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The fault lies squarely with George
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Dom
Nov 9, 2012, 3:24:23 PM11/9/12
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George Shultz, that is, along with the establishment Republicans who
handpicked W as their candidate. These people are directly responsible
for the "fiscal cliff" that we are facing, and they have yet to accept
responsibility for their disastrous choice. Can someone explain to me
why these nitwits did not support John McCain, who would have won by a
landslide in 2000--as indicated by the way he drubbed W in the New
Hampshire primary?
The following is part of the transcript at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/etc/script.html
=====================
In April, 1998, George Bush was in California when he was invited to
the home of former secretary of state George Shultz. Shultz had wanted
the governor of Texas to meet with some policy experts.
GEORGE SHULTZ, Secretary of State, 1982-88: We said; 'Well, why don't
you come over to my house, and I'll gather some of the usual suspects
around and we'll talk about policy issues." And he accepted. So he sat
here in this living room, and I had Mike Boskin, Condoleezza Rice and
John Taylor, who is now undersecretary of the treasury.
NARRATOR: They were looking for a candidate for 2000 with good
political instincts, someone they could work with.
GEORGE SHULTZ: What impressed me the most was every once in a while,
something would come up and he'd say, "I don't know much about that.
Why doesn't somebody talk about it a little bit."
MICHAEL BOSKIN, Advisor to Bush Sr., 1988-'92: I think the single most
important things that came out of that meeting were a group of people
basically saying, "This guy could be really good." You know, "He's
straightforward. He asked tough questions. He's a guy we can get
behind."
GEORGE SHULTZ: When we got through, I said to him, "You must be
considering running for president. And I hope you do because it seems
to me you have a good seat-of-the-pants for the job."
NARRATOR: Bush now had one of the party's elder statesmen in his
corner. And by late 1998, money was pouring into Bush's campaign
coffers.
handpicked W as their candidate. These people are directly responsible
for the "fiscal cliff" that we are facing, and they have yet to accept
responsibility for their disastrous choice. Can someone explain to me
why these nitwits did not support John McCain, who would have won by a
landslide in 2000--as indicated by the way he drubbed W in the New
Hampshire primary?
The following is part of the transcript at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/etc/script.html
=====================
In April, 1998, George Bush was in California when he was invited to
the home of former secretary of state George Shultz. Shultz had wanted
the governor of Texas to meet with some policy experts.
GEORGE SHULTZ, Secretary of State, 1982-88: We said; 'Well, why don't
you come over to my house, and I'll gather some of the usual suspects
around and we'll talk about policy issues." And he accepted. So he sat
here in this living room, and I had Mike Boskin, Condoleezza Rice and
John Taylor, who is now undersecretary of the treasury.
NARRATOR: They were looking for a candidate for 2000 with good
political instincts, someone they could work with.
GEORGE SHULTZ: What impressed me the most was every once in a while,
something would come up and he'd say, "I don't know much about that.
Why doesn't somebody talk about it a little bit."
MICHAEL BOSKIN, Advisor to Bush Sr., 1988-'92: I think the single most
important things that came out of that meeting were a group of people
basically saying, "This guy could be really good." You know, "He's
straightforward. He asked tough questions. He's a guy we can get
behind."
GEORGE SHULTZ: When we got through, I said to him, "You must be
considering running for president. And I hope you do because it seems
to me you have a good seat-of-the-pants for the job."
NARRATOR: Bush now had one of the party's elder statesmen in his
corner. And by late 1998, money was pouring into Bush's campaign
coffers.
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