It’s George W. Bush vs. Donald Trump’s GOP

George W. Bush has been a consistent Republican voice against the divisive politics of Donald Trump -- but is there room for him in today’s GOP? In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why Bush’s self-proclaimed "compassionate conservative" politics don’t exactly line up with where the party is post-Trump.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
George W. Bush on Capitol insurrection: "I was sick to my stomach"
www.texastribune.org/2021/02/...
President Bush's Plan For Comprehensive Immigration Reform
georgewbush-whitehouse.archiv...
President George W. Bush on Compassionate Conservatism
www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/o...
Trump Lashes Out at Impeachment Foes and Pelosi Hits Back
www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us...
Barbara Bush on Donald Trump: ‘I’m sick of him’
www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/politi...
George W. and Laura Bush vote for none-of-the-above
www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
Bush congratulates Biden, says election was 'fundamentally fair' and 'its outcome is clear'
www.cnn.com/2020/11/08/politi...
The slew of Senate Republican retirements prove who's in charge of the GOP now
www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politi...
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[@CNN]

Do you think George W. Bush is courageous to take a stand against Trump? - Chris

[@Mezzi04]

Bush was a worse president bruh

[@s.d.c5513]

No, it's not "courageous." If Bush truly cares about America's democracy, it's Bush's "duty."

[@jonathanlayne1754]

George W. Bush is the worst modern president, Trump was terrible but Bush is what lead us to Trump. Bush signed the patriot act, which is one the worst pieces of legislation in our history, then he lied us into 2 different wars which killed millions and cost us trillions to this day.

[@Jezballz]

"Dominion whistle blowers are spilling their guts to Mike Lindell (my pillow guy) about massive voter fraud"-The Gateway Pundit...this will all come out soon.

[@johnswof]

GW is showing a lot more courage in speaking out than any of the spineless Reps and Senators who shake in their boots at the thought of Trump backing some yahoo who comes out against them in their next primary. The good of the country be damned when all you care about is the fear of not staying in power.

[@johnswof]

Trump's most lasting legacies will be that he made GW look a lot less dumb and Nixon look a lot less corrupt.

[@mhall801]

Lmao. Oh that “thing” is smart?

[@johnpatrick1647]

Biden and the Clinton's took care of both of those, respectively.

[@real_michael_desanta_]

No?

[@daniyalvirk6302]

@@johnpatrick1647 what is ur opinion on Obama

[@chrisdavis4149]

Trump worst ever! History will say.

[@FalconsEye58094]

There's a famous video where John McCain was booed for not insulting Barack Obama

[@chrisdavis4149]

Fox fake news and rush had already planted the seed of hate in these people, and trump was watching it all.

[@vivahernando1]

Yeah the GOP went nuts in the 1990s between Right wing radio and the sleazy corruption of the Clinton’s it broke their brains

[@jasonfaulkner8644]

Conservative thinkers make the best team sport athletes and soldiers. Why? They prioritize winning over moral righteousness or critical thought. When most Rwing voters abandoned sanity and got behind Trump 5 year ago, they were disgusted by Republicans who chose a wiser path. Again, its only about winning; they don't much care how. As long as Libs are frustrated.

[@jevonarnold7331]

McCain was a real man

[@Mike45-47Q]

@@jevonarnold7331 The left called him a racist, misogynist, bigot. Don't forget about that. Same with Romney. The history of today, cancel the culture of yesterday.

[@decus9544]

I've literally seen Trump supporters refer to Bush as a communist. Shows you how completely off the wall they are.

[@rodortiz2618]

I agree, but we called them RINO NOT communists. That term is saved for YOU Liberals DemocRATS ! LOL

[@decus9544]

@Michael DiTraglia I'm not a Democrat, actually I'm not even American. Your politics is like an ever expanding bag of vomit that seeps over the rest of the world, such is its toxicity. The vitriol you throw at each other and your mutual contempt is free to see, actually impossible to ignore, on the internet, on the news, in person if we should happen to meet you... And your comment to me perfectly exemplifies all of this. You actually couldn't care less about Trump or his policies or if any of the people on 'your side' care either, or if their views or opinions on any issue are actually vested in truth or if they have reached the point of absurdity such as calling Bush a communist, so long as it can be weaponised against 'the others', the other 'side' of the political divide, then it is intrinsically good in your eyes. All I can ask, is wtf happened to you, and when will you start to take a hard look in the mirror and wonder what you've become as a nation and as a people?

[@Fatdecember]

War monger. Is that a better description?

[@decus9544]

@End The Matriarchy Let me guess, he didn't empower enough armed militias to storm government buildings for your liking?

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

@Michael DiTraglia No one called Bush a communist tard.

[@theflamefistgod1705]

Remember when John mccain was booed for respecting his opponent in the 2009 presidential election

[@jamtommy6446]

Libtards screeched and called him a "Racist"... just like they did with GWB and Mitt Romney. Libtards are hilarious.

[@chrisdavis4149]

Yep, and you can bet trump was watching it all and taking notes.

[@ryanr8866]

@@jamtommy6446 give us proof before u run ur mouth trumpet

[@jamtommy6446]

@@ryanr8866 The proof is in your own memory, unless you don't have one dullard.

