It's a shame the Republicans didn't have any living presidents to showcase at their convention

[madamesilverspurs]

Margaret and Helen discuss the conventions.

Teaser...

I think the Republicans had it hard. After four years of obstructing government, they had to do something really difficult. They had to put together a convention in Tampa while God flooded Louisianna. They had to convince a bunch of white, christians that camels are skinnier and needles have bigger eyes these days. And then they had to breathe life into a $3,000 business suit.

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Read the whole marvelous thing:
http://margaretandhelen.com/2012/09/07/its-a-shame-the-republicans-didnt-have-any-living-presidents-to-showcase-at-their-convention/


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[Tigress DEM]

1. ROFL -- Oh dear, did Reagan die?

[freethought]

2. Well, there's "Him", however

He's not allowed to leave the institution. It's for his own good, you know. They don't like talking about him. They would prefer he didn't exist.

[Kath1]

3. LOL!

I wish they had trotted out Bush to remind everyone could remind themselves how wonderful those years were.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. No one living not named Bush

[NYC Liberal]

7. Poppy seems pretty frail these days.

Pretty soon their only living former president will be Shrub. And their only living former VPs will be Cheney and Quayle.

They have no standard bearer, no leader, no singular face who can represent them and their ideology.

[GoCubsGo]

14. He could have done a video like Jimmy Carter did.

He's only a few months older than Carter. Makes me think he doesn't want anything to do with the GOP, and it's as much that they are probably too extreme even for him now, as it is their desire to erase any memory of his idiot son being in office.

[NYC Liberal]

18. As far as I can tell, the last time he spoke at the RNC was 1996.

So it seems it's something else.

[GoCubsGo]

19. I understand that he has a form of Parkinson's disease.

I suspect that may have something to do with it. But, I also think he's disgusted over how extreme his party has become.

[quinnox]

5. They want to forget George Bush ever existed

"George Bush Jr. ? Who is that? Never heard of him"

[RoccoR5955]

8. aka Shrub,

Dubya
Dumbya
Chimpy McBush
member of the Bush Crime Family
The man, who when in DC raised his state's IQ by at least 10 points
The person who made Texas change its name to Texass

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Well, they featured an actor who made movies with monkeys

That's close, isn't it?

[RoccoR5955]

9. They had a hard time finding any other actors

who had the same IQ, so he made movies with the chimp.

But most of all, we got Raygun because John Wayne was dead.

[Politicub]

10. The GOP is ashamed of Bush. Not surprising that the GOP

won't even acknowledge W, the miserable failure.

[Canuckistanian]

11. President Hoover died?

My condolences to his family....

[busterbrown]

12. They are ashamed.....

only because he doesn't do anything at all for their case for hating Obama.
They couldn't have cared less about his unfunded tax cuts and wars.
He has become the fucking Fredo of the republican family.
He no longer exists!

[anneboleyn]

13. Rumor has it that they wanted to project a hologram of Reagan. Indeed,Bush's absence was conspicuous

It was painfully obvious they didn't want him to speak.

[davidpdx]

17. I don't think even HW went either

Only Jeb and P were their for the Bush clan. I heard about the hologram as well. That would have been creepy.

[nanabugg]

15. If the Dems had done this the GOP would be decrying our 'lack or loyalty'

Truth is, the DNC paid tribute to more Republican past Presidents than the RNC. Hope the pundits point this out to the 'loyal' RNC.

[davidpdx]

16. They only have two Bushes and they are both dicks....