George W. Bush: Dad's 1992 loss "really affected me"

[@cardcode8345]

Yep it affected him so much that ,he ordered attack at Iraq

[@erikae3024]

@benjianubis very wrong. It was all a plan from our president bush.

[@elizandropedraza1286]

Yep and it affected Jeb as well , that why he stealing Florida from Gore to give to his big brother.

[@elizandropedraza1286]

And somebody else that is not with us no more that wishes that Al Gore would of win in 2000 , that Saddam Hussein and his son's also his people.

[@elizandropedraza1286]

And the only reason this war criminal and his ex administration and cabinet members can show their faces now in public and on tv shows the mainstream media won't tear him and them a new hole is because he and his brother and whole Bush family is against president Trump that way wow thanks you left media how quick they forgot all the soldiers that died in two wars and what it did to the America economy basically almost killing it.

[@elizandropedraza1286]

For Americans to know now that this guy thinks his daddy would of won in 1992 no matter how things were in America says a lot about him .

[@elliottcorbin9522]

He would have won if he kept his No New Taxes promise. People voted for Perot because Bush 41 didn’t keep his promise.

[@LineMountain]

Bush 41 never understood that people weren’t voting for him they were voting for a 3rd Reagan term and instead he fractured the Reagan coalition (Reagan Democrats) that was built. So he lost in ‘92.

[@GreatClickbait]

true

[@aviationgeek9258]

If the election happend in 1991 bush would have won by a huge landslide in his first 3 years bush was as popular as Kennedy and more popular then reagan

[@richmondolivares9398]

@Kunkkufani george h w bush is a good president but his son george w bush is evil liar.

[@ArnoldDarkshner99]

The economic recession in 1992 had a lot to do with it.

[@austinparrott9586]

He also broke his tax promise

[@jamesthomas6476]

Feels nice to hear Bush for the first time publicly talk about his father’s defeat considering how different the two men are and funny that he’s now been friends with the man who beat his father.

[@sarahdamico8567]

They both were friends with Clinton

[@99mrpogi]

@@sarahdamico8567 kind of ironic that bill Clinton defeated a bush for the presidency and he relinquished it to another bush

[@seanhastings4432]

Honestly, I forgot what George Bush looked like. I haven't seen him in almost a decade.

[@TerminatorZXY]

Ross Perot didn't spoil the campaign for Bush, Bush spoiled the campaign for Perot. Perot lead in the polls and then got threatened and dropped out initially, should've never dropped out.

[@prometheustv6558]

He had the worst popular vote percentage for an incumbent since 1913 and the worst percentage for a major party candidate since 1936.

[@ishmaelm1932]

I think if Ross Perot became president. This country would've been on a good track and we wouldn't have seen a W administration.

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

Yeah perot would have been like an Eisenhower 2.0

[@richmondolivares9398]

@@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295 perot 2024

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

@@richmondolivares9398 he's dead

[@vincesmith2499]

Perot was a buffoon.

[@kamalindsey]

Perot was not a spoiler, Bush would have still lost in 1992.

[@JD-bd2up]

You have no facts to back that up Jack! In those Purple states there's a 65% chance H.W. Bush would have won. Clinton had a shot no doubt but Perot Voters around 85% would have Voted for Bush over Clinton of the ones who would have Voted. Perot should have ran in 1996. It's dumb running against and incumbent after 4 years. 1996 Perot should have been President after Bush.

[@vincesmith2499]

You are probably right.

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

Bush 41>Bush 43

[@JAYTEEUSA]

Perot > Bush 41/Clinton 42

[@chuckchumbucket]

Mickey Mouse > goofy

[@min-ster1542]

@@chuckchumbucket Donald duck> Mickey mouse

[@januzairamli4426]

Donkey Kong> Hong Kong

[@natethebluesman]

nobody>every president

[@meandyouagainstthealgorith5787]

It should not be so difficult to be second place in the race for POTUS. If I were second best in the nation at what I do I would be elated.

[@dvferyance]

Wrong he lost becasue of read my lips no new taxes.

[@hotwax9376]

And Murphy Brown, and the recession, and Pat Buchanan's "culture war" speech.

[@captrodgers4273]

i think ross perot had a good part of that.....i mean 20 million votes definatly afftected the outcome opposed to a two person race

[@xenophonanthony2791]

@@nick56677Bush SR would have lost regardless.

[@thamesplayz7406]

One of my favorite One term Presidents one of my favorite in general, he’s one of the reasons why I really want to run for President when I’m older since I’ll be qualified. I know the Presidency offers benefits, but I’ve been inspired by my idols one of my idols which is George H.W bush his son and more, I would try my best as President to ensure peace whether a one term of two term President, and do the right thing. despite it costing me politically. With this I pray to God I can be elected the First Ugandan-American President ever elected, also Second, or third, or fourth African American ever elected. I pray To God I get this opportunity I pray it happens in Jesus name Amen! 🙏🕊. May the 41st President of the United States Rest In Peace! 🙏🕊.

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

You seem to have a very naive and simple mind...