[@jamtommy6446]

@Vlad the Inhaler The only war Old Songbird McCain didn't *Love* was the one he was in.

[@bobmetzger51]

Simply put, on all levels, he GOP is a lost cause.

[@jeffreyschueler2223]

The only cause they serve are their personal wants and needs.

[@schievelbeinschievelbein9263]

We shall see if the GOP is a lost cause Midterms are coming up Republicans are only 3 seats away of a majority in senate. You can say they won't get it but history say any one party that controls all of congress and the white house ,always loses a chamber of congress come mid terms. Goodluck Democrat voters

[@orane3549]

@@schievelbeinschievelbein9263 Give it a rest!!! The more you guys say the GOP has it in the bag against the Democrats, the more you keep getting it wrong!

[@jeffreyschueler2223]

@@schievelbeinschievelbein9263 I think what he's saying is the GOP is morally bankrupt and hopelessly corrupt

[@OCTNH]

Yeah, it really is.

[@tori7667]

Bush. I never thought a worse person could be elected president in my lifetime. Man, I was so wrong.

[@rod1514]

I agree. Biden is a disgrace!

[@rodortiz2618]

i agree ... and then we get the senile ...... Life is NOT fair ! LOL

[@johnnylastovica6511]

No joke , sleepy joe earned that one

[@FalconsEye58094]

He may have not been smart, but I don't think he was despicable

[@chrisancola]

This comment thread shows why the trump gop is not going away. It will only get worse and worse. Lots of deplorables here

[@krisfrederick5001]

When you make George Dubya Bush seem reasonably intelligent...

[@Dean4511]

Easy to do now that Biden's our President.

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi8821]

Bush was a GENIUS compared to Donald Trump. Bush might have had a few gaffes here and there, but Trump couldn't even piece together a sentence.

[@gaborodriguez1346]

@Tram Ngo kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@Fatdecember]

Glad you love war monger Bush 😉👍

[@comment2009]

No one is pumping up 43. The reality is he can (as a former president) reason and articulate better than 45.

[@stevewilliams6354]

Donald has make George seem to be a genius in comparison who would have ever Anticipate that

[@monotheisticmortal5122]

Some would even argue at this point that George is a RINO.

[@majormoolah5056]

Its weird, but W Bush has never seemed like the man to make the decisions he did. He got a very unique historical moment and that made him what he was. Now that he is an ex-president, I actually like him.

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

Short memory.

[@revslive]

George W. Bush and likeable should never be in the same sentence. For reference, see the Iraq war

[@elvisslo]

When he was President, I though he was a dope. I've now come to appreciate and like his simple speaking and careful truth. In hindsight, he is likeable and Presidential.

[@uncockblockable1235]

Stop it. Why would you suck up to a man who did the things he did? Put the facts first.

[@majormoolah5056]

@@revslive There is no doubt that his wars have been the absolute worst foreign policy disasters of the last maybe 50 years. And the Patriot Act was terrible and terrifying. And Dick Cheney and Halliburton etc. I was EXTREMELY anti-Dubya in his day but now I think he is a decent person. A decent person who did un-decent decisions, which is kind of baffling.

[@SociallyDistantnow]

When George W. Bush is showing you up, both politically and morally/ethically, you need to take a hard, long look at your life b. Edit: lmao it seems I’ve upset the snowflakes. TRIGGERED 😂

[@mikerivera373]

I mean, when it comes to morals, Bush was never a bad guy. He just had terrible judgement on who to put in his administration, and then listened to them

[@real_michael_desanta_]

Hey, calm down

[@darksharxz]

@@real_michael_desanta_ lol

[@chrisdavis4149]

@@real_michael_desanta_ what up Dubya!

[@11Nosferatu11]

What was moral or ethical about the Iraq war or funding big pharma? I'll wait...

[@johnpfaff7532]

If you told me 20 years ago that Bush would become the voice of reason regarding the state of conservative politics, I would have laughed in your face. I'm not laughing now.

[@heftyhugh9086]

Wow. You are out of your mind.

[@urmom-qw2yy]

The conservatives haven't ideologically changed on the scale we are a center or moderate right party just we are fired up and sick of are establishment telling us what to do idk why the left isn't either yall want progressive policies then get sold out and do nothing your cowards we are cleansing the party of RINOS or soft Republicans who will vote democrat when push comes to shove

[@holzmann-]

Bush was never a conservative

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

This episode of the Point was edited well. Good episode.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

I've really come to like Cillizza. He's a 10-minute diet version of Chris Hayes.

[@jayhuo1375]

@Travel Crawl bush participated in 911 to fulfill his war mongering ego, trump is 1000000 times better than him

[@amytg777]

Both my social studies teachers have said that both bushes will look much better in hindsight, but I didn’t expect it to be this soon. War truly does make strange bedfellows.,

[@philmaz14]

Your social studies are unintelligent. Bush started a never ending Middle East war that led to isis. Millions dead. Give me a break

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The “Jeb!” will forever haunt Jeb!

[@hepty3179]

Should we clap?

[@monotheisticmortal5122]

@@hepty3179 Please clap.

[@DannyManny98]

@@hepty3179 No

[@DannyManny98]

SHUT UP!

[@DannyManny98]

No they won't!

