George H W Bush to Endorse McCain
February 16th, 2008 at 05:33am Mark Noonan
President Bush is prevented from doing this because Huckabee still won’t admit to the writing on the wall - but I think this, along with Jeb Bush’s recent endorsement, indicates where the Bush family’s support is going:
Former president George H.W. Bush will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Houston on Monday during a media availability at 9:30 a.m. Texas time, Republican sources say.
President Bush will be in Africa at the time. He told “Fox News Sunday” last weekend that he would help make the case for McCain’s conservative credentials as soon as there was an official nominee.
Once again - Blogs for Victory advises Huckabee to exit the race. Its time to do whate everyone else is doing, Governor, and unite behind the presumptive nominee so he can build up resources, team and plan for the fall campaign.
As for the actual endorsement - the Elder Bush has become America’s elder statesman (and a far classier ex-President than either Carter of Clinton), and this endorsement of McCain is not just given off-the-cuff, but as the considered judgement of a man of great wisdom and experience, who didn’t have to do anything of the kind.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Political Endorsements, Republicans
13 Comments
1. kjstrouble | February 16th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Good for former President Bush. Now if Huckabee would just be reasonable. We need to be gearing up and getting ready for a real fight, because too many people are listening to all the “wonderful” things Obama is promising, and not considering what they really mean.
2. Richard Ayers | February 16th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Initially, I was charmed by Huckabee’s rheortic. Lately though, he is starting to remind me of a little male dog that has fallen in love with my leg. Just an embarrassing burden.
3. plainjane | February 16th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Give anything for a nice picture of all the Bush’s on stage with McCain, extra if you can get a picture with McCain kissing President George W on the cheek or better yet his ring finger.
4. hermie | February 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am
The only two reasons I can think of Huckabee still campaigning, is that he 1) is hoping that McCain will offer him a Cabinet post, or even the VP slot, if he quits. and 2) Like Ron Paul, he is counting on getting more campaign contributions so he can use then in another race.
Otherwise, Huckabee has no chance of beating McCain, and he’ll just make more enemies within the GOP by staying in.
5. Darva Conger | February 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
GHWB backed Bob Dole in ‘96. That went well.
6. TiredofLibBullSh** | February 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Yes Jane. If so, I can put them next to the pictures of Bill kissing Yasser and Hill kissing Mrs Arafat. Or Bill prostesting in Prague.
Or Carter with Hugo or Castro.
Maybe McCain can learn something from both Bushes. Don’t work with Democrats in the spirit of bipartisanship, if he does, they’ll gladly take what he give them, smile for the cameras, take credit and then stab him in the back at the first chance they get.
Both Bushes and Reagan have had that experience, maybe McCain has learned from them.
7. McLame2008!!! | February 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Gee, the cow chimed in on this without mentioning warmongering neocons. What a shock. I expected something like this from plaincowjane:
“Big endorsement here, one neocon warmongering Repug supporting another.”
Jane, you need to get out more. Find yourself a bull. Or another cow…
8. LOLguy23 | February 16th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
GO HUCKABEE!!!!!
You can still win it!!!!
9. Bob Taft | February 16th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
The “writing on the wall” is that McCain is a losing proposition. If we are fool enough to make him our nominee we can kiss the WH good-bye for at least four years.
Let GHWB give his endorsement. The people have clearly spoken to the fact that they will vote overwhelmingly for a CHANGE. This “endorsement” would serve to underline the epitome of “status quo”.
I suggest that we start to come together as a party and rally behind the candidate who promises the changes we all know that we need, which entail a return to conservative, constitutional principles.
We can only beat the dems in the general by fielding our very best and most conservtive candidate. His platform is the most appealing to the masses and is resounding throughout our party. How can you top “end the IRS” as a campaign slogan?
Dr. Paul offers us a stronger national defense and is the “candidate of choice” for those in the military services as evinced by their contributions. The occupations of other nations will come to an end one way or another as we cannot sustain our current folly either economically or militarily. Nor should we continue this path of “nation building” and building/maintaining an empire. It puts our security and our economy at risk.
It is time to change our course and concentrate on our domestic issues. We need to institute policies of fiscal responsibility and restore integrity to our monetary system. The “FED” has performed poorly, outlived its purpose, and should be phased out.
Our borders and our national sovereignty need to be protected. The trend of the encroachment of big government on our liberties must be reversed and power returned to the States, where it rightfully belongs.
These are issues the people are clamoring to have addressed. Neither of the dems have anything to offer in any of these regards. We can beat them by offering “Hope for America” in the coming election.
We delegates will pick our nominee in September. It is up to us to pick a winner. My money is on the “Champion of the Constitution.”
Long live the Republic ! !
10. Almiranta | February 16th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
C’mon, get off janie’s back. (That milking stool will help.) She should get some credit for an unbroken record.
All this time, and she has never made a lick of sense. As long as it sounds somehow vile and spiteful, that’s all that matters to our little janie, the girl with the big mirror.
But tell me, how can treating all presidents with respect, refraining from criticizing them, and showing ongoing love and respect for his country be seen as being classier than either Clinton or Carter? Are you saying there is something downright cheesy about a former president kissing the butt of a tinhorn dictator and dissing his own country? Or another trashing a sitting president, traveling abroad to declare vile and untrue things about the man who followed him in the White House? (Gee, that would be nearly as tacky as going abroad as a student and then trashing his own country.)
You do realize, don’t you, that it is “elitist” to demand, or even recognize class, and that it is politically far more correct to just ignore low-class behavior. Or fawn over it, as the radical Left does….
11. Nate | February 17th, 2008 at 1:54 am
given that w has destroyed so much that was the usa over the past 7 years not sure if this would be a good thing for mccain
12. Allegiance | February 17th, 2008 at 2:15 am
The GOP supposedly pushed McCain into “front-runner” status to give them a lead against the Democrats. Basically, the Republicans could have had it all, a unified party, a good, strong candidate, and an edge over the Democrats. Unless their only reason to push McCain ahead was to continue Bush/Neo-Conservative policies. If so, then that was an even worse decision seeing as 75% of Americans hate those policies. It leaves one to speculate and wonder if the Republicans even want to win the election. In reality, most of us know it doesn’t really matter who wins this election considering how similar most of the candidates are on the issues and their ties to special interests.
Regardless of their intentions, as a result of their actions, Republicans are now being forced to waste their time “uniting” the party, doing damage control, and pushing a candidate that nobody really likes. All on account of their foolish decision. John McCain is a doomed candidate for this reason (not to mention his platform), and even with the situation with the democrats, he doesn’t stand a chance. It wouldn’t matter if he had a whole year extra to campaign and “unite” his support, he will not win.
13. StopJohnLiberalMcCain | February 17th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Actuarial tables show a 72-year-old President McCain has about a 1 in 30 chance of a natural death in office the first year, a growing chance of that in office each successive year and a nearly 1 in 22 chance of dying a natural death during his final year in office, if he survives the first 3 years.
McCain is three years older than Reagan was when Reagan was running for the office.
John S. McCain, Sr., his grandfather, died at age 61 and John S. McCain, Jr., his father, died at age 70.
We’ve made a terrible mistake.