Is Trump/Pence like Bush43/Quayle?

[nkpolitics1212]

Trump is Bush43
Pence is Quayle (Indiana)

[k8conant]

1. I don't think so...

I disagreed with George H. W. Bush and J. Danforth Quayle, but they were nothing like Trumpence.

BTW, I was born in Indiana.

[sunonmars]

12. at least poppy bush didnt hate the country and try to actively destroy it

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. George HW Bush was somebody who had specific policy beliefs most people on this board disagree with

But he was a lifelong civil servant, deeply knowledgeable about government and foreign policy, with a commitment to the improvement of the American experiment. I disagreed with Bush on many things, but your comparison of him to Trump is asinine beyond belief. Trump is a corrupt, ignorant piece of shit. Get a clue.

[nkpolitics1212]

4. What about Bush Jr?

[Baconator]

11. Bush Jr was like his dad...

... but without the experience or the intellect.

He still had policies, positions, and the capability to act in a logically coherent way.

Trump is a being of pure Id filtered through a lens of perception. It doesn't matter what he does ... Win or lose...

The only thing that matters to him is how other perceive it.

There is a world of difference between those levels.

[Wiseman32218]

3. George HW Bush was #41 - George W. Bush was #43

Sorry, just wanted the facts out.

[nkpolitics1212]

6. Trump is George W Bush.

[Wiseman32218]

9. Sorry, I totally misunderstood your post - My Bad!!!

[k8conant]

19. Yes W is 43 and I missed that...

but why did you pair him with Quayle who was 41's VP?

[nini]

5. Not even close

Papa Bush was nothing like Trump. While I didn't agree with him on much I wasn't afraid he was going to blow up the world either.

[nkpolitics1212]

7. What about Baby Bush?

[nini]

8. Trump is so bad he makes me miss W

..almost.

That's how bad Trump is.

[mnmoderatedem]

13. in a million lifetmes I never thought I would say this but

I concur with that sentiment.

[nini]

15. The fact that thought crossed my mind says plenty

I loathed W. He was horrible but not on this level.

[Hoyt]

10. I do hope Trump/Pence are one term and out.

[sunonmars]

14. I imagine they will, he had some indy support in 2016, in 2020, that will be gone.......

[DefenseLawyer]

16. Believe it or not, Quayle is smarter than Pence. n/t

[Nevernose]

17. This is why I think Trump's election was a Bush family conspiracy

Designed and implemented by Jeb in order to make Dubya look good by comparison and rescue the Bush family name.

I'm kidding, of course, but it's really not so far fetched, is it?

[karynnj]

18. No - neither is remotely like their analog

Bush was a VP/Congressman/Ambassador to China/ head of the CIA/Head of the Republican party and a son of a CT Senator -- the complete opposite of Trump's complete lack of public service. Bush, while likely behind Iran/Contra, was known for his intelligence and his international knowledge.

Quayle was a young Senator, best known for denying he looked like Robert Redford ... he when not asked when he first ran against the wonderful Birch Bayh in 1980 when 10 incumbent liberal Senators all lost at the same time Reagan won. He was considered a lightweight in the Senate and his term as VP only reinforced that. There are LOTS of problems with Pence, a RW ideologue, but he is not considered to be a handsome lightweight. He did major damage as Governor of Indiana - accomplishing what he wanted to do.