From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/5/26 6:24 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
      
   > The Bush family are RINOs   
      
   I think that's overly simplistic.   
      
   Poppy Bush considered himself a moderate Republican.   
      
   And do keep in mind that even Richard Nixon could   
   qualify as a "RINO" today, or any Rockerfeller, or   
   later Goldwater, Republican.   
      
   And if you want to chuck "RINO" at people:   
      
   Trump is currently the single most DEMOCRATIC   
   politician in Washington!   
      
   He's prioritizing the housing crisis, called Pocahontas   
   about tackling credit card interest rates, taking on   
   drug prices... all things Democrats used to give a shit   
   about before the globalists took over.   
      
   > And just to remind you, Bill Clinton was initially   
   > critical of China during this first couple of years,   
   > but then he changed his mind and started being very   
   > friendly with China for the remainder of his time in   
   > the presidency.   
      
   Clinton's policies towards China created the   
   vulnerabilities that Trump is using against them right   
   now.   
      
   If it matters though; I thought Clinton's policies were   
   a mistake and Dubya Bush's policies were a disaster.   
      
   > The Clintons and the Bush family are best of friends,   
   > since they're all members in good standing of the DC   
   > Establishment (aka the Deep State). Obama also joined   
   > the DC Establishment, and Biden is also a member in   
   > good standing. Only Trump has been different during   
   > all these years.   
      
   You grant yourself too much credit.   
      
   They're far more old school "Diplomatic" than anyone   
   today. They smile and make kissy-face at each other, but   
   that's what you're supposed to do. Apart from the   
   occasional wingnut, EVERYONE was that way!   
      
   >> I remember back then, under Dubya, saying that I thought we   
   >> should fight China THEN, before the Republicans turned them   
   >> into a super power...   
      
   > What did you say during Bill Clinton's time in office?   
      
   We had not reached that point yet. But by Dubya Bush, it was   
   clear that China had remained a rogue, even hostile nation.   
      
       ...maybe we should have attacked north Korea, either   
   tricking China into going to war against us -- instead of the   
   other way around.   
      
   Clinton's real failure was north Korea. All the experts told   
   him that they were on the verge of collapse so they came up   
   with some scheme where we were going to solve all their   
   energy problems, build them a revolutionary nuclear reactor,   
   in exchange for them abandoning their nuclear program. Well.   
   The "Experts" were wrong, north Korea held together despite   
   all the hardships and they eventually realized they were being   
   scammed!   
      
   Bush should have attacked them, BEFORE the nuclear weapons   
   supposedly existed, and before any delivery systems were   
   developed.   
      
   THAT might've drew in China, and we could have crushed them   
   BEFORE they got rich & powerful, or at least ended the   
   existence of one rogue nation that can never be trusted no   
   matter what.   
      
   Now we've got at least TWO!  China and north Korea...   
      
      
      
      
      
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