The Republican Party Has Changed Dramatically Since George H.W. Bush Ran It
George H.W. Bush, whose death at 94 was announced on Friday by his family, was a hugely influential figure in the Republican Party: chairman of the Republican National Committee, vice president, president and father of another GOP president. But the GOP has changed dramatically since it nominated Bush for the presidency in 1988 — a fact reflected in the ex-president’s strained relationship with the GOP’s new standard-bearer, President Trump.
So, I think Bush’s death is another moment to highlight what my colleague Clare Malone described in the summer of 2016 as “The End Of A Republican Party.” Let’s run through some of the big shifts that have occurred within the GOP:
The GOP was once a more moderate party
Ideology is complicated to measure. By some standards, the Republican Party has moved to the left. In a poll conducted last year, 42 percent of Republicans backed same-sex unions; it’s safe to assume that number was far lower during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. In 1992, one of South Carolina’s senators was Republican Strom Thurmond, who ran a 1948 presidential campaign featuring his opposition to civil rights for blacks. Today, one of South Carolina’s senators is Republican Tim Scott, who is African-American.
But by most other measures, the GOP is far more conservative than it used to be. The General Social Survey, for example, shows self-identified Republicans moving far more toward the “extremely conservative” end of its scale (as opposed to “extremely liberal”) over the past several decades.1
In Bush’s era, Fox News did not exist. Deeply conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and their allies had not created a huge network of right-wing groups that constitute basically an alternative political party. There was no tea party or House Freedom Caucus. Trump may be personally more conservative than Bush, but even if he weren’t, the forces that push a Republican president to the ideological right are stronger now than they were in the 1980s.
Bush himself famously signed a tax increase to help reduce the federal budget deficit, a move that angered the party’s conservative base. His two GOP successors (George W. Bush and Trump) never even really considered tax hikes, aware of the power of the party’s conservative coalition.
The GOP used to be more in line with the nation demographically
Trump’s rallies include lots of older white people, as the stereotype goes. But that is the Republican Party of today. The country has become older, more diverse and more educated. The GOP, meanwhile, has grown even more disproportionately old. And while its voters grew more diverse along with the country through the 1980s (though at a bit of a lag), that shift stalled in the party in the 1990s. Same with education: The share of non-Hispanic white voters without a college degree fell throughout the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s — in the electorate overall and the GOP. But beginning in the 1990s, it stopped falling among Republicans.
In 1992, according to the Pew Research Center, about 38 percent of registered voters who identified as Republicans were 50 years or older. By 2016, that number had grown to 58 percent. In 1992, 61 percent of Republicans were under 50, compared with 41 percent today.3
Will the Team Trump Treason Justice Department investigate election fraud in North Carolina? How about the repub legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan trying to curtail the power of the governor after losing those races? Nice party. Yea, worry about libs and antifa. And watch them let Team Trump Treason get away with all of it. Buh, buh, buh Hillary! Suckers.
Team Trump Treason riding the red wave to victory, cementing his legacy as the most popular president since Reagan. The party of the future so boldly forth goes he.
Will the Team Trump Treason Justice Department investigate election fraud in North Carolina? How about the repub legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan trying to curtail the power of the governor after losing those races? Nice party. Yea, worry about libs and antifa. And watch them let Team Trump Treason get away with all of it. Buh, buh, buh Hillary! Suckers.
Will the Team Trump Treason Justice Department investigate election fraud in North Carolina? How about the repub legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan trying to curtail the power of the governor after losing those races? Nice party. Yea, worry about libs and antifa. And watch them let Team Trump Treason get away with all of it. Buh, buh, buh Hillary! Suckers.
The sentence "And Sam Rockwell is George W. Bush" might be one of the greatest things I've ever read....
Wow. That looks great. I love all those actors. When I first started watching the trailer I thought Bale was playing Bush, but then saw the end of the trailer and your comment. Carrell, Adams, Bale and Rockwell, check!
