Bush a 4 letter word at CPAC

[TWiley]

oh, so sorry about your pain ...

Bush a 4 letter word at CPAC

Conservatives aren’t sure who’s the Republican presidential frontrunner in 2012. They disagree over how sharply to attack President Barack Obama and on the question of whether a back-to-basics approach is the path back to majority.

But if there’s one thing those attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this week agree on, it is this: They don’t want another George W. Bush.

Few come out right out and say it, but they don’t have to. There’s no nostalgia for the past eight years, no tributes to Bush and no sessions dedicated to exploring his presidency.

Indeed, for a president who publicly embraced conservative principles, there is little evidence that the movement returns the sentiment.

When the subject of the 43rd president has come up at CPAC — where he spoke each year of his presidency — it’s usually been in an unflattering context.

Conservative icon Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker, railed against the “Bush-Obama continuity in economic policy” and the “Bush-Obama big spending program” in a speech Friday.

"We had big spending under Bush and now we have big spending under Obama," Gingrich said. "And so now we have two failures."


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[Bluzmann57]

1. So for eight years, they loved him

and now they despise him? What a bunch of total asshole hypocrites. Of course, we all know that fact already.

[TWiley]

2. Yes, we need to give them 8 more year to think it over

Lets be helpful and run bush up the flagpole at every opportunity.

[Joanne98]

3. They're liars. They love him.

[RJ Connors]

4. Well, seeing how they're not frothing at the mouth over Sarah

I suppose that is good news as that is sure to aggravate their core base, (religious nut cases). So they will likely stay disorganized for awhile.

In fact Sarah didn't even bother to show, she was busy. I'd be willing to bet she thinks she has 2012 in the bag so why waste her oh so valuable and precious time.

[TWiley]

5. There is a battle brewing between Jindal and Palin

Jindal publicly opposed stimulus money, and specifically cited Volcano Monitoring as Pork. This was a bitch-slap to Sara Palin, and an attempt to make her subordinate to his cause. That money is ear marked for Alaska.

[RJ Connors]

6. Not really. I saw a straw poll at CPAC

after I posted this and Sarah was in the lead with 29% and Jindel was at 9%, before he gave his rebuttal speech to Obama's speech, which probably puts him at 2% now.