What? No George W. Bush this Primary Season?

Have you noticed that nobody on the Right brings up George W. Bush in this primary season? I don’t think that I have ever seen an election where the last POTUS from the party running was not mentioned once. They have no problem slamming Obama but they do seem to have no memory of Bush at all. Surprising considering it was Bush that actually was the one responsible for everything that they blame on Obama. Oh wait a minute, maybe I just figured out the problem. Ya think?
I wonder if he'll come up after there is a nominee? Doubt it.

 

I don't bring up Bush because I prefer not to focus on the past, instead focusing on what can be done to make this country greater and looking toward the future. And, no, not everything can be blamed on previous administrations. A considerable amount of this mess we are in can be laid at our current administration's doorstep. A considerable amount indeed. Why don't you focus on the administration that actually has the power to change our situation instead of looking in the rearview mirror all the time? Bush has been gone for three years. That's ancient history as far as politics goes. Get on the train, man...

 

If you were a LW'er with the Obama administration as an your paragon, wouldn't you want to blame everything on someone else? Bush just happens to be a handy target. In fact, the only target unless you want to get Clinton involved and that would be kind of self defeating, wouldn't it?

 

Moen, although you may have a point, you have a very selective memory. Democrats also rarely mention their predecessors. Mondale, Dukakis, and Clinton all avoided mentioning that they were off the same political party as Carter. Kerry didn't talk much about Clinton. Obama certainly didn't, and even Gore minimized his connection to Clinton.

 

If that was actually true, you'd never hear Reagan's name mentioned again. As far as the rear view goes, how convenient you can only see back three years. About a year ago, you could only look back two years. The year before that you could only see one year earlier. Hum? Where do you buy your glasses at anyway? Possibly PartisanVision?

 

Clinton couldn't be more in your face. Even his wife is in your face. I just find it unusual that a guy that occupied the White House just 3 years back is completely invisible to the process. I'm not expecting him to come out and endorse anybody or stump for anyone at this point but nobody even brings him up. You have to admit, it seems like they are trying to forget that he existed. Clinton did stump for Gore incidentally, both Clintons. And this was 8 years later. So I just can't figure out if Bush is hiding or the GOP is hiding from Bush.

For example, Bill Clintion in 2008:

 

You don't hear me channeling Reagan, do you? He was certainly a good president, but has zero input in today's political sphere (for obvious reasons). I think Carter did a good job of staying out of politics after his time in the sun (ala Bush I and Bush II) and that's probably the way it should be. Clinton doesn't adhere to that philosophy, but you can be the judge whether or not that's a good thing.

 

What planet do you live on? Seriously? Reagan is the only name I have heard coming out of the mouths of Republicans for years and it has only increased during the primaries. Even Bush 1 thought Reagan's supply-side economics were nonsense and then continued them as did Bush 2 and we see where that got this country. Reagan's mythical greatness is simply a RW manufactured, after the fact, and in spite of the facts fictional history rewrite.

Maybe you should look up the concept of statesman.

 

What planet do you live on? Uranus?

Perhaps it's because Republicans like bringing up the name of a consistently top-ranked Republican president (Reagan) just as Democrats like bringing up the name of a consistently top-ranked Democrat president (FDR). Will the praise by Democrats for FDR, a president who committed one of the most unconstitutional acts in the entire history of our country, ever STOP!?!?! Tell you what, I won't bring up Warren G. Harding and you don't have bring up James Buchanan.

 

As someone who announces that he does not listen to anyone one the right;

And someone refuses to listen to Fox news, but chooses to listen to left propaganda from mediamatters, just why should I even care what you have or have not heard?

 

Do me a favor and don't bother.

 

Consistently top-ranked by who?

 

You nailed, rlm, you nailed it!

 

The media that you don't bother to listen to!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

 

Thank you, Takiji... I meant to post that.

 

You're welcome. Seems like there is a poll to support just about every viewpoint.

 

So true. And there aren't any valid polls that I've seen that don't list Reagan consistently near the top.

 

The best I can say about that one is that it is consistently inconsistent.