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Why was Bush chosen as Reagan's VP?

Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:04 am
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15865 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:04 am
Knowing what we know now about the CIA (and have for decades) was this the intelligence community involved or informed about all things Reagan?
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
28015 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:06 am to
Watch the Octopus Murders on Netflix. It will explain everything.
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
28898 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:11 am to
Swampy Deep State doing Swampy Deep State things.

As the OP said watch Octopus Murders. Everything is connected. The Bushes have been involved with and in our Government almost since the very beginning.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
4153 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:11 am to
To watch
Posted by Pvt Hudson
Member since Jan 2013
3615 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:12 am to
To carry Texas.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
5719 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:14 am to
Because they planned to take Reagan out, just like they took out JFK.
Posted by YouKnowImRight
Member since Oct 2023
652 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:22 am to
To attract right-center Republicans. This is not a hard question.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
36396 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:26 am to
quote:

Nor, finally, is it in any way a "theory" that the one, single name that can be directly linked to the Third Reich, the US military industrial complex, Skull and Bones, Eastern Establishment good ol' boys, the Illuminati, Big Texas Oil, the Bay of Pigs, the Miami Cubans, the Mafia, the FBI, the JFK assassination, the New World Order, Watergate, the Republican National Committee, Eastern European fascists, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the United Nations, CIA headquarters, the October Surprise, the Iran/Contra scandal, Inslaw, the Christic Institute, Manuel Noriega, drug-running "freedom fighters" and death squads, Iraqgate, Saddam Hussein, weapons of mass destruction, the blood of innocents, the savings and loan crash, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the "Octopus," the "Enterprise," the Afghan mujaheddin, the War on Drugs, Mena (Arkansas), Whitewater, Sun Myung Moon, the Carlyle Group, Osama bin Laden and the Saudi royal family, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, is: George Herbert Walker Bush.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
116674 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:27 am to
Bush and Reagan got pretty nasty (not anywhere close to this past primary ,but nasty by back then standards).

There was thought that they needed to make nice and come together to heal that.
Posted by Earnest_P
Member since Aug 2021
3613 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:34 am to
quote:

Knowing what we know now about the CIA (and have for decades) was this the intelligence community involved or informed about all things Reagan?


It’s all spooks, everywhere. Sit back, enjoy the show, and hope they end up doing something in our favor soon.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
27352 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:36 am to
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Why was Bush chosen as Reagan's VP?


Deep State wasn't going to give control to Reagan...
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19658 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:42 am to

Bush Sr was the establishment GOP’s choice for candidate, and Reagan pulled the rug out from under them. So they shoehorned their guy into 2nd place.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
40183 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 12:58 pm to
Because Reagan wanted to win.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112757 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:18 pm to
One consideration was that Bush was an 18 y.o. Navy Air Pilot who served in WWII. That contrasted with Reagan's background as a Hollywood actor.
Posted by RobbBobb
Matt Flynn, BCS MVP
Member since Feb 2007
28066 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 4:08 pm to
It was a time similar to today. The country club republicans were offended at an actor becoming president. So when Reagan won the nomination, they threatened to withhold financial support unless he caved on Bush

Bush was one of them
Posted by JCdawg
Member since Sep 2014
7837 posts
Posted on 3/7/24 at 4:28 pm to
Same reason Cheney was W’s.
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