Mitt Romney has the support of George W. Bush.
“I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he gave a speech on human rights a block from his old home — the White House.
Bush’s endorsement isn’t a surprise, given that Romney is virtually the Republican Party’s nominee. But the 43rd president has been absent from the 2012 campaign and hasn’t made any public comments showing his support for Romney.
Romney did get the formal backing of Bush’s parents, President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, in March.
People who worked in the Bush administration say they doubt the former president will be campaigning for Romney this year. Even in his post-presidential life, Bush still gets a lot of the blame for the poor economy, according to polls, though he has become more popular since leaving office.
Bush was speaking today at an event to promote the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s campaign for human rights activists around the world.
(Source: ABC News)
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One day those liberals will smell the coffee and see that W was a good president.
Surprise???????
I should hope that Bush’s approval ratings are rising.
He was pummeled for keeping ope Gitmo by BO, then BO takes office and fins out that Bush was right over Gitmo.
He was pummeled over the economy.
Yet Bush took office after the dotcom bubble burst, a string of massive corporate scandal that resulted im massive job losses (Enron, WorldCom ect) and had the heart of the financial system destroyed. But somehow instead of complaining about his “bad luck” he instead instituted policies (Bush Tax Cuts) that quickly had the economy recovering and made the recession and so called “jobless recovery” a joke.
Now BO takes office also faces a recession and spends four years explaining exactly why it’s not his fault, of course he’s making millions while others suffer.