[@christophergothberg2657]

America in 2008 "Bush is the worst president we've ever elected" GOP in 2015 "Hold our self righteous beers"

[@dozzer009]

Well he was, so there’s always that but looking back, he wasn’t the daily horror shit show that trump was.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

2016: Hold my beer, but for real this time...

[@tommiehoward4404]

He Was Until Trump

[@druujenkins3857]

Most Democrats: GEORGE BUSH BAD CNN: Uhhhh but George Bush (AKA Mueller) is on "our side" now People with a brain: Wait a second.... BTW isn't it funny how Mueller was Jesus 2.0 who never delivered to you? AKA the same guy who lied the US into Iraq. BUT WHATEVER!!!

[@pedrothemexican3360]

Question: How long can CNN (and MSNBC) stay relevant without anything Trump-related in subject matter?

[@jessepollack2815]

Bush is a Rhodes Scholar compared to Trump

[@Dean4511]

He's Albert Einstein compared to Biden.

[@Fatdecember]

That Iraq war was pure genius right? 😑

[@rod1514]

Bush has a degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.

[@Fatdecember]

@@rod1514 What did that get us? An endless war that still to this day goes on. Just saying 💁‍♂️

[@cecilgamble9666]

@@rod1514 bought by his daddy...

[@madisonthecat88]

G Dubya was really great at dodging that shoe!

[@gregorythomassr5485]

Twice I think and what about the Bushisms Comedy Gold I tell ya! Damn 45 is hot trash can juice to be worse than Dubya

[@crappyaccount]

i was a kid when w was president so i really dont remember him but ive seen that shoe vid so many times lol

[@gregorythomassr5485]

@@crappyaccount check out the Queen Elizabeth outside I think it was

[@maywilson737]

At least Bush Jr. took it like a man...Trump would have said, Arrest that person, and do not be to kind....

[@keymianeal6117]

Who knew G.W.Bush would be the adult in the room

[@lalloligyst718]

I owe G- dub a huge apology and I would GLADLY welcome him back as president as long as we didn’t need to bomb any foreign countries.

[@raywilliams212]

You really dont. Theres an argue to be made that Trump hurt more Americans than Bush, but Bush did more harm globally.

[@Dean4511]

Certainly be a big improvement over the current one. But who wouldn't be?

[@chrisdavis4149]

Lets just stay away from republicans and we will be fine.

[@tori7667]

I wouldn't welcome him back now, but I would have in 2017.

[@justinknoll7959]

Bush's foreign policy was mainstream for both parties back when it was implemented. There was virtually no opposition until after things started to go wrong in Iraq.

[@bettyveronica460]

"That was some weird sh*t." - George W. Bush (2016 Trump Inauguration)

[@MisterPolitical1]

2017

[@vaddihanwel3155]

And the light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not

[@kc-st]

Wait a minute. Is trump going to have a presidential library? 😂 just file his tweets and some sharpie notes?

[@mhall801]

Biden would but he forgot how to read.

[@gregfriedler2727]

Trump’s library will be shelves filled with legal summons, bill collection notices and cheeseburger wrappers

[@Dean4511]

Biden's library will be filled with all the notecards from in his jacket pocket that he needs to help him answer questions.

[@chrisdavis4149]

There will be a special Depends section, and McDonald's half eaten Big Mac he's was chomping on before he ran into the bunker.

[@albertomarin9891]

...my reply:YES HE WILL SELL BOOKS OF HOW TO LIE AND GO HOME FREE, ALSO THE 10 LIES IN 24 HRS. YEAR ROUND.

[@6catalina0]

Instead of considering retirement, why aren't these Republicans gathering together to oust all of the Republicans who pray to the golden idol Trump or why aren't they switching to the Democratic party to become a force against Trump and his politics.

[@michaelulbricht9438]

Both were absolutely "bottom of the barrel." They both left the economy in shambles, and made this Country look bad doing it!

[@AfroSamurai215]

True, both are pieces of 💩.

[@NeoWish]

Well yeah they did, trump didn't even try.

[@michaelulbricht9438]

Don spoke with Bob Woodward numerous times knowing that Covid was far more virulent than the flu and that it could be transmitted as an airborne virus, but did virtually nothing. In fact, he pretended that it was nothing to worry about. As more and more people died is the most negligent and incompetent leadership this Country's ever experienced. The GOP stood behind and coddled him for his entire term. Not to mention being Putin's puppet. There was a time in this Country where treason of this magnitude would have been rewarded with prison and possibly a death sentence!

[@eb1247]

You believe anything that comes from CNN your whole life is backwards... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3KbkmWda9mHppI CNN and other garbage news spent four years trying to make Trump look bad when he was really doing quite well

[@chrisancola]

@@eb1247 bruh. Trump didn't need CNN help on that. He's his own worst nightmare lol

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

It's like Jekyll and Hyde, but written by Marvel Comics.

[@Dean4511]

True. Hidin' Biden.

[@steveherlihy7904]

@@Dean4511 ,.hah,heh,ha,hah,Dean the Ween😆

[@Dean4511]

@@steveherlihy7904 The big ween.

[@Mike45-47Q]

Joe Biden sits down to pee.

