I remember Buchanan's attacks on GHWB during the campaign - and as a Bush voter, I wondered why he did not energetically respond.
(And as we learned in retrospect, GHWB was diminished during the 92 campaign. The President didn't seem to respond to Buchanan or to challenges from Clinton and Perot the way he should have.
But I got off my point - was anyone better placed or equipped to respond to the dangers of isolationism and to explain the importance of the international system than GHWB?
All really well put, Howard. I remember Pat Buchanan's speech at the 1992 R convention. It was full of vitriol.
I remember Buchanan's attacks on GHWB during the campaign - and as a Bush voter, I wondered why he did not energetically respond.
(And as we learned in retrospect, GHWB was diminished during the 92 campaign. The President didn't seem to respond to Buchanan or to challenges from Clinton and Perot the way he should have.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/01/barbara-bush-book-george-h-w-bush-bill-clinton-1992-election-graves-disease-226337/)
But I got off my point - was anyone better placed or equipped to respond to the dangers of isolationism and to explain the importance of the international system than GHWB?