No former Presidents will be speaking. Think about that. W spoke at

[mucifer]

John Lewis' funeral and he won't be speaking at his own party's convention.

[Claustrum]

1. The Bushes skipped the 2016 republican convention as well.

Needless to say, Trump didn't win them over in 4 years.

[democrattotheend]

22. Did they speak at Romney's convention?

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]

25. According to this politico article, W skipped it

https://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/george-w-bush-skipping-republican-national-convention-129622

[Freethinker65]

2. A soon to be former President will be though

[mr_lebowski]

6. STRAIGHT UP!!!

[tblue37]

19. Every damned night! nt

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Bush the Lesser had his problems, but this guy is making him look better every day.

[jls4561]

4. I heard Roger Stone's Nixon tattoo

got a prime time slot.

[Celerity]

5. ...

[cayugafalls]

13. What has been seen can not be unseen...

You got me.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Methinks there was a new addition. . .

[Cha]

7. I thought about that yesterday.. that I bet no

no former pub potus' will be speaking at the Treasonous Idiot's convention.

There'd only be W & he won't be there.

[mucifer]

8. w would be more likely to pop into the DNC convention But, I doubt it

will happen

[Cha]

11. Come to think about it.. was W even

at Romney's convention?

[Silent3]

9. Republicans are still reaching all the way back to Reagan, 32 years later

...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]

12. Reagan was the one who really pushed them down the path

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]

16. Oh, I don't deny that Reagan was a big part of establishing the sick set of "values"...

...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]

21. Absolutely correct. Trump is the symptom of our problems, not the cause. (eom)

[Sherman A1]

26. Absolutely correct

Reagan remains the worst president in history in my book. Without him, we would not have the current mess.

[dflprincess]

10. And Bush is the only former president they have.

Maybe Clint Eastwood could speak with Reagan's ghost this time.

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. I bet they can't even get any VP's - it will be an embarrassing hate and grievance filled mess nt

[C_U_L8R]

15. They can have McTurtle mumble for an hour.

That will dazzle the magats.

[JI7]

18. I don't think W Bush spoke in 2012 either. I think Bush has brain damage

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. W gave a eulogy at John Lewis' funeral. So if he wanted to he could speak at the RNC

[keithbvadu2]

20. Featured speaker - Scott Baio?

Featured speaker - Scott Baio?

Jon Voight? - loyal republican

[malaise]

24. The murderous Con already told everyone that they have nothing to offer him

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. We’re 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/