[@esdrasvincent5184]

I love that Mermaid Man clip, man that brings me back 🤣

[@jayd1426]

I have my differences with President Bush. But I never doubted his patriotism or character. I will always remember his “I can hear you” remarks shortly after 9/11. Those days made me even prouder to be an American.

[@Mike45-47Q]

That's about six months before the Democrat brain washing begun. The good ole days.

[@jayd1426]

@@Mike45-47Q brainwashing? Get a grip dude

[@Mike45-47Q]

@@jayd1426 Yep. Look where cancel culture has gotten you. You probably forgot that slavery, KKK, Segregation, Margret Sanger we're all Democrat policies. You probably forgot that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and freed that slaves. You probably forgot that all men are created equal. You probably forgot who God is.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

@@jayd1426 I don't know what the brainwashing was! And that's not to mention that all the things that Mike! said was being censored by the left "cancel culture" (I don't think he knows what that means) are actually common knowledge! Yes, you can debate about the importance of 1861's Democrats and Republicans to today's, but I have never heard anyone say that Lincoln was a Democrat (he wasn't: he was a Republican), nor that all men _aren't_ created equal (they are). Beware of center-left propaganda, but also beware of center-right propaganda, which, considering what it said about 2020, is probably more detached from reality than the center-left is!

[@amytg777]

Thank you. I too had my differences with Dubya, but unlike most of the people in this comment section, I still respected him as a good civil man trying to do the right thing. It’s good to know that not everyone has condemned him in the aftermath of the Trump presidency.

[@theodoreolson8529]

Bush may have been civil but Cheney and Rumsfeld absolutely were not!

[@mrbamfo5000]

Bush did some but Cheney was the biggest pusher and lier about the reasons we went into Iraq. He'd go on those Sunday News shows and continue pushing lies that had already been debunked. Some for months and he was still spouting the lies. Couple off the top of my head, the yellow cake story, and the centrifuge tubes that were actually rocket tubes that they could legitimately have. I thought Bush was trying to avenge Daddy because Sadam tried to put a hit on him. I also thought Bush was a little slow, and Cheney pretty much ran him the first few years, until Iraq started falling apart. I thought of Cheney as Darth Vader, he was so evil. But I never thought they were traitors (war criminals? Yes). Trump makes those two look like Boy Scouts. And yes, while it wasn't "war time", Trump has acted in the spirit (if not the technical description) of a traitor. His issues with Putin, the Ukraine issue, and oh yeah, the Insurrection he incited all fall.

[@joeydavis9778]

@@mrbamfo5000: If Cheney is Darth Vader, Donald Chump is Palpatine!

[@NinjaPandallnight]

Conspicuous corruption vs Blatant corruption

[@Mike45-47Q]

Both.....fake news.

[@peopleliefreethemen8837]

@@Mike45-47Q Cigarettes are ( MASS MURDERERS ) Proven 100% WERE Lab Tested on animals and men and women and citizen and humans and everybody and nobody Over 3000 chemicals + Including "Rat 🐀 Poison" addes to these CIGARETTES They knew these chemicals were in the cigarettes 🚬 and made laws allowing how to sell and buy them still to this day. Cigarettes have ruined how many 1000000000000 of lives? Including those who aren't smokers and we know Second Hand Smoke has killed how many people??????? Mass Murder Weapon being USED TODAY by your government.... Before you say anything... Government COLLECT Money 💰 time, energy, life, and tax from these MASS MURDER WEAPONS Cigarettes have been proven to create a lack of need to change your environment or life and accept what it is and where its going. In other words...a mental entrapment of accepting a cruel unjust unfair not true lie. Alcohol 🍸 ( BOTTLED SPIRITS ) How can a spirit be bottled and sold? Isn't that against their main religion and the flag and morals they ( Government business rules plus religion which in the usa is Christianity ) claim? The God of the bible as written says: those who harm the spirit shall not be forgiven... Correct? The Government ( who I remind you is in control of the money, military, people's influences, education, medicine, food, work, businesses, money in general ) Are supposed to protect the people but yet LITERALLY created another form of Entrapment with the name in the people faces saying "Bars" Their future! How many 100000000000 people have died for falling for that entrapment? How many people have been locked in prison for life not even remembering what happened? How many people have been addited to alcohol and their lives been ruined? Remember these are not natural and have been tested and experimented on with additives.... GOVERNMENT Collect Big Money 💰 time energy life from these entrapments and then send people to Prison for them! Is that terrorist hidding in plain sight controlling our lives minds and world? Their families and friends lives as well? Their Childrens lives too? All a trickle down economy...and this is nothing new! How can you claim there is difference at all? And how can you claim this system in general before is not insane and wrong before this big change you claim? These are 2 purposefully created poisons that are addicitce and mass murder weapons proven to still being sold and Government still collecting Money off these CIGARETTES and alcohol. How can a citizen Claim freedom when they are being controlled by a group of people who have been proven to be their very enemies - own the world and control the remaining amount of wealth and health the people fight over? Proof: Citizens are not taught how to read, write, speak, or represent themselves legally or business wise. ( you have to specifically become a lawyer to act as so if not you will see your real enemies and how hard it is to follow that process created ) If you knew the languages of law you wouldn't claim FREEDOM as a MAN WOMAN HUMAN CITIZEN NOTHING EVERYBODY ANYBODY..... Because its MENTAL slave Its the opposite of freedom and a huge pyramid scheme. ( Hire An Attorney or Lawyer ) Plus 💰, time, energy, life, created stress by the government entrapment, and MOST IF NOT ALL STILL will have no idea what happened other than the cost...that is not a price either! Money yes but time life altered and changed most destroyed! For falling into entrapment, not a system of love and teaching and protection. Now how protective is this government? They use LETHAL WEAPONS, AND SELL AND PROMOTE LETHAL WEAPONS AS PROTECTING LIFE.... Which in turn says you have to take a life to protect a life. Serial killers have that mindset? And this is the MENTALITY is being taught and used still today. For a very long time to the youth and teens and adults and elderly.... The Government created a dependent system destroying the individual and freedom at all. They teach us to be dependent on the grocery stores and food stores and clothing and the public education. A true protective government would teach as mandatory as education that you must learn to grow your own food and never be dependent on others when possible. The grocery stores shouldn't be the main source of food Remember they alter all the food and additives as well....yes some great and healthy and many not.......a pattern??? They teach us to dependent on services that cost high dollar, lots of stress and bad service corruption to begin with, and wonder why people are doing the wrong things at all? Well after the poverty you created and the lack of knowledge and healthy food and proactive thinking...we are dumb, lazy, unable to represent ourselves respectful in the SUPPOSED PROTECTION OF OUR LIVES? AND THIS IS FREEDOM TO YOU ????? Obviously its created that way! Government didn't build a proactive system where our youth are known to graduate and at the age of late 20s be able to repair: Their homes - plumbing, painting, wall patching or replacing, floor installing, .... Their vehicles - how to do their own oil change and almost all repairs, which gives them the ability to determind what the problem is and protect themselves in all areas. Shelter, Food, Transportation, daily needs to surivive and be the best we can be and also proactive in Protection HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NOT even Close I can keep going

