Bush a four-letter word at CPAC

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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."
He wasn’t the only high-profile conservative taking shots at the former president.
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“You know what kind of conservatives we need most? Competent conservatives,” Huckabee said in a speech Thursday. “It’s when we lose our competence, that Americans lose their confidence.”
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“We are fast becoming a regional party, not a national party,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned the conference. “There is another name for a regional party, it’s a minority party.”

(on edit - forgot the link) http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090228/pl_politico/19433


Read link for much more hand-wringing.

It's interesting that now they're linking Obama AND Bush. Wow.

And - all together now - awwwwwwwwwwwwwww. :nopity:

[rasputin1952]

1. CPAC...

Joke of the century...Can't Possibly Accept Credibility...:D

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3. I think it's more like...

Can't Possibly Accept Culpability


I mean, really - they brought this on themselves and had eight years to fix it. Now it's wah wah wah.

Spare me.

[rasputin1952]

8. I Like It!!

Hope they like being out of power for the next century as well...:D

[pretzel4gore]

2. haha. Obama can say, 'hey bush made this necessary'

lol

[BuelahWitch]

4. Sorry Conservatives, you OWN him

You shoved him down our throats and stole two elections so that he could reign as your Supreme Commander. You even threw John McCain under the bus back in 2000 so that little shit would be your candidate. He's yours, hook, line and sinker.

[stubtoe]

6. Yep. n/t

[damntexdem]

5. Well, Dubya was always more in tune with a six-pack than with CPAC.

After all, he has even fewer principles than they do.

[lunatica]

7. Bush has become a pariah.

One of my wishes has come to pass

:applause: :woohoo: :rofl:

karma is such a bitch!

[Nay]

9. Gee whiz, they sure loved Frat Boy the whole of the last 8 years!!!

How manly he was in his flight suit :puke:, what a great guy to have a beer with :puke:, what a godly man :puke:.

Sorry, repukes, he's like a rotten pork chop tied to your neck. You own him.

[cherish44]

10. They're a bunch of effin hypocrites

They'll still pay big bucks to go listen to one of Smirky McDumbass's speeches now that he's making the rounds. I'll betcha...

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

11. The RW will NEVER be able to scrape the Bushit

from their shoes. NEVER!