Jeb Bush. republicans today are extremists.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said today that both Ronald Reagan and his father George H. W. Bush would have had a difficult time getting nominated by today's ultra-conservative Republican Party.

"Ronald Reagan would have, based on his record of finding accommodation, finding some degree of common ground, as would my dad — they would have a hard time if you define the Republican party — and I don’t — as having an orthodoxy that doesn’t allow for disagreement, doesn’t allow for finding some common ground," Bush said, adding that he views the hyper-partisan moment as "temporary."

"Back to my dad’s time and Ronald Reagan’s time – they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan suport," he said. Reagan "would be criticized for doing the things that he did."

Bush cited, in particular, "the budget deal my dad did, with bipartisan support — at least for a while — that created the spending restraint of the ‘90s," a reference to a move widely viewed now as a political disaster for Bush, breaking a pledge against tax increases and infuriating conservatives. It was, Bush said, "helpful in creating a climate of more sustainted economic growth."

"Politically it clearly didn't work out — he was a one term president," his son said.

Bush called the present partisan climate "disturbing."


http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/jeb-bush-no-place-for-father-reagan-in-today39

 

uh huh , any particular reason you forgot these pertinent lines?

So go pound sand.

 

Every time I see these Reagan remarks, I recall his 1961 speech...while still a Dem. (I believe Reagan became a Pub in 1962.)

This is for your FT. Enjoy. All you libs claiming the same about Reagan should give this a listen, too. Listen to the whole speech and tell yourself he's one of you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs


I believe if alive, he would say his party left him. Byrd made a similar claim just the other day.


Byrd: "Now, the party is barely recognizable."
"He supports Republican Mitt Romney over Democrat Barack Obama, despite his love for what his old party once stood for."


http://triblive.com/opinion/1943710...s-senate-fiscal-seat-support-won-1970-assumed

 

Today's Republicans only seem extreme because today's democrats
more & more have adopted the attributes and aims of communist and socialist workers parties.