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What is a "Bush Republican" to you?

Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:57 am
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:57 am
Im genuinely curious. It feels like a catch all for any non-maga Conservatives at this point, but I'm sure there are some clear lines of deliniation (sp?). What are those lines to you? And other than a Bush relative, and maybe Dade Phelan, who is the classic Bush Republican in your mind?
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:58 am to
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What is a "Bush Republican" to you?


Democrat
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
76071 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:00 am to
The people in 2016 who were dead set against Trump. Most cucked though.
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Posted by prplngldtigr
just up da bayou from down
Member since Dec 2004
8478 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:01 am to
Republicans that capitulate to democrats routinely. Play nice at all times. Repeatedly steamrolled by democrats, but wants to maintain “decorum” and “civility” while they fail their constituents at every opportunity.


Weak.
Feckless.
Establishment political class.
Spineless but feels good about their personal integrity and class, while they don’t fight for sht.
Posted by back9Tiger
Island Coconut Salesman
Member since Nov 2005
18352 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:01 am to
Democrat lite.
Posted by OWLFAN86
Arrogant Dickweed
Member since Jun 2004
200296 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:03 am to
NeoCon
Sees the world oil supply as a market to corner
Use military might/ infrastructure to force cooperation from rouge nations
Posted by Oswald
South of the St. George Buffer Zone
Member since Aug 2011
4650 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:04 am to
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Republicans that capitulate to democrats routinely. Play nice at all times. Repeatedly steamrolled by democrats, but wants to maintain “decorum” and “civility” while they fail their constituents at every opportunity.


Weak.
Feckless.
Establishment political class.
Spineless but feels good about their personal integrity and class, while they don’t fight for sht.

This.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:05 am to
Boudreauxs butt paste Karl Rove. 16 August 2023.

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This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 10:06 am
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
48704 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:06 am to
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It feels like a catch all for any non-maga Conservatives


I disagree. The Bushes and Cheneys are for all intents and purposes, democrats now. There is nothing conservative about them. They saw the left become neocon and value that ideology more than any fundamental conservative principles they may have had in the past. There are plenty non maga conservatives who bear zero resemblance to this. Guys like Massie, Paul, even DeSantis to some extent. There are also conservatives like Vance and Rubio who I suspect are not truly maga, but understand the utility of the movement and know how to leverage it to get things accomplished.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
59705 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:08 am to
Forever wars, temporary tax cuts, no limit to spending, open borders or damn near open borders on immigration, letting the H1B floodgates open, refusal to fight the progressives with brass knuckles

Edit: Oh yes, let's not forget more federal interference in education.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 10:10 am
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
51619 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:08 am to
Based purely off prior Bush's in office, they're usually recognizable by some US involvement in a middle east conflict, rising gas prices, a recession, and a shitty trade agreement or two.
Posted by OWLFAN86
Arrogant Dickweed
Member since Jun 2004
200296 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:10 am to
Like now?
Posted by MyMardiGrasHat
Member since Sep 2026
458 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:11 am to
-Anti weed
-Pro war
-A little racist but you know the good kind of racist like grandma
-Pro tax cut for the wealthiest
-“Christian”
-anti welfare for them but not me


I could go on…
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Charlie Kirk's America
Member since Nov 2007
15963 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:12 am to
Somebody that follows somebody who hates America enough to endorse James Talarico.
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
23658 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:13 am to
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Forever wars, temporary tax cuts, no limit to spending, open borders or damn near open borders on immigration, letting the H1B floodgates open, refusal to fight the progressives with brass knuckles


This feels right. The neocon and "compassionate" conservative part fits into all of this.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 10:15 am
Posted by Padme
Member since Dec 2020
10341 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:14 am to
Benedict Arnold’s
Pussys
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Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
11587 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:16 am to
John fricking Cornyn.
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
48704 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:17 am to
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What is a "Bush Republican" to you?

Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
18439 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:19 am to
Since the Bush's are the royal family and power family in the GOP for the previous few decades, for me, a Bush Republican is your traditional establishment uniparty GOP neocon RINO elitist who is controlled opposition... What is now the old guard of the GOP establishment, the Cheneys, Cornyns, the McConnells, Grassleys, Thunes, etc etc etc.

Essentially, the entrenched GOP establishment.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 10:23 am
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
118423 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:21 am to
Bush, Sr. was more left wing than Bush, Jr. I think Sr. was jealous of Ronald Reagan's popularity and wanted to show that a more centrist republican is nicer. It didn't work. We really missed Reagan.
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