[@Mike45-47Q]

@@peopleliefreethemen8837 What?

[@oncam6216]

Do we really need to talk about the former guy. Now, that we finally fired him? And, it feels so GD good.

[@mhall801]

Now you have a demented guy that can’t do a press conference, has the border a mess, won’t allow cameras (why is this) and trips up stairs, not once but several times. Biden is embarrassing

[@oncam6216]

@@mhall801 While your superhero can't drink a glass of water or decend a simple ramp... and you love that demented PoS? Hahaha. President Joe Biden has did more the first 2 weeks than the former guy managed in 4 years. If you think the former guy was good - then you will find Biden to be Jesus.

[@Dean4511]

CNN's ratings are in the tank now without Trump. "Orangeman Bad" was all they had.

[@oncam6216]

@@TheRealGoat889 Not really obsessed. Just looking forward to GOP achieving some indipendent thinking without him. Will that happen? And, looking forward to all the court appearances.

[@oncam6216]

@@Dean4511 It's status quo. Trump is a liability. Show him and people switch off.

[@silentbob7959]

I never once thought I'd say this, but W actually sounded logical for once. What the actual fuck is happening?

[@tonimcclary1715]

We have been listening to the ludicrous statements from trump so long that a half crazy person sounds sane

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@tonimcclary1715 oh shut up. Bush is worser than Trump. You only think of that because he doens't tweet mean things

[@Russophile30]

@@Gabe_-pw7xv What have you been smoking 🚬 🤣

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@Russophile30 I am smoking facts. Bush is way worse than Trump. The man tortured hundres of Iraqis, started endless wars, and many more.

[@Russophile30]

@@Gabe_-pw7xv No. You are smoking the crack.

[@TheOhmi]

I don't know how many times in the past 4 years, pre-Biden I didn't realize how bad it could be..

[@johnrobert4595]

Hello

[@PancakeRAPTURE]

I would have rather had 4 more years of Bush than 4 years of Trump

[@hi1gr196]

Devil vs. Super-Devil

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

@Ed Kelly The crowd. One guy fired a gun into the air and hit the Super Devil by accident.

[@paddycaker]

everyone: " 'member GW? wish he came back." GW: "ROFL! REALLY?! Do you remember anything about my presidency?"

[@belkYT]

He’s the worst president ever and people still want him back

[@amytg777]

@@belkYT you have to be kidding, right? Dubya is debatably not even in the bottom 10. We literally just had a president who encouraged an attack on the capitol. We had a president whose entire term was defined by defending slavery, and another who instituted jim crow. Did you ever take an American history class? The trail of tears was a real thing. And you have the audacity to call dubya bush the worst president of all time?

[@SVC96.]

@@belkYT GWB>>>>>>obama & trump

[@legionofyuri]

Nostalgia is a coping mechanism for suffering

[@MrMarkus987]

@@amytg777 let's see, GWB got us into two wars. Over 1 million innocent people dead, many more displaced and a region destabilized, oh and the wars...they were based on lies. Then he lead us into the worst financial crisis since the great depression. So yeah....he's definitely one of the worst.

[@johnhopkins6260]

It's been 6544 days since Mission Accomplished... (yet to find them darned WMDs)

[@alexlee2320]

Lest not forget, Bush ppl are no angels

[@johnhopkins6260]

@@alexlee2320 "no angels": As in prime candidates for bloody war crimes against humanity tribunals.

