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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo former Presidents will be speaking. Think about that. W spoke at
John Lewis' funeral and he won't be speaking at his own party's convention.
Claustrum
(4,846 posts)Needless to say, Trump didn't win them over in 4 years.
democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)I can't recall if either of them spoke in 2012. If W didn't speak in 2012, I'd guess that was Romney's choice, not his. He was still pretty unpopular then.
apnu
(8,758 posts)Freethinker65
(10,058 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)tblue37
(65,490 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)jls4561
(1,261 posts)got a prime time slot.
cayugafalls
(5,645 posts)You got me.
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)Cha
(297,693 posts)no former pub potus' will be speaking at the Treasonous Idiot's convention.
There'd only be W & he won't be there.
mucifer
(23,569 posts)will happen
Cha
(297,693 posts)at Romney's convention?
Silent3
(15,278 posts)...when they want to invoke what is (to them) a supposedly inspiring example of a past Republican president.
And as much as I disliked Reagan, he still wasn't anywhere near as awful as the Republican party has become. He'd never make it through a Republican primary for dogcatcher these days. He didn't foam at the mouth nearly enough.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)of "greed is good, I'm the only one who matters". As wells as ramping up the "southern strategy".
Trump is the natural outcome of the path they have been on since Ronnie. Pity even the ones who realize Trump was going to far won't admit that.
Silent3
(15,278 posts)...the Republican party now espouses, but he still followed a lot of the norms of conduct we should be able to expect from a President. He seemed like a doddering old fool to me, but was an articulate, thoughtful scholar compared to Trump.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Reagan remains the worst president in history in my book. Without him, we would not have the current mess.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)Maybe Clint Eastwood could speak with Reagan's ghost this time.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,657 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)That will dazzle the magats.
JI7
(89,274 posts)and is mentally like a child and that's why Michelle is nice to him.
But even without that he wouldn't be speaking at this one . Because there is Jeb and others from the Bush family that could still represent but they wont.
mucifer
(23,569 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,924 posts)Featured speaker - Scott Baio?
Jon Voight? - loyal republican
malaise
(269,182 posts)Trump feels no need to convene club of former presidents amid coronavirus pandemic
Published: April 13, 2020 at 6:47 a.m. ET
By Associated Press
Asked if he might be inclined to contact any of the living former presidents, Trump responded: No, not really. Were doing a great job.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-feels-no-need-to-convene-former-presidents-club-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-04-12
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Meanwhile here are some details about his great job
Number of Covid-19 deaths:175,092
Cases: 5,656,204
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/