John Cornyn: More Americans Looking Back On Bush Years With 'Fondness'

In an interview with C-SPAN on Sunday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke of people's nostalgia for the days of the Bush Administration.

Cornyn, the chairman of the National Senatorial Committee, said that "President Bush's stock is going up a lot since he left office" due, in part, to the increase in the national deficit under the Obama Administration.

Cornyn said that although Bush "had his challenges," Republicans have learned a lot about what they could have done better in terms of fiscal responsibility.

"I think a lot of people are looking back with a little -- with more fondness on President Bush's administration, and I think history will treat him well."

C-SPAN's host asked what impact President Bush's book being released around the midterm elections will have for the Republicans and if it "will be a plus." Cornyn responded that he had not read it, but predicted it would be "intriguing" and "candid."

Watch the C-SPAN interview below:

Comments

[RMorr2002]

10:04 AM on 07/22/2010

In Jan, 2007, the Dems took control of Congress. At that time the DOW was at 12,621, unemployment was 4.6% and the deficit was a LOT lower. YES, there a a LOT of people who would like to get back to those numbers.....including more than a few Dems!

[sandan]

01:10 AM on 07/21/2010

Pray tell, why does Huffpost insist on making ugly Republiclones prominent in their news themes?
I know that Ariana was once an avid Republican fan, but why now does the theme seem to be entirely Republicans against Democrats and not the reverse? If she has changed her stance, this site should at least include more positive articles about Democrats.

[RMorr2002]

10:00 AM on 07/22/2010

So, you want her to ignore reality and be completely partisan??? That job is being handled by the MSM and MSNBC.

[chief wheelhouse]

12:46 AM on 07/21/2010

your insane

[patriciacaldwell]

12:33 AM on 07/21/2010

Republicans follow the R.O.V.E. formula: say something repeatedly until there's a giant echo and people will believe it. That is, stupid people.

[ProudMilVet]

11:53 PM on 07/20/2010

OUCH !

[ProudMilVet]

11:53 PM on 07/20/2010

Yeah, sort of like the "Fondness" i would feel if i could remember back to when i was an Infant & was Circumcised !

[JRsNana]

11:40 PM on 07/20/2010

That statement is, without question, the STUPIDEST thing I have heard this week. It just overtook Sarah Palin who has stood at number 1 in that category for the past 18 weeks running. Amazing. War, high deficits, gutting regulation, raiding the treasury, tax cuts for the rich, "misunderestimating" the arrogance of their power grab, a suspension of habeus corpus, high-priced male hookers becoming "journalists" with "access" (I've always wondered access to what and whose), forcing the middle class out of said middle class, doing NOTHING to actually help the American people, the idiocy of No Child Left Behind (one of many unfunded mandates) just to name a few of the catastrophes left in the wake of the disastrous 8-year run of the Bush Administration and John Cornyn thinks we're all nostalgic for those years? Who the &^I(& is he kidding? Even the Republicans I know don't look back on all that with "fondness". These people have no clue. No clue at all.

[follygirl]

11:26 PM on 07/20/2010

This man is batsh*t crazy.

[HopeObama08]

11:22 PM on 07/20/2010

What did they put in his drink? Maybe when he recovers, he will "refudiate" his words...

[lvdragonlady]

10:52 PM on 07/20/2010

The ONLY ones looking back 'John' are those belonging to the GOP, because back then, the GOP was doing what they wanted, when they wanted and many(but not all) of Americans believed the lies you were fed them. YOUR so-called leader all but destroyed America, as it was, and it will take a very very long time to get her back on her feet and it will NOT be with your help, we can all see that.

[geogeoff]

10:32 PM on 07/20/2010

Our senator is smoking crack!

[shapedbylife]

11:12 PM on 07/20/2010

No, I think for those kind of hallucinations he's having he's got to be taking acid.

[LouStool]

10:26 PM on 07/20/2010

Some people look back at the Hoover and Nixon administrations with fondness as well.

"Just think about how stupid the average person is, then remember that by definition half of the people are even stupider than that.”

[Roland Adams]

10:16 PM on 07/20/2010

Totally clueless he is he is!

[Nick D]

09:49 PM on 07/20/2010

Every time a Republican says "a lot of people" or "most people" or "so many Americans" without backing it up with any sort of evidence that they are stating a mainstream position, they should have to pay a $1 fine. That would solve our deficit problem.

[Jeannette Lacey]

09:47 PM on 07/20/2010

Thanks to Bush 3/4 of my friends and I are out of work. Many have had jobs shipped overseas because of his and his party's policies. Several have lost their homes. Some have lost children to these endless wars. We haven't caught Bin Ladin (could that be becuase Bush is friends with his family?? - just food for thought). I have no retirement savings left - thanks to his Wall Street buddies. My unemployment benefits have been exhausted (and thanks to Bush's party, jobs bill has been cut down so much that not only are there no more job creation components, but I will not get another extension) YEAH I really miss those golden days.

[sandan]

01:21 AM on 07/21/2010

Jeannette, Sorry you've been out of work, but what have you been doing to seek employment? As a young U.S. soldier with a wife and three kids, I mowed lawns, built fences, painted houses etc., for $1.50 an hour, and when I retired from the Army I was offered unemployment compensation which I refused and found other jobs. What is your problem?

[Jeannette Lacey]

11:44 PM on 07/21/2010

Well, it is a long story. Hope it all fits. I was a recuriter. I have done that line of work since 1994. I can honestly say that things started to fail around 2002. That was when I noticed companies which we served leaving the U.S. and there were less and less jobs available for me to send people to. The loss of jobs overseas greatly impacted out industry. My original recruting firm closed. I worked for two major studios. Was laid off from both due to cut backs and hiring freezes. You can guess that recruiters aren't needed now - so I have done temp jobs cleaning houses, filing, yard work, sales. Office jobs around here are nearly impossible to get - no one is hiring, so I interviewed for whatever I could get. I am grateful to have a few pennies but they don't offer full financial support. I let my home go and moved in with a relative because I could no longer afford to live on my own. Honestly, I don't know how you are able to live on $1.50 per hour - or where you live - but I am assuming it is not easy for you. I consider myself "out of work" because I can not find anything in my field of expertise. Sorry, but fast food and yard work is not able to support an adult with responsibilites. My savings was lost in the "crash" - so now my retirement is gone.