[@ShabazzTBL]

I almost miss Bush haha. At least he’s funny both intentionally and unintentionally.

[@philippiansfourfour1081]

He may have been funny unintentionally, but the Cadaver in Chief we have now is totally hilarious unintentionally, but also creepy with that hair sniffing fetish.

[@heftyhugh9086]

I couldn't imagine being this brain dead. This man got us into two wars that are still continuing this day. He is the reason that a guy like Trump was able to win. If dubya had an ounce of decency or sense of self- reflection, he would keep his mouth.

[@philmaz14]

Yeah true! Remember the time he started a never ending war on false pretenses?! So funny!

[@tokyodo555]

What is the point of discussing it? Both of them are history now.

[@audio2664]

I pray Trump goes to JAIL

[@ddave1048]

I think south park did this episode, a Douche vs Turd.

[@Mike45-47Q]

I just hope we get more free stuff soon. I'm getting bored.

[@markhammer643]

My graduate training was as a contextualist. That is, viewing how things turn out as not being due to something inherent to them or to unique idiosyncratic influences, but rather to broader context that can often escape the naked eye. George Bush had the luxury of being president during a pre-cellphone, pre-Twitter and pre-Facebook era, when more people got their news from newspapers and the dreaded mainstream media than from KZbin videos and 140-character off-the-cuff sarcastic slags. We tend to overlook how large an impact that has had on what passes for both "news" and political discourse.

[@alastairclarke]

As a Canadian, this makes perfect sense. Up here, Biden would be a Conservative. His positions strongly resemble those of Stephen Harper (former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada).

[@chawkins.019]

It’s one of those things where “what is the Overton window in this nation” Canada leans further to the left on what is seen as normal and establishment than the us does, socially and economically. Socialized healthcare here is an extreme left opinion, while there it’s normalized.

[@alastairclarke]

@@chawkins.019 Indeed, there is an inherent fear of deviating from the status quo.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

"The former guy" would have even lost ALT (the so-called TX of Canada) had it been eligible to vote in 2016 and/or 2020.

[@rais1953]

How things have changed that, contrasted with No 45, George W Bush sounds sensible, intelligent and reasonable.

[@ashm7922]

When he left office Bush said the history books would be fair to him..would've never expected to happen this quick

[@buellerferris]

I think history is being kinder than he really deserves but I don't think it's being fair to him. He was an awful president.

[@crunchyfrog63]

When George W. Bush starts looking like a wise elder statesman, I know I'm either tripping or I've fallen through a wormhole into a parallel reality. I wish I could wake up.

[@carmenwalker8889]

Excellent piece! Thank you.

[@johnathandavis3693]

Chris Cillizza always presents his subject in a rational, reasonably unbiased way. Good for knuckleheads like me...

[@jamtommy6446]

Suck-ups.

[@johnathandavis3693]

@@jamtommy6446 Fascist

[@lynnkayee1015]

George W Bush at Trumps 2016 inauguration : Well that was some weird shit. 2021 Inauguration to W Bush at the 2016 inauguration : Hold my beer.

[@pedrothemexican3360]

Question: How long can CNN (and MSNBC) stay relevant without anything Trump-related in subject matter?

[@ImAlbertoG]

The world may never know 😂

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

Well they could talk about actual policy, and they should. Except the massive insurrection that Trump and he's colleagues so gracefully failed at needs to be remembered if he isn't held accountable for them (even though even HE claims responsibility) because he is STILL ELLIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. To answer your question in the nicest way possible.. They are going to stay relevant the same way FOX will. Because they have brain washed their audiences, and the next Dem or Rep will be even "more of a monster" and coverage certainly will follow..... If you honestly think people should stop talking about the insurrection while the investigation is STILL ongoing.. You may have missed the preverbally moral ball.

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

Bush said it best. "I bet you miss me now!"

[@jayhuo1375]

He ruined the gop and participated in 911, nobody misses him. Trump saved the gop and RINOS better be grateful

[@philippiansfourfour1081]

Yeah, now that we have a hair sniffing Cadaver in Chief that requires extra secret service to change his diapers I almost do miss Bush.

[@Mike45-47Q]

Joe Biden sits down to pee.

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

@@Mike45-47Q Trump stands up to pee, misses the toilet, blames the Dems, sits down in the slop to type and confuses that with taking a dump, wipes his butt with his IPAD then wonders why Moronia won't hold his hand.

[@Mike45-47Q]

@@Yourdeadmeat69 Moronia is a successful entrepreneur of several businesses. She doesn't need government handouts like you. I bet you wish you could hold her hand. You'd beat Yourdeadmeat for weeks.

[@DanielLopez-dy1ul]

I disagree with Bush on almost all policy issues, but he was a good man at heart. Cheney was the one that really pulled the strings in that era

[@kerrynicholls6683]

George W Bush- reality. Donald Trump- different or zero reality.

[@HashknightGaming]

Never thought I would miss Bush.

[@hi1gr196]

Tell that the iraqis

[@vehementmarkhor2603]

Sure, when karma will hit america, u will surely remember him for his global crimes.

