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http://bloggingblue.com/2013/11/remind-me-again-why-jeb-bush-is-considered-the-smart-bush/Jeb Bush ✔ @JebBush
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Why would our President close our Embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.
Whats really ironic about Jeb Bushs Twitter attack on President Obama is that he really really should know better than to attack President Obama for supposedly closing the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican, considering it was his brother, former President George W. Bush, who actually initiated the move in question.
So you might be surprised to learn that, in fact, Obama is not closing the embassy or diminishing U.S. diplomatic relations with the Holy See in any way.
There are no embassies for any country in Vatican City itself there is simply no room. All countries locate their embassies in the city of Rome. The United States has decided to move its embassy from its current location an unremarkable converted residence to the same compound as the U.S. Embassy to Italy. It will have its own separate building and a separate entrance on a different street. The new building is actually a tenth of a mile closer to the Vatican than the old one. There will be no reduction in staff or activities.
Poutrage sells with the Republican base.
eShirl
(18,494 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)#brohoof
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)lastlib
(23,247 posts)Vincardog
(20,234 posts)Sheri
(310 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Dumb and Dumber on paint chips!!
Richardo
(38,391 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)F'r letterin' 'n' keepin' books 'n' such.
demwing
(16,916 posts)which is still a step down from the dullest tool in the shed.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)There's nowhere to go but up.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Scientology World HQ. Tom Cruise, Ambassador.
MADem
(135,425 posts)You do know Jeb is a Catholic, yes? He converted to marry his bride--the one he cheated on with Katherine Harris, et. al.
Oh, and he's bilingual--his Spanish is quite decent, as well--not "taco y cerveza" level, he can actually carry on a genuine conversation.
See? Jebby--poutrage/Catholic/Spanish (and the new Pope is from South America, after all...!). Very clever! Pushing all those buttons! Oh...and facts be damned, of course!
quaker bill
(8,224 posts)nothing about this disqualifies him, when his brother is "making the pie higher".
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)ssshewwwoooey
valerief
(53,235 posts)than them.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)that his assertions will not be challenged in the far right wing media.
His meme will spread far and wide and President Obama will be credited for closing the embassy. Hell, maybe even 60 Minutes can do a special segment on it.
"A lie still travels halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes" Mark Twain
"We live in a world of lies" Enthusiast
and this lie is idiotic enough that the GOP base will love it. And Jeb is hoping they'll remember his idiocy in the 2016 primaries and vote for him.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)And they will never acknowledge that they are wrong. The Jebster probably knew he was wrong when he said it.
druidity33
(6,446 posts)remember that one?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Relatively speaking, of course.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Who knew?
rateyes
(17,438 posts)never opened one. It's that pesky separation of church and state thing I keep getting hung up on. Oh, and so far, I like Pope Francis.
What's next, an ambassador to the Southern Baptist Convention?
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)St. John's School is the strongest academic school in Houston. St. John's School rejected both W and Jeb as not being up to their standards. My older two children went to St. John's School and we heard this story several times including from a Dean at a college night where the dean for Admissions for Yale who admitted that W was admitted as a legacy
Jeb is not that bright. Jeb may be brighter than W but you have to look at the curve for his family
CorrectOfCenter
(101 posts)It's not going to happen, Bush.
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)do they
unblock
(52,253 posts)jeb bush probably knows full well the shrub initiated it, and in fact that's probably exactly why he's blaming obama for it.
so, some bloggers get brownie points for being right and a chuckle about how dumb jeb is, and jeb gets big donations from a ton of misled catholics. they might have heard something disquieting about the vatican embassy situation and jeb has reassured them and once again they can feel good about opening their wallets.
yep, jeb is real dumb all right.
Mass
(27,315 posts)because it is really dumb.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...to reuse Jon Stewart's term, that's like being the thinnest kid at fat camp. He may be the smartest Bush, but that doesn't make him intelligent!
PEACE!
whopis01
(3,514 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)at the idea of a "smart" Bush.
If he wash the smart one, why did they put Dubya up for president? Probably some idea that the eldest inherits the crown.
And right, that is the dumbest pout rage ever. So easy to dismantle. They think the People are stupid. Of course it's no wonder, since they got away with the ChimpAdministration.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Low bar.
Blue Owl
(50,424 posts)n/t
beac
(9,992 posts)one is bound to float to the top.