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Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 10:58 AM Mar 2013

Jeb: Not ready for prime-time?

Jeb Bush seems to have been around forever. I mean he was being mentioned to run for President even before his dimwit brother W. So how is it possible that he was so unprepared to answer basic questions in his book interviews?

Some have said that he never was the sharpest crayon in the box from the start. How damaging is this flip-flop flap?

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Jeb: Not ready for prime-time? (Original Post) Graybeard Mar 2013 OP
None of the Bush family members seem to be terribly bright. AndyA Mar 2013 #1
Damaging? Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #2
didn't hurt his dim brother. spanone Mar 2013 #3
By 2016 the media will make damn sure he's ready for prime-time, Autumn Mar 2013 #4
Is Jeb Bush Divorced? bookcase10 Mar 2013 #5
I think they are still together, not sure. I do remember her being Autumn Mar 2013 #7
Jeb's not ready for the 3 a.m. re-run show, which puts him at the top of the Bush herd. talkingmime Mar 2013 #6

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
1. None of the Bush family members seem to be terribly bright.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:23 AM
Mar 2013

They've managed to suck the public coffers for years, so they must have figured out a few things, or at least are smart enough to maintain their connections (or keep their blackmail file updated).

No more Bush family members in office. EVER. They've done enough damage, they are criminals, liars, and they have taken advantage of the American people long enough. Hopefully, the nightmare memories of George W. will still be strong enough to prevent Jeb from running in 2016.

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)
2. Damaging?
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:23 AM
Mar 2013

After all, we're talking about repugs, who have a tremendous capacity for overlooking flaws of even the most egregious sort when it comes to one of their own. Consider the case of RawMoney, perhaps the flippiest of floppers to come down the pike in ages. Despite his 'moderate' image within the repug party, his 'Mormon problem' among so-called Christian fundamentalists, his out-of-touch persona, his turn at the helm of a company who practically invented outsourcing, AND the flip-flopping on hundreds of issues, the party faithful still voted in lockstep for that sleazebag - and, despite reassurances that Barack Obama won with a decisive margin of the popular vote, I'm sort of a 'glass half-empty' sort of guy where that election is concerned, seeing that so many Americans held their noses and voted for the execrable RawMoney anyway. 'Jebbie flip-flopped? HA!', I snort derisively.

Autumn

(45,106 posts)
4. By 2016 the media will make damn sure he's ready for prime-time,
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:17 PM
Mar 2013

even if he's not. Bushies don't get damaged.

 

bookcase10

(8 posts)
5. Is Jeb Bush Divorced?
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:40 PM
Mar 2013

I thought that I heard he was but when it Googled it yesterday it doesn't say on Wikipedia?

Autumn

(45,106 posts)
7. I think they are still together, not sure. I do remember her being
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:03 PM
Mar 2013

caught smuggling stuff through Customs but she just payed a fine or something.

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