[@Dean4511]

Me too. Hardly been with a woman since this damn pandemic started.

[@girlonfire00net]

He was responsible for that war, along with Biden.

[@HashknightGaming]

You know for right wing nut jobs you sure are acting like filthy hippies. 🤣

[@moistpeanut5986]

Trump is the best thing that could have happened for every GOP president before him

[@Russophile30]

What have you been snorting?

[@DallasTechie]

I no Republican, however I will take W over Rump any day.

[@blehbleheh]

Chris, I just noticed your pillow at the lower-left of your shelf. Don't get rid of it, I'm gonna make sure to keep an eye on it in every future Point videos.

[@HashknightGaming]

When Bush Sr died Jr showed us he has feelings like us he cried for his father.

[@hi1gr196]

And Trump seemed genuinely sad when his brother died. So what?

[@biggiec8224]

@@hi1gr196 There was nothing genuine in the way he talked about his brother. He wouldn't say he loved him, he just kept saying things like "many people said we were close". It's like he's afraid of showing any emotions on the basis that it makes him appear weak to his voter base. And i guess that's fair, this is politics after all, but if your voters don't like it when you act like a human being, you should seriously reconsider which voter blocks you're trying to win over.

[@gaborodriguez1346]

@Tram Ngo kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@mrbamfo5000]

It isn't because he's trying to look "tough" or "strong" that Trump doesn't show emotion. It's because he's a classic sociopath. That's why he's always trying to divide the country, that's why he was good with ripping babies from their parents at the border. That's why he lies constantly and why he lied about a virus that's killed 550K Americans in about a year. The first 100K would have happened with any president most likely, but Trump is personally responsible for a good couple hundred thousand of those. And he couldn't care less. The only thing Trump cares about is Donald Trump.

[@gaborodriguez1346]

@@mrbamfo5000 and his family. As of Jan 20,2021,there were 400k murdered and 24 m wounded due to covid-19

[@klaasfaber7811]

I think Biden is the greatest clown in history!

[@samueldenton5512]

That would be Trump

[@aaronbonita2042]

Making you miss G. W. Bush is a pretty big accomplishment.

[@DoomsdayHustle]

GWB stared 2 wars, got millions killed, and brought the economy into recession. But Orange man bad, right? Lol 🤡

[@bp4187]

George, where were you when we needed you?

[@real_michael_desanta_]

Hey thx for making a video on me!

[@historycam9880]

Hello Mr. President!

[@BenzP69]

Killer

[@brianwilliams1449]

Cool man but I'm on the TV all the time.

[@amytg777]

We miss you sir. Please take the Republican party back from Gaetz and Cruz and Trump. I may not have liked some or most of what you did, but you were a well-meaning man whose Republican party was better than what we have now. Please come back soon.

[@Zett76]

George W. Bush, the voice of reason...

[@jaybomb8371]

Good piece Chris. Cheers

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

What is on the other side of the bookshelf? There is a gap between the wall and the case.

[@mikepelligrino6329]

President Biden's ratings are the highest ever!! Great vaccination rollout.

[@toddpick8007]

Thanks operation warpspeed/Trump.

[@mikepelligrino6329]

@@toddpick8007 Trump's Covid negligence prolly lost him the election. He couldnt even protect himself.

[@toddpick8007]

@@mikepelligrino6329 What Negligence? you mean him shutting down flights right away and setting up a task force in January as well as implementing Warp Speed? I remember when Dems were calling him "racists'" for shutting flights to China with loser Pelosi being extra woke and holding a rally/ eating in China Town ha ha ha lol but ya "trump negligence" ha ha ha.

[@mikepelligrino6329]

@@toddpick8007 Trump was a superspreader of Covid. He couldnt protect himself and even infected all his family and friends. He is responsible for 500,000 Dead Americans. Blood on his hands...

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@mikepelligrino6329 400k actually. The 100k is Biden. Biden killed 100k

[@pixiebells]

Holy crap did I just gain more respect for Bush....👀

[@joeydavis9778]

@ pixiebells: LOL!!!

[@roshaimoore]

Ikr!! I owe Ol Dubya a big apology!! 😂😂😂😂

[@ShanaHagerlisreal2014]

Dubya took criticism better. I don't remember him whining to Fox News when things didn't go his way.

[@barrykevin7658]

The respected Republican party of Old against the Tabloid Populism of today ? Conservative values that the party held seem to have been ditched for the cheap vote.

[@zuziebreathe8528]

Lol , ultimate meme.

[@ildiamon]

what a choice!

[@Mike45-47Q]

I just can't wait until we get student loan forgiveness. My paycheck at Hot Topic, isn't covering my $100k in gender studies.

[@ointment9]

Pack it in with the Trump stories. What about Joe. I want to know how he and Kamala did when they went down to sort out the migrant issue. Why are CNN REFUSING TO COVER THE STORY ?

[@martinemariemc]

Hey Chris, as a dem I have already made my apologies to Bush

[@johnrobert4595]

Hello

[@martinemariemc]

@@johnrobert4595 hello 😊

[@johnrobert4595]

@@martinemariemc How are you doing today?

[@martinemariemc]

@@johnrobert4595, I am well, and you?