The Republican Party Has Changed Dramatically Since George H.W. Bush Ran It
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Yup. The party catered to the religious right to win elections and it killed the party. They had a few issues they could have lead on and continued to be relevant and leaders:
1) Fiscal responsibility - true fiscal responsibility...reducing military spending after winning the cold war. Could have used the $ for some social programs and tax cuts. Fiscal responsibility...one of the main reasons people vote republican is a lie anymore. I was ok with defense spending during the cold war to win the war without firing a shot. But once you won...change. 2) Same sex marriage / gay rights - they let the left lead. They bowed to the religious right instead of protecting the rights of all americans. This was a no brainer in my opinion. Protect all people from the government and others. But can't do that and maintain the religious vote I guess. 3) Environment - instead of deny, deny, deny - lead. Could have worked WITH industry to develop meaningful regulations. Could have worked WITH industry to get away from oil dependence. It was a chance to lead and get in front of a huge topic...that only gets bigger. Would have been seen as a partnership with JOBS instead of what it is today. Heck - GHWB was president for the Clean Air Act! 4) Immigration - obviously the Dems have no idea how to do this...but the repubs apparently don't either. They know these workers help the economy and businesses. Should have lead on true reform to allow more legal immigration. Huge waste opportunity. 5) Guns - again, the republicans own this topic in the nation it seems as the NRA and 2nd amendment supporters are very powerful. Why not lead for meaningful change when you can help control the change? It wouldn't be as much as I liked, but the Repubs are the ones with the power to help this situation.
These are mostly areas that would have required the party shift a little (Gays, Environment...although this was originally a republican issue, and Guns). But it would have 1) Helped the nation 2) Preserved the party with a wider coalition of voters. They've continued to pander to the 30-35% of the US that is pretty far right. Since that group goes to the polls consistently, it allows them to win a lot of local elections and state elections. Nationally - it gets tougher, but they play the map and it's worked somewhat. But it is killing (or has killed) the party moving forward because the voters of it's base are getting older and fewer...time for a platform change to look more like the rest of the country. And the Dems are actually doing them a favor by running to the left...leaving space open for the repubs to take voters. But they aren't cause they are running to the right.
Anyhow - just off the top of my head, so I'm sure some holes, but it's what I think and it's why I stopped voting for many republicans.
I read the news today oh boy........Can’t wait for those repub members of the senate defend what’s now known through the Cohen filings via Team Mueller.
Some of the claims I heard as I drove was that the US government wants you to pay $49.00 for a gallon of gas; a caller from California claiming that the Deep State was out to get him because as the sole inheritor of his mother's estate, $100K, he had to get an EIN number and he wasn't able to cash the checks (I've never heard of such a thing); Team Trump Treason is solely a vicitm of Hillary, Obama and the Deep State and everything has been fabricated. His program was full of ads for veterans and gun enthusiasts. He was also really pumped by the chaplain's sermon at the Army/Navy game. Like really pumped. late night AM radio, worth a hoot.
Asked about allegations against Trump, senator says, ‘I don’t care’
Asked if he had any concerns that Trump was implicated, Hatch told CNN: “The Democrats will do anything to hurt this president.” Informed it was alleged by federal prosecutors in New York, Hatch said: “OK, but I don’t care, all I can say is he’s doing a good job as president.” […]
“I don’t think he was involved in crimes but even then, you know, you can make anything a crime under the current laws if you want to, you can blow it way out of proportion, you can do a lot of things.”
Twenty years ago, when it was Bill Clinton accused of obstruction of justice, Hatch demanded that Congress remove the sitting president from office, insisting that “committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office.” The Utahan added at the time, “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes, but it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes.”
Asked about allegations against Trump, senator says, ‘I don’t care’
Asked if he had any concerns that Trump was implicated, Hatch told CNN: “The Democrats will do anything to hurt this president.” Informed it was alleged by federal prosecutors in New York, Hatch said: “OK, but I don’t care, all I can say is he’s doing a good job as president.” […]
“I don’t think he was involved in crimes but even then, you know, you can make anything a crime under the current laws if you want to, you can blow it way out of proportion, you can do a lot of things.”
Twenty years ago, when it was Bill Clinton accused of obstruction of justice, Hatch demanded that Congress remove the sitting president from office, insisting that “committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office.” The Utahan added at the time, “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes, but it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes.”
Way to put your best foot forward. Where’s the condemnation from the right? Oh, I almost forgot, they applaud this type of rhetoric. And cheer it on and encourage it.
Asked about allegations against Trump, senator says, ‘I don’t care’
Asked if he had any concerns that Trump was implicated, Hatch told CNN: “The Democrats will do anything to hurt this president.” Informed it was alleged by federal prosecutors in New York, Hatch said: “OK, but I don’t care, all I can say is he’s doing a good job as president.” […]
“I don’t think he was involved in crimes but even then, you know, you can make anything a crime under the current laws if you want to, you can blow it way out of proportion, you can do a lot of things.”
