re: Lets Talk Politics

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Nah... it wasn't the Bush admin that hurt the Republican brand. It was Jon Stewart. A guy on a late night cable show that barely hit 2 million viewers a night.

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Bush is old news at this point. All those Millennials are not lining up for Bernie because of Bush. They are lining up because the left wing media (including and especially Jon) has crafted a message that Republicans are on the wrong side of history- on healthcare, or gay rights, or just being religiously motivated in general. The progressives have painted a picture that the "smart" people are on the left while the "mean" people (and the "evil" big businesses they support) are on the right, and young Americans have bought it hook, line and sinker.

Bush's follies are too far back and too associated with his own brand. Hell Trump is showing that many mainstream Republicans are anti-Bush. That alone doesn't push you into a socialist philosophy. Wanting to be seen as the good guys in the history books does. Millennials act based on feeling, which is why they want to "feel" the Bern.