Bush surrogates will always be never Trump

END OF THE BUSH ERA?

WILL TRY TO SABOTAGE TRUMP, LOOK TO 2020

It is obvious to everyone except the Bush family (and its allies) that the Bush era is about to fade into history. The Bush era started in 1988 when George Bush #1 was elected as president. He was the preferred candidate by the power brokers in Washington in 1980, but was overwhelmed by the popular and charismatic Ronald Reagan. It is no secret that they all thought Ronald Reagan was not as qualified as George Bush #1, but the people thought otherwise. Reagan was pressured to accept Bush as his running mate; history will prove that this was a mistake to the conservative movement. Bush promised no new taxes, school vouchers and to control the border. He proceeded to reject all those policies within days of the inauguration. He established the new U.S. foreign policy that we were now the only remaining superpower. While Reagan endorsed some minor military interventions, this new policy stated that we could, and should, control events around the world. When Reagan left office the Russian people had an 88% positive view of the United States, it is now 12%. Bush seemed to prefer a cold war rather than to cooperate in helping Russia transition to a market economy. He insulted Russia and moved to expand NATO into former Soviet countries. This played into the hands of those Russians who distrusted the intentions of the U.S. The Bush dynasty has held a progressive elite, internationalist philosophy. There has not been any attempt to cut government, to cut government regulation, or to have a balanced budget.  The public rejected his presidency; in a 3-way contest he only gained 32% of the vote.

After Bush lost in 1992 to Bill Clinton there was a general revolt against the policies of Clinton. While Bill Clinton was a flexible and pragmatic leader, his wife's policy of Hillary-care and gun control created a backlash  against his presidency. The republicans won the House and Senate in 1994 due, in a large part, to the activism of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and others. The establishment republicans were excited to gain this power, but by 1996 they had already begun to weaken the resolve of the new electees and to supplant them with their supporters.  Gingrich was able to negotiate with Clinton and was a very visible speaker. He was able to get welfare reform, capital gains tax cuts, and the first balanced budget in 30 years. He was then censored by the House for making a profit on a book he wrote. He was forced out in 1999 and replaced by Dennis Hastert, who no one had heard of at the time. It recently has come to light that Hastert had engaged in pedophilia while a high school coach before being elected to the House. Was this used by the establishment to keep the speaker in line? No one has asked that question. Or did the powers that be fear that Gingrich would run for president in 2000?

George Bush #2 ran in 2000 and won. He continued with his father's policies, never vetoed a single piece of legislation, made no effort to balance the budget, advocated open borders, and signed campaign finance reform, which would have forced most campaign contributions to be given only to political parties. While he was burdened with the terrorist attack in 2001, which had a huge effect on his presidency, he was a progressive internationalist president. Neither Bush #1 nor Bush #2 were really conservative leaders.

That brings us back to Trump. Because he is a business man and not a political candidate, the people in power are concerned about his not advocating the policies of the past. Somehow the Bushes, Romney, Ryan, Bill Kristol and others have determined which positions are "conservative" or otherwise. These are the same people who have demonized the Tea Party movement and Tea Party candidates. Without the Tea Party movement and other grass roots activists, the republican party would be a 28% party. They would not control the House or the Senate nor have the gains they have made in the states. They want the glory of power, but they don't want to really represent the people.  They are trying to pressure Trump to accept someone they approve of for vice-president and certain cabinet positions. They may also try to pressure him to go back on promises he has made in the primary to try to undermine his support. It is no secret that many of the Bush surrogates openly talk of hoping for the defeat of Trump so they can run their man in 2020. Trump is better off running without their support, rather than compromise on his positions. He can win without the republican establishment. Whether Trump wins or loses it is obvious that voters are rejecting the policies of the past and choosing another course for the future.