Twenty years ago, when it was Bill Clinton accused of obstruction of justice, Hatch demanded that Congress remove the sitting president from office, insisting that “committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office.” The Utahan added at the time, “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes, but it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes.”
I think Hatch is describing the viewpoint that the remaining, more rationally minded trump supporters have. They’ve turned off values that they used to promote, and conclude with the idea that things are going well; mostly economically.
Asked about allegations against Trump, senator says, ‘I don’t care’
Asked if he had any concerns that Trump was implicated, Hatch told CNN: “The Democrats will do anything to hurt this president.” Informed it was alleged by federal prosecutors in New York, Hatch said: “OK, but I don’t care, all I can say is he’s doing a good job as president.” […]
“I don’t think he was involved in crimes but even then, you know, you can make anything a crime under the current laws if you want to, you can blow it way out of proportion, you can do a lot of things.”
Twenty years ago, when it was Bill Clinton accused of obstruction of justice, Hatch demanded that Congress remove the sitting president from office, insisting that “committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office.” The Utahan added at the time, “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes, but it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes.”
I think Hatch is describing the viewpoint that the remaining, more rationally minded trump supporters have. They’ve turned off values that they used to promote, and conclude with the idea that things are going well; mostly economically.
I’ve stated that before about the economic side of things ..
Lamar Alexander, Senator from Tennessee, announces he won’t run for re-election. Is it because of the brilliant brilliance of brilliancy that occupies the White House? Or because he wants no part of a post impeachment conviction vote? Maybe now he’ll vote his conscience and stand up to stupid?
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Another ignorant, racist, xenophobic Republican?
I'm shocked
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The Republican Party Has Changed Dramatically Since George H.W. Bush Ran It
George H.W. Bush, whose death at 94 was announced on Friday by his family, was a hugely influential figure in the Republican Party: chairman of the Republican National Committee, vice president, president and father of another GOP president. But the GOP has changed dramatically since it nominated Bush for the presidency in 1988 — a fact reflected in the ex-president’s strained relationship with the GOP’s new standard-bearer, President Trump.
So, I think Bush’s death is another moment to highlight what my colleague Clare Malone described in the summer of 2016 as “The End Of A Republican Party.” Let’s run through some of the big shifts that have occurred within the GOP:
The GOP was once a more moderate party
Ideology is complicated to measure. By some standards, the Republican Party has moved to the left. In a poll conducted last year, 42 percent of Republicans backed same-sex unions; it’s safe to assume that number was far lower during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. In 1992, one of South Carolina’s senators was Republican Strom Thurmond, who ran a 1948 presidential campaign featuring his opposition to civil rights for blacks. Today, one of South Carolina’s senators is Republican Tim Scott, who is African-American.
But by most other measures, the GOP is far more conservative than it used to be. The General Social Survey, for example, shows self-identified Republicans moving far more toward the “extremely conservative” end of its scale (as opposed to “extremely liberal”) over the past several decades.1
Political scientists, using DW-Nominate scores,2 have concluded that the Republicans now in Congress are much further to the right of congressional Republicans in the 1970s and 1980s. And even anecdotally, figures like former House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and the late Arizona Sen. John McCain — considered solid conservatives in the George H.W. Bush era — found themselves cast as insufficiently right-wing by the party’s base in recent years.
In Bush’s era, Fox News did not exist. Deeply conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and their allies had not created a huge network of right-wing groups that constitute basically an alternative political party. There was no tea party or House Freedom Caucus. Trump may be personally more conservative than Bush, but even if he weren’t, the forces that push a Republican president to the ideological right are stronger now than they were in the 1980s.
Bush himself famously signed a tax increase to help reduce the federal budget deficit, a move that angered the party’s conservative base. His two GOP successors (George W. Bush and Trump) never even really considered tax hikes, aware of the power of the party’s conservative coalition.
The GOP used to be more in line with the nation demographically
Trump’s rallies include lots of older white people, as the stereotype goes. But that is the Republican Party of today. The country has become older, more diverse and more educated. The GOP, meanwhile, has grown even more disproportionately old. And while its voters grew more diverse along with the country through the 1980s (though at a bit of a lag), that shift stalled in the party in the 1990s. Same with education: The share of non-Hispanic white voters without a college degree fell throughout the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s — in the electorate overall and the GOP. But beginning in the 1990s, it stopped falling among Republicans.
