke down crying in public? I heard it was because he understood that W had personally destroyed any chance Jeb ever had of running for Pres.
Jeb for VP? Of what country… Paraguay?
January 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pmWhat a winning streak of winners from the same Family
Prez Franklin Pierce
George HW Bush
George W Bush
and now Jeb Bush ?
that would come close to making 10% of our presidents related.
January 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pmKristol Spew Persuasion?
He’s been wrong so many times, how could anyone bet on anything he spews
January 27th, 2008 at 6:51 pmKristol Spew Persuasion?
Comment by RUCerious — January 27, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
l o l …
January 27th, 2008 at 11:36 pmi wonder how many got that…
mony mony…
Kristolese; “Isn’t reliable from the hawkish point of view.”
Translation: ” Unwilling to bomb innocent civilians for no reason at the drop of a (cowboy) hat. “
January 28th, 2008 at 2:29 amWhy is anyone listening to this nitwit?
January 28th, 2008 at 10:56 am