[@johnrobert4595]

@@martinemariemc I will love to know more about you, but I'm not always online here, do you have a Gmail so we can talk more on the Hangouts?

[@michellebagy7557]

Oh I was one of them...I would take him back every day of the week and twice on Sundays over Trump!!!

[@Russophile30]

@Dave Mendoza What have you been smoking 🚬😂🤣

[@fagiolification11]

Green day be like: 😱

[@jeffcordova9633]

If anyone could help the GOP it would be George...

[@jamesboone3678]

It disappoints me that CNN doesn't turn on closed captions. I am deaf, I read lips but sometimes that'd not enough.

[@bills2843]

Am I allowed to say that Jeb! Bush would have been a more ethical and civil President? I really think he would.

[@mrbamfo5000]

Just about anyone would have been more ethical and civil. Jeb would probably have made me miserable as a president, but again I don't think he would have sold out the country.

[@bills2843]

@@mrbamfo5000 Yeah Jeb would be miserable but a thousand times better than Trump. Atleast he wouldn't spread lies and incite an insurrection.

[@eliezerarce4699]

I never thought I’d ever say that I miss GW Bush. Trump’s disastrous presidency made Dubya look like a reasonable, compassionate and thoughtful genius.

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

Hahahah! Do u even remember what he even did to Iraq?

[@Russophile30]

@@Gabe_-pw7xv It is still better than Trump not shutting up.

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@Russophile30 oh yeah man. A person that killed millions of Iraqis but hey, at least he doesn't tweet mean things. You are an idiot

[@Russophile30]

@@Gabe_-pw7xv He isn't a war criminal.

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@Russophile30 How??? The man literally started endless wars, bombed millions of Iraqis, and destabilize the entire Middle East. He is literally a war criminal

[@owenoulton9312]

Worst President ever: George W. Bush? Trump: Hold my Diet Coke...

[@jmcfarlandjr]

That's when the GOP was last respectable. It was lost in 2017.

[@DaaSaa-lt3is]

the republican party will finish like trump casino...on a big badaboum.

[@Mike45-47Q]

Psshhh. We don't want RINOs. Those days are over.

[@hemant05]

CNN is missing Trump most 😂

[@dinewalton]

Can you please do a story of the 2020 polls compaired to the 2016 polls? What was learned between then and now.

[@ooras]

...The Past must not be revived everyday of one's Life to reflect the mistakes and suffering imposed upon Sane People. Move forward into the unknown and reason-well for commonality in Prosperity,...lest, walking backwards is proven to be possible......

[@ajrimmer7231]

I never thought I'd say this, but George W. Bush is not only making sense, but seems to really care about the direction of this country and I agree with him on all counts.

[@spacemanspiff2137]

The editor is starting to take it too far with the sound effects

[@6LeXXX]

Trump really does live rent free in y'all minds huh...smh.

[@isaacfernandez637]

"compassionate conservative" I like that.

[@RorRiiZzLE]

“Sober-minded people” -George W. Bush Sounds like a nice way to say someone is, well.... not sober.🥴

[@mediabrainwash867]

“Poor kids are just as bright as white kids.”-JB

[@irvirv8243]

and still better than Trump

[@donaldj.trumpandiapproveth259]

@@irvirv8243 " I don't want my kids going to a racial jungle" -slippery Joe Biden

[@Mike45-47Q]

"If you don't vote for me, you ain't black." -JB

[@Gabe_-pw7xv]

@@Mike45-47Q "I like kids better then people" -JB

[@derrickkinney5399]

Fact they are focusing on trump is sad since he ain't in office anymore

[@paulthomas1480]

W said prior to leaving office that he felt he might be the last Republican president. Turns out he was right.

[@anthonybelvin2085]

W was an open borders warmonger which is the complete opposite of Trump. I don't know about you but I liked having a president who wasn't an open borders warmonger.

[@Russophile30]

Can people shut up about the damn wall! 🙄

[@grupo4t102]

@@anthonybelvin2085 boo hoo George w bush is a real republican TRAMP IS A FRAUDBLICAN

[@toddmiller7876]

It's the same party. It's the same voters. It's the same hate, and fear.

[@keyowilson5695]

One of these days, I'd like to see an episode on Virginia's 2021 elections and how you see Trump playing a role in November.

[@candacex5430]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIWme4KXrN6impo

[@candacex5430]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIWme4KXrN6impo

[@nans969]

It has started. The gop ads are incredibly trumpy. Repeat of the fear and lie based rederic.

[@GratefulHippieChic]

So now the war criminal is an expert on what's right and wrong? This country is fucked.

[@voiceofmoderation9810]

I'm with W

[@bestbest632]

I don't see any reasonable person voting for Trump's Republican party.

[@zenoglobal99]

It's a bit of a black swan fallacy, but to date there are no examples of both intelligent and moral supporters of either one of them. Their supporters often have one of the two qualities, but not both. If someone spots one, try to capture it on film for National Geographic.

[@rod1514]

Your oversimplified generalization actually shows your lack of intelligence. Being a liberal, I doubt you have any moral qualities to brag about as well.

[@TrainmasterGT]

And both of those GOP variants are terrible for America. One is just significantly worse.

[@treehugger328]

Wait a second.. was this a live broadcast or straight to internet?