[@thamesplayz7406]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Your opinion plus overtime I’ll get more knowledge of things, and can you really judge how I think from one statement?

[@dukerwong3900]

Winning or not, sometimes purely just luck at the time. Sometimes, it really had nothing to do with the qualifications, or leadership experience, or qualities...etc. However, it does the matter of the timing of certain particular events or any leads to the result. I was a kind of surprised that President Bush 41 lost his Presidency campaign at the time and very young Governor Clinton won his Presidency and became the new President. Actually, President Bush 41 was absolutely a great Vice President in one another great President Reagan's era as well as a great President himself later. His wisdom, sincerity and honesty of gentleman style won many of America's allies' respect and cooperations as well as caught the attentions of our enemies too and willing to behave better or chose to, or have to stop the actings due to understanding that America's President's words will match the action by the principles, if communications, negotiations and warnings don't work as well as let them know that maintain the peace has been always America's will and priority, unless...etc. This is why peoples all know that President Bush 41 is the unique specialist of international diplomacy and foreign affairs. Actually, I believe those are the most difficult leadership skills as any great President's capabilities for America's own security and safety issues, maintain the peace in the world to avoid any unnecessary big wars which may lure any possibility of the 3rd war as well as suppress the enemies' ambitions at the same time by his great leadership experience and wisdoms. Actually President Bush 41's economy growth was still maintained around 3%/per year at the time, it's really not bad at all compared that he solved and achieved many tough international and domestic things during very uneasy situations. If less tough situations at the time, absolutely President Bush will be able to get even much higher economy growth yield too. Many peoples talked about the Read my lips issue of not raising the taxes. I believe that when President Bush won his Presidency, the Congress were controlled by Democrat Party. He might have to give up something in order to get something done, I guess. It is just never easy to be President and to be ready to taste the sweetness and the bitterness at the same time, even as a great experienced Governing Leadership. However, I understand that, although President Bush lost his 2nd turm of Presidency campaign, but it absolutely doesn't mean that he would loose his great Governing leadership experience as well as Americans of all will forget his great Governing Leadership too. Surely many Americans of all still cherish, remember and love President Bush 41 and his families greatly. I pray for President Bush health and long life.

[@incisive2641]

Aw poor guy

[@hotwax9376]

First, Bush 1 wouldn't have won a two-way race in 1992. Perot was socially liberal and protectionist, which meant he cut more into Clinton's base than Bush's. Bush's poll numbers didn't change at all during the time that Ross Perot was out of the race. The economy was starting to fumble, there was much discontent about Bush violating the "no new taxes" pledge from four years earlier, and most of all, his job approval was somewhere around 29 percent. The idea that a president facing those odds would have won reelection without a "spoiler" like Ross Perot is utterly laughable. Second, I was born only two days before Bush 1 left office and Clinton was sworn in. And I wish so much that the first Bush had been reelected. The Republican party, and the country, would be so much better off today, and Trump probably wouldn't be president right now either. If I could change the outcome of any presidential election, 1992 and 2008 would be at the top of my list.

[@DjinnGuru]

For me, it's the outcomes of 1992 and 2000 that were most important & could've really changed the present course. If Gore won in the latter, we wouldn't have had either the Iraq invasion or Obama, but something akin to DHS would've inevitably been constructed (unless, that is, the ongoing 9/11 plot was all out thwarted under his administration) and Hillary likely would've been propped up a lot easier afterward. But mostly, the Democratic Party might not have turned out as insane. You can never really know. It would've been more interesting to see a Gore vs McCain 2000 election, but I think McCain was always a doomed GOP nominee. There was hardly any way to change the way the 2008 election went due to the economic circumstances.

[@babejjones9808]

I wouldn't change any of those outcomes. 1992 was an election after 12 years of GOP rule, and failed trickle down economic policies. People wanted changed, and got it. As for 2008, you had a GOP president with historically awful approval ratings, who got us into two unnecessary wars. Because of Bush, any Democrat was going to win in 2008. It probably will happen with Trump too. He'll end up being the albatross around the GOP's neck the way GWB was to the GOP back in 2008

[@emotionscomeandgo]

Failed? The economy moves in cycles. Clinton continued the reagan era with deregulation, and welfare reform. From 2009-2016 we have seen the worst GDP growth in US history under Hussein OBama. The reagan era ended in 2008. The 80's/90's/00's in parts were a golden time period for america.. which has been in decline since Hussein began his identity politics journey.

[@hotwax9376]

+john murphy Dems have come pretty darn close to that as it is. And even when they haven't, the government has been controlled by Democrats posing as Republicans, such as our current president.