In 1992, according to the Pew Research Center, about 38 percent of registered voters who identified as Republicans were 50 years or older. By 2016, that number had grown to 58 percent. In 1992, 61 percent of Republicans were under 50, compared with 41 percent today.3
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Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up
The president thinks the balancing of the nation’s books is going to, ultimately, be a future president’s problem.
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The sentence "And Sam Rockwell is George W. Bush" might be one of the greatest things I've ever read....
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1) Fiscal responsibility - true fiscal responsibility...reducing military spending after winning the cold war. Could have used the $ for some social programs and tax cuts. Fiscal responsibility...one of the main reasons people vote republican is a lie anymore. I was ok with defense spending during the cold war to win the war without firing a shot. But once you won...change.
2) Same sex marriage / gay rights - they let the left lead. They bowed to the religious right instead of protecting the rights of all americans. This was a no brainer in my opinion. Protect all people from the government and others. But can't do that and maintain the religious vote I guess.
3) Environment - instead of deny, deny, deny - lead. Could have worked WITH industry to develop meaningful regulations. Could have worked WITH industry to get away from oil dependence. It was a chance to lead and get in front of a huge topic...that only gets bigger. Would have been seen as a partnership with JOBS instead of what it is today. Heck - GHWB was president for the Clean Air Act!
4) Immigration - obviously the Dems have no idea how to do this...but the repubs apparently don't either. They know these workers help the economy and businesses. Should have lead on true reform to allow more legal immigration. Huge waste opportunity.
5) Guns - again, the republicans own this topic in the nation it seems as the NRA and 2nd amendment supporters are very powerful. Why not lead for meaningful change when you can help control the change? It wouldn't be as much as I liked, but the Repubs are the ones with the power to help this situation.
These are mostly areas that would have required the party shift a little (Gays, Environment...although this was originally a republican issue, and Guns). But it would have 1) Helped the nation 2) Preserved the party with a wider coalition of voters. They've continued to pander to the 30-35% of the US that is pretty far right. Since that group goes to the polls consistently, it allows them to win a lot of local elections and state elections. Nationally - it gets tougher, but they play the map and it's worked somewhat. But it is killing (or has killed) the party moving forward because the voters of it's base are getting older and fewer...time for a platform change to look more like the rest of the country. And the Dems are actually doing them a favor by running to the left...leaving space open for the repubs to take voters. But they aren't cause they are running to the right.
Anyhow - just off the top of my head, so I'm sure some holes, but it's what I think and it's why I stopped voting for many republicans.
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After years of railing against supposed voting fraud, Republicans have fallen silent or actively attacked a probe that threatens one of their own.
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Wait wasn’t the budget one of the Republicans stronghold lol Ryan leaves the budget a mess ...
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Some of the claims I heard as I drove was that the US government wants you to pay $49.00 for a gallon of gas; a caller from California claiming that the Deep State was out to get him because as the sole inheritor of his mother's estate, $100K, he had to get an EIN number and he wasn't able to cash the checks (I've never heard of such a thing); Team Trump Treason is solely a vicitm of Hillary, Obama and the Deep State and everything has been fabricated. His program was full of ads for veterans and gun enthusiasts. He was also really pumped by the chaplain's sermon at the Army/Navy game. Like really pumped. late night AM radio, worth a hoot.
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"Great American".... why is he biting off Hannity????
Asked about allegations against Trump, senator says, ‘I don’t care’
Asked if he had any concerns that Trump was implicated, Hatch told CNN: “The Democrats will do anything to hurt this president.” Informed it was alleged by federal prosecutors in New York, Hatch said: “OK, but I don’t care, all I can say is he’s doing a good job as president.” […]
“I don’t think he was involved in crimes but even then, you know, you can make anything a crime under the current laws if you want to, you can blow it way out of proportion, you can do a lot of things.”
Twenty years ago, when it was Bill Clinton accused of obstruction of justice, Hatch demanded that Congress remove the sitting president from office, insisting that “committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office.” The Utahan added at the time, “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes, but it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes.”
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Lamar Alexander, Senator from Tennessee, announces he won’t run for re-election. Is it because of the brilliant brilliance of brilliancy that occupies the White House? Or because he wants no part of a post impeachment conviction vote? Maybe now he’ll vote his conscience and stand up to stupid?
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