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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs George P. Bush's crushing defeat in Texas the end of the line for a Republican Party dynasty?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-p-bush-defeat-texas-end-political-dynastyListen to this articleTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton, facing multiple scandals but very popular with conservatives for his legal crusades against President Bidens administration, walloped challenger George P. Bush by a more than two-to-one margin in the GOP primary runoff election Tuesday.
Bush, who was the last elected member of his familys political dynasty which over four generations has produced two presidents, a vice president, a senator, two governors and a congressman was long viewed as a rising star in the GOP and was elected and re-elected to the statewide office of Texas land commissioner. He acknowledged in a statement Tuesday night that "things didnt go as we planned."
And in the wake of his defeat, Bushs political future and the survival of his familys brand are very much in doubt."History has shown there can be second acts in American politics, so I wouldnt say never. But I think that he is politically greatly diminished from the results last night," longtime Texas based GOP strategist Brendan Steinhauser told Fox News.
And he predicted that in the short term "I think its more likely he goes into the private sector."
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Is George P. Bush's crushing defeat in Texas the end of the line for a Republican Party dynasty? (Original Post)
Demovictory9
May 2022
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Dynasties never end. They morph and scheme to return to power. For generations.
bucolic_frolic
May 2022
#1
George P. sucked up "bigly" to TFG after the latter seriously dissed P's father
no_hypocrisy
May 2022
#2
bucolic_frolic
(43,284 posts)1. Dynasties never end. They morph and scheme to return to power. For generations.
Ask the Hapsburg and the Hohenzollern and the Bourbon to name a few.
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)9. Those dynasties are all dead and gone.
no_hypocrisy
(46,184 posts)2. George P. sucked up "bigly" to TFG after the latter seriously dissed P's father
during the primaries.
P. continued to suck up and TFG gave his endorsement to Paxton.
P. thought he was in the HOV Lane for President. First TX Land Commissioner. Then TX AG. Then TX Governor. Then POTUS.
Like uncle, like nephew: Miserable Failure.
rampartc
(5,435 posts)3. to the maga crowd "bush" means "librul globalist"
this poor guy had less chance in 2022 texas than poor jeb bush did in his debate vs the orange menace.
Marcuse
(7,506 posts)4. Please clap.
area51
(11,920 posts)7. I see what you did there.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)5. Let us hope it is.
Political "dynasties" have no place in a true democracy.
And I hope the beginning of the end of the "Guns Over People" party.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)6. Was he still isolated from the rest of the Bush family because of his
support for Trump ?
doc03
(35,364 posts)8. I think "W" pretty much ended that dynesty nt