[@hotwax9376]

+emotionscomeandgo True, Clinton continued many of Reagan's policies, but only because he was up against a Republican controlled Congress and forced to compromise with them. And the Reagan era ended in 1992, in large part because moderate suburban voters started deserting the GOP in droves. Why? Well, when Pat Buchanan declared a "culture war" at the GOP convention and Dan Quayle harangued Murphy Brown for undermining traditional family values, it should come as no surprise that the suburban, upper middle class coalition that had put Reagan and Bush 1 in office began to turn on them. +Babe j Jones The "trickle down" economic policies did not fail; studies have shown that the middle class expanded dramatically during the 80s, and the economy grew rapidly. Reagan's tax cuts were for all income levels, not just the wealthy. And besides, HW Bush was not a huge follower of "trickle down economics" to begin with; he raised taxes after pledging "no new taxes" in 1988, which is one of the biggest reasons he lost in 1992 (as well a brief recession interrupting the economic growth and Pat Buchanan and Dan Quayle railing about social issues.) If anything, Clinton's economic policies were more in line with "Reaganomics" than Bush 1's were. And the war in Afghanistan was not "unnecessary." We had no choice after 9/11 to fight the Taliban, because they refused to hand over Bin Laden. We can argue all we want about whether the Iraq war was necessary or justified (and certainly the left has distorted the facts on that topic), but I can't see how the Afghan war was unnecessary as you claim. Moreover, I wouldn't count on Trump becoming a major liability for the GOP like Bush 2 did. Obama remained relatively popular throughout his presidency, not so much because people liked his policies as because they hated Republicans even more. Republicans could hold on after Trump in much the same way, and current polls are already bearing this out. Trump still gets more positive reviews than Congressional Democrats or Republicans, and a majority have also said that Democrats don't stand for anything except opposing Trump. It is almost an exact mirror image of public opinion under Obama--people said the GOP didn't stand for anything, and even those who didn't care much for Obama still liked him more than the GOP leadership. This, coupled with the constant desire of Mitt Romney to appease the hard right base, is the biggest reason why Republicans failed to defeat Obama in 2012, and it's why Trump will more than likely win reelection in 2020 as well.

[@bbodinefan11]

Thank Ross Perot.

[@ThePlankton5165]

At least Bush 43 was able to win reelection himself.

[@audio-agenda7221]

GW is a war criminal

[@Briguy75]

G-Dub, if Ralph Nader hadn't have run in 2000, you might not have won.....

[@michaelkelly6703]

I miss Bush 43 I wish we had someone like him now, he departed the White House when I was 13, & I was not born yet during Bush 41 & Reagan Presidency era, but I learned about them over time, they were both great especially Reagan he was the best.

[@CarlosFerZar]

That explains alot of things ☺

[@samlerf]

Bush Junior, the loser who admitted to war crimes in his own presidental memoirs... sigh! That's not even mentioning the war crimes of Bush senior and junior, as explained by Secular Talk and Noam Chomsky.

[@brobot_8371]

funny how hw bush was considered an alright president, and was not reelected. but bush jr was arguably the worst president in history, but won a second term despite that

[@vincesmith2499]

Trump was worse & will be worse.

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

The man is a brilliant political scientist and orator compared to Trump.

[@donrainesoh]

It’s almost like one was a lifelong politician and the other was just for the people.

[@vincesmith2499]

​@@donrainesohJust for himself, you mean. Don't be so gullible.

[@donrainesoh]

@@vincesmith2499 yes GWB was just for himself. He did everything to make more money through power and everything to ruin millions of lives.

[@upthebracket26]

A hundred times more intelligent than Potus 45

[@hotwax9376]

+upthebracket26 True, or POTUS 44, for that matter.

[@colmanduffy8622]

upthebracket26 tell that to the 5,000 dead soilders and there families, or the 200,000 + dead Iraqi's. Talk about a "Muslim Ban"!!!

[@redjirachi1]

Potus 45 is still way better than Potus 13-15

[@captrodgers4273]

you mispelled 44

[@sirkayda7205]

POTUS 45 = Greatest in modern history

[@steveboudreaux7933]

Worked out well for Bush, Jr., winning the TX Governorship in 1994 & ultimately the Presidency in 2000.

[@themoderateview1026]

6yrs ago reallyyyyyyyyyy damnnnnn

[@lylekru2208]

If only we had another Bush now.

[@DavidBayliff]

The truth is youth wins clinton was 46 bush sr was 68

[@KaRaTeLoRd11PS3]

Bush wasn’t a fantastic speaker but compared to Trump, he makes Bush seem like JFK. Thank god we will get back to a time when the presidency was a sacred position of power and not a place of constant drama

[@brandonproductions8401]

You’ll have to wait 4-8 years longer

[@bowencreer3922]

Donald Trump is one of the most visionary and articulate leaders we have ever had. He makes previous presidents look like the destructive and useless imbeciles that they were. Trump’s presidency was dramatic because he’s the only one in decades who actually made the country better.

[@theblueocean09]

❤❤❤👍

[@lavapluma5340]

dont look at me! in 92, iran

[@jasonm949]

Both baby and Daddy should have done prison time.

[@theblueocean09]

Tuyet le ❤❤❤👍

[@lavapluma5340]

yep. echoo.

[@SuperKrisnelson800]

The jobs have gone overseas, with Trump as President. Plant closures, and the moving of service jobs overseas, are hurting lots of people. We need to export products, not jobs. Employees at plants, and service jobs abroad, are earning $1,50-3.00/hour.