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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:26 PM Feb 2015

Barbara Bush: 'I've Changed My Mind' On Another Bush Occupying The White House

Source: Huffington Post


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Call it the first flip-flop of the 2016 presidential campaign. Barbara Bush said Friday that she no longer feels that too many Bushes have occupied the White House.

“What do you mean, ‘Too many Bushes’? I’ve changed my mind,” she said in a carefully coordinated Skype announcement at a Bonita Springs, Florida, dinner for hundreds of her son's supporters, according to The Washington Post.

(...)

During an interview with NBC's "Today Show" in 2013, the former first lady was asked whether Jeb Bush should run for president.

“He’s by far the most qualified man,” she said at the time. “But no. I think it’s a great country. There are a lot of great families, and it’s not just four families or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified. We’ve had enough Bushes.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/14/barbara-bush-changed-mind-jeb-bush_n_6684054.html

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Barbara Bush: 'I've Changed My Mind' On Another Bush Occupying The White House (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Feb 2015 OP
Gee, what a shock! City Lights Feb 2015 #1
Alestair Crowley billhicks76 Feb 2015 #30
colour me sooooooo not surprised! niyad Feb 2015 #2
babsie, your "beautiful mind" needs a thorough overhaul. niyad Feb 2015 #3
Well, there's good news for Western Civilization. Paladin Feb 2015 #4
NO FUCKING WAY! Chasstev365 Feb 2015 #5
and there's the best argument Adenoid_Hynkel Feb 2015 #7
" TheNutcracker Feb 2015 #25
I'm hoping the American people haven't. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #6
She obviously does not underestimate Turbineguy Feb 2015 #8
Uh huh.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #9
Well, honey, I haven't changed MY mind. calimary Feb 2015 #10
This should be a mantra and rallying cry for Democrats, Progressives and Liberals... SoapBox Feb 2015 #11
"The most qualified man" but is he the most qualified person? nilram Feb 2015 #12
We haven't changed ours. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #13
more Malapropisms father founding Feb 2015 #14
One too many ... CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #15
No doubt there was a hot argument between Mother & son over THAT ONE! napi21 Feb 2015 #16
Is Jeb a big war hero like W ????? Cryptoad Feb 2015 #17
The first two bush presidents sorefeet Feb 2015 #18
Her uterus was America's undoing. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #19
The rallying cry of the Democratic party needs to be: We’ve had enough Bushes! LuckyLib Feb 2015 #20
So glad she can't have any more children. geomon666 Feb 2015 #21
The White Haired Asshole's Opinion is worth. . . . Zip BigDemVoter Feb 2015 #22
I haven't changed my mind about Barbara Bush FiveGoodMen Feb 2015 #23
Well, I haven't. ONE Bush Was TOO Many Demeter Feb 2015 #24
LOL, But Barabara, why should you waste your "beautiful mind" BootinUp Feb 2015 #26
Tell us about your family's Nazi past, Babs. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #27
I haven't changed my mind on it. roamer65 Feb 2015 #28
You always liked George best. BarbaRosa Feb 2015 #29
Yeah, just what is needed, more war, more corporate entitlement, more deception & ruination. nt mother earth Feb 2015 #31
Jeb's thugs must have worked her over n/t Enrique Feb 2015 #32
'I've Changed my mind'..... supercats Feb 2015 #33
Yeah, right. And who cares? CTyankee Feb 2015 #34
She bothered her beautiful mind rocktivity Feb 2015 #35
It really is time for her to move sulphurdunn Feb 2015 #36
I'm sure Jeb did what it took to bring his mother on board Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #37
She looks a lot like George Washington in that drawing. In real life, she looks tougher than him yurbud Feb 2015 #38
she has no mind to change. olddad56 Feb 2015 #39
Well, she might have changed... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #40
That's just drunk talk Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #41
Terri Schiavo The Jungle 1 Feb 2015 #42
Seriously, what do you expect a mother to say? Telcontar Feb 2015 #43
Her position on this has devolved (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2015 #44
...and after Jeb we'll get Neal Bush. L0oniX Feb 2015 #45
No--they're grooming Jorge P. Bush--he ran for/won a minor political job in TX this last cycle. MADem Feb 2015 #47
Well, that's that, then--he's running. nt MADem Feb 2015 #46
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
30. Alestair Crowley
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 07:09 PM
Feb 2015

It's well documented her mother had an affair with Alestair Crowley in Europe the year before she was born. She looks just like him. Just sayin.

Paladin

(28,273 posts)
4. Well, there's good news for Western Civilization.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:42 PM
Feb 2015

Or what remains of it, after the damage inflicted by the Bush clan. Thanks for absolutely nothing, Barb.......

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
5. NO FUCKING WAY!
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:44 PM
Feb 2015

Who wants Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, John Yoo and all the other "November 2000 Criminals" to have power again? Honest to God, we can't allow Jeb Bush to be President under any circumstances whatsoever. The sequels are often scarier than the original.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
7. and there's the best argument
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:53 PM
Feb 2015

Hillary or whoever runs against him needs to stress the fact that this family always brings the same screw-ups back with them: Cheney, Poindexter, Abrams, etc.

Chances are we'd get another run of Condi, Libby and the Torture Czar while they're at it.

calimary

(81,484 posts)
10. Well, honey, I haven't changed MY mind.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:06 PM
Feb 2015

ENOUGH with the bushes. ENOUGH bushes! We've already had two too many! Third time's simply chum.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
11. This should be a mantra and rallying cry for Democrats, Progressives and Liberals...
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:28 PM
Feb 2015

NO...MORE...BUSHES!

But the spineless jellyfishes will hide in the corners, too afraid to say anything against them.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
16. No doubt there was a hot argument between Mother & son over THAT ONE!
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:43 PM
Feb 2015

I remember seeing an interview with Jebbers when he was asked about his mother's comment. He said "Well, that's one thing mom & I disagree on."

LuckyLib

(6,820 posts)
20. The rallying cry of the Democratic party needs to be: We’ve had enough Bushes!
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 04:27 PM
Feb 2015

Thanks for a great line, Barbara. Sums it up perfectly!

BigDemVoter

(4,157 posts)
22. The White Haired Asshole's Opinion is worth. . . . Zip
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 05:05 PM
Feb 2015

Her uterus needs to be declared a weapon of mass destruction; she has birthed nothing but assholes, charlatans & war mongers.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
24. Well, I haven't. ONE Bush Was TOO Many
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 05:22 PM
Feb 2015

Three would show that America deserves what's coming to it: total destruction.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
42. Terri Schiavo
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 09:05 AM
Feb 2015

Always remember and spread the story of Terri Schiavo.

No way do we want this guy in office.

 

Telcontar

(660 posts)
43. Seriously, what do you expect a mother to say?
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 09:11 AM
Feb 2015

Some of the comments here are just vile. Don't you think every mother of a child competeing in the Special Olympics tells them she thinks they are a winner?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
47. No--they're grooming Jorge P. Bush--he ran for/won a minor political job in TX this last cycle.
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 12:36 PM
Feb 2015

He's the one that tore up his old girlfriend's daddy's front lawn with his SUV after trying to break into the house to see the young lady--I think she may have broken up with him, and that triggered his rage. The link below uses the word "stalkerish" to describe old Jorge's conduct...

There was a police report, but apparently it was dropped after monies were exchanged....

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/george-p-bush/george-p-bush-stalking-758409

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