Question: With all of the baggage George W. Bush has, do you think the GOP will want him at the

[Lint Head]

convention? If so will he be welcomed as a hero. The current GOP candidates have actually avoided any substantive discussion of the last GOP President.

[catbyte]

1. In a word, no. The economy is still too bad & folks remember.

[MarianJack]

2. Many baggers consider him to be...

...a socialist.

They dedicate this convention to the canonization of Saint ronald.

PEACE!

[RC]

3. The GOP have disowned him.

All the problems he cause was because he was too Liberal, dontcha know?

[unblock]

4. oh hell no. the obama campaign would DROOL over any pic of rmoney within 10 yards of shrub.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. I hope so

Wouldn't you love a clip of Shrub and Newt to build ads around?

[Lint Head]

15. Most definitely.

[Solly Mack]

6. I'm sure George P Bush will be there. Not Shrub though.

[Lint Head]

16. Being a two term President I would think they would have to at least give him a nod.

[Solly Mack]

18. They don't want the association. Still...

They'd nominate another Bush in a heartbeat, given the choice. But Shrub would overshadow the convention because reporters would flock to him.

[Hugabear]

7. Considering they're running a candidate with even MORE baggage...

There will be so much baggage at the GOP convention, they could open up a second-hand store.

[gratuitous]

8. If Bush showed up at the Republican Convention

I believe some people would try to burn down the meeting hall before allowing Bush to be seen or photographed on the premises. I don't know what the word cloud would show for the Republican debates, but I'd bet their last occupant of the Oval Office hasn't even averaged one mention per debate.

[Lint Head]

17. I would like to know the count on that. It would be a telltale sign.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

9. Theyll send him through the auditorium on a jetpack.

"Was that Dub?"
"I believe it was."

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I don't think he'd go even if he were asked.

[valerief]

11. No, but they'll want the guy who was chased into a closet, his brother Jeb.

Dumb people think Jeb and Gingrich have "brains."

[Uncle Joe]

12. His image and/or name will be brought up more at the Democratic Convention than the Republican one.

It would be malpractice if the Democrats don't attribute Bush the Least's record repeatedly to current circumstances.

If the People's Party ignore him without tying his record to Republicans in Congress attempts to maintain Bush's legacy, the GOP's job of whitewashing the Pretender in Chief will become all the easier.

Thanks for the thread, Lint Head.

[Old and In the Way]

13. The Republican Politiboro has airbrushed the Bush/Cheney years out of history.

They don't exist...2000-2008 did not happen.

[Lint Head]

14. I think you may have nailed it.

I'm really curious as to how this will play out.

[HopeHoops]

19. As long as he's head down and ass up so he can serve as a bike rack.

Figuring out which side is "ass up" might be a problem.

[customerserviceguy]

20. Oh, he'll be welcomed, all right

Most of the GOPuke thinks of his administration as the "good old days". Besides, he's the only Republicon to be re-elected since St. Ronnie.