In defending his call to Vladimir Putin, Donald Drumpf, in his usual unhinged and heedless fashion, attacked both President Obama and George W. Bush. No surprise re Obama, but we cats got thinking about his going after Bush. It's not the first time. We wonder: When have Republican incumbents ever attacked their Republican predecessors?
Did George W. ever go after George H.W., even on Iraq? Was George H.W. ever critical of Ronald Reagan? And did Reagan ever attack Gerald Ford, even during the 1976 primary fight? Things got pretty heated at their convention that year, but Nancyman got his speech after Ford locked up his delegates, and everything was sunshine and roses.
And not only did Ford not attack Richard Nixon — he pardoned him.
So the question remains: Why do today's Republicans stand by and watch Drumpf tear their party to shreds, trash other Republicans and destroy all the norms of acceptable Presidential behavior?
Does Putin have naughty videotapes of all of them? Nah — they're probably in thrall for money, not sex. We cats HISS.
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