Elite Reflux
by digby
I guess he's finally figured out that Compassionate Conservatism was nothing but hot air:
Bush: What's interesting about our country, if you study history, is that there are some 'isms' that occasionally pop up -- pop up. One is isolationism and its evil twin protectionism and its evil triplet nativism. So if you study the '20s, for example, there was -- there was an American first policy that said who cares what happens in Europe?...And there was an immigration policy that I think during this period argued we had too many Jews and too many Italians; therefore we should have no immigrants. And my point is that we've been through this kind of period of isolationism, protectionism and Nativism. I'm a little concerned that we may be going through the same period."
Yeah, well, it's the place where Know-nothings always go when the plutocrats like Bush screw everything up.
John Amato has a good post up about this featuring Laura Ingraham, former Bush worshipper extraordinaire, getting highly indignant at the implication of Junior's statement:
Ingraham: Now as someone who was at the forefront in opposing the 2006 Bush immigration reform effort, I was saddened, but not all that surprised by the President's insulting characterization.... To say that it's all about hostility to foreigners is ludicrous.
She went on to call him and his brother "elitists" which is quite a change for the Ivy league millionaire broadcaster and wingnut welfare queen:
INGRAHAM: Well, I think it's interesting that people like Zuckerman [who wrote a June 2 op-ed suggesting that religious conservatives may hurt the Republican Party] would be saying this now, coming off of an election where President Bush was elected with middle-class support, Bill, from about $23,000 to about $50,000 bracket for annual salary. Bush won by six points in all Americans and 22 points in white middle-class voters. So the Republicans are clearly connecting with the regular people, where the Democrats aren't.
But those were the days of heady wingnut Bush love. But that kind of thing never lasts does it?
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