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2016-09-20 Home Front: Politix

EXACTLY Why Many Republicans Support Trump

H/T Instapundit
On Tuesday, Politico reported that former President George H.W. Bush would vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. The Bush family has shunned Trump since the primaries and drawn close to the Clintons since George H.W. Bush’s exit from office in 1992. Still, the news was somewhat shocking, given both the Bush family’s continued prominence in Republican politics ‐ George P. Bush is currently Texas land commissioner and has his eye on higher office.

But the H.W. Bush apparent decision, reported by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, should come as no surprise. The Bush family isn’t put off so much by Trump’s policy proposals ‐ except for immigration and free trade, the Bush family likely agrees with much of Trump’s left-leaning policy. They’re mostly put off by Trump’s attitude ‐ his boorishness, his ignorance, his general sense of know-nothingism. To be fair, Trump clubbed Jeb! like a baby seal and the Bush family specifically during the debates; that had to draw some ire from the family. But for George H.W. Bush, the deciding factor was likely attitudinal: Trump just doesn’t belong. The Clintons, by dint of two decades in the White House spotlight, do.

This is one of the objections to Trump that many Trump supporters have a right to be angry about. It’s one thing to object to Trump based on policy differences and a general belief that he toxifies the conservative message. It’s another thing to do it because he doesn’t belong in the toney company of the blue bloods. The Bush Family feels like American royalty, and they appear to see Trump as a nouveau riche blowhard. That feels elitist rather than principled. Nobody was surprised that the person who reported H.W. Bush’s voting choice was a Kennedy. That’s how the Bushes roll.

Beltway party, eh?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-09-20 14:31|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Reminder to self: When George P. Bush and Chelsea Clinton run for higher office try to find some nice country where they have cannibalized all politicians and they have re-elected a dog as a leader for at least 3 terms.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-20 16:11|| 2016-09-20 16:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Conservatives held their nose and voted Bush II. Now you know why...

Posted by BrerRabbit 2016-09-20 19:41|| 2016-09-20 19:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The difference is this:

I held my nose when I voted for Bush I and Bush II.

I won't be voting Trump at all.

Posted by Iblis 2016-09-20 19:49|| 2016-09-20 19:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Trump or Hillary seems to be the choice, barring some outside perturbation. One or the other.

Speaking as your Election Advisor, pick the one you hate most. Then vote for the other.

Posted by SteveS 2016-09-20 20:54|| 2016-09-20 20:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Amen. We have one Devil we know

Posted by Frank G 2016-09-20 21:21|| 2016-09-20 21:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Boarish bluster or criminal oligarch. I'll take the bluster.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-09-20 23:04|| 2016-09-20 23:04|| Front Page Top

#7 I won't be voting Trump at all.

Then you're a *bad* person. Seriously.

Posted by Crusader 2016-09-20 23:56|| 2016-09-20 23:56|| Front Page Top

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