JEB BUSH SAYS 'STUFF HAPPENS' IN RESPONSE TO GUN VIOLENCE
Source: ABC13 Eyewitness News
Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush made an eyebrow-raising comment in the wake of the Oregon school massacre -- saying "stuff happens" in response to a discussion about gun violence.
Bush called the shooting in Oregon "very sad," but said he also had challenges that he faced during his tenure as governor of Florida.
"Look stuff happens, there's always a crisis and the impulse is always to do something and it's not always the right thing to do," Bush said at the Conservative Leadership Project in Greenville, South Carolina, referring to taking away rights.
Read more: http://abc13.com/news/jeb-bush-says-stuff-happens-in-response-to-gun-violence/1013725/
He really raised the bar for Ted Cruz to say something stupid.
I dunno
(31 posts)Remember that STUFF in Iraq and your brother?
Hilarious, eh!
murielm99
(30,739 posts)Like 9-11, on WHOSE watch?
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)I heard that Clinton was getting a BJ in the Oval Office right when the towers were hit. Also, Obama was president when the economy tanked, and W personally killed bin Laden with his codpiece of doom. Fox said so, so it must be true, right?
I dunno
(31 posts)run and hide in Air Force One.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)Maybe he needs to read his idiot brother's ghost written book about decision making, since he made so many excellent ones during his reign as the selected president. I keep thinking Jebby will eventually get the nomination, but he will need to not veer away from his script.....what an dumbass.
Peace
seaotter
(576 posts)have just released a joint statement saying that the Oregon Shooting never happened. When Sheriff Hanlin was asked about his deputies that were reportedly on the scene, he said" It was only a vast left-wing illusion. " Cruz then added " Tuna Fish!".
underpants
(182,800 posts)I believe I read that earlier.
PatSeg
(47,429 posts)"....horrible, but these things happen."
Yes, these things DO happen in a country that puts little or no restrictions on guns.
underpants
(182,800 posts)Not an excuse. It's pretty clear they just decided to shrug it off.
PatSeg
(47,429 posts)that is hard for regular people to comprehend. They get so entangled in all the political BS, I don't think they even know what they think anymore. It is a soul-sucking and dangerous game. Just imagine having to overthink every word you say for fear you will offend a certain demographic or donor.
I remember the movie The Candidate with Robert Redford. What he went through was child's play compared to the way it is today. I keep waiting for one of them to have a "Bullworth" moment, but I guess that only happens in the movies.
branford
(4,462 posts)and for Republican primary voters, it's entirely uncontroversial. That's precisely why no significant gun control legislation has a chance of passing Congress.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)his response was GREAT!
Brilliant
C Moon
(12,213 posts)he is very good at it.
I wonder how GW Bush got through 8 years of those. He must have hated it, because it appears there's a lot of thinking off the top of your headwhich was not his forte.
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)when you have fewer brain cells to rub together than a zygote
wordpix
(18,652 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)louis-t
(23,292 posts)the worst economy in 80 years.
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)GOP = Guns Over People
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Are told "stuff happens"
Shame on Jeb.
dinger130
(199 posts)sounds like something his dumbass brother would say.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Fuck Jeb Bush and his family of sick psychopaths.
llmart
(15,537 posts)because.....my sentiments exactly! F* the whole lot of them. They're all sociopaths which is why they have no empathy.
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)The Pubs would've literally crucified him
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)sailfla
(239 posts)45 soldiers killed one day... his response. " Its only a number"
mac56
(17,567 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)Is this the new Republican mantra when the shit hits the fan because of their stupidity?
TeamPooka
(24,225 posts)..right thing to do,"
Like the Patriot Act?
That took away a lot of rights.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Go ahead, IDIOT, tell them face to face that "stuff" happens.
POS.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)But please, please, please stop calling us. We'll call you when we've mad a decision.
Meanwhile, please take you idiot big bother and play catch with him on a busy freeway.
JudyM
(29,237 posts)Tab
(11,093 posts)It wasn't the context of "Hey, Governor, what do you think of Oregon?" "Stuff happens," he replied. That's what's a lot of these articles are implying. He wasn't being dismissive. What he said, as posted above, the shooting was "very sad" and after acknowledging that then went on to give a realistic comment how crisis play out: "Look, stuff happens, there's always a crisis and the impulse is always to do something and it's not always the right thing to do". I don't think that's an unrealistic comment. But it's been cherry picked to make it sound like he was just blowing off the incident.
That said, his position that we shouldn't "do something" is pretty infuriating, implying same-old, same-old.
You nailed it with that one!
get the red out
(13,466 posts)Arrogant piece of shit.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Oh wait -- that's shit happens !
sorechasm
(631 posts)Keep telling yourself that Jeb. No one wants you around anyway.
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)A little classier than "Shit Happens", but generally code for "So What?"
WhiteHat
(129 posts)Yeah, but if the government CAN do something about it, isn't that the kind of thing government is for?
Don't we want government to protect us from vicious psychotics?
"C'est la vie" is NOT ACCEPTABLE for the head of government.
lancer78
(1,495 posts)Not even australian gun laws would have prevented this massacre. America is filled with a ton of angst ridden special snowflakes who want to earn their immortality killing masses of people at once. No gun laws/bans will stop that.
Paladin
(28,257 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)it's your kids school and they get their heads blown off...........
lancer78
(1,495 posts)But I can see his point. Republicans seem willing to accept the level of gun violence, which has gone down in recent years, in order to have the ability to own guns with minimal government intrusion.
The deadliest school massacre occurred in the 1920's, long before the term "assault rifle" had been invented. I am sure there were others, just the fact that there wasn't a whore media back then that glorifies these killings for ratings, thereby encouraging more mass shootings.
More questions
(3 posts)The lack of empathy is astounding. The new normal is that mass shootings just happen, criminal justice injustices just happen, swimming pool drownings and Katrina's just happen, and so do planes flying into towers, and nuclear attacks. I think the Bush reaction is that nothing should change, don't let this sort of thing discomfort a golf game. So, one wonders...why government? ... Oh, nevermind, Republicans think government is only to keep the masses in chains.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)adjective cra·ven \ˈkrā-vən\
: having or showing a complete lack of courage : very cowardly
Seemed like a good time to review that word...
wordpix
(18,652 posts)This is what we can expect from do nothing Pres. ! I'm looking forward to hearing Trump on this shooting.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)And the chickenshit mind what thinks human beings are shit is NAZI.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)My other conclusion is that corporations are lower than petrified dinosaur shit. Without Corporations we would have never had the Nazi's coming to power way back when or even now. The billionaire psychos that want to control everything won't be happy till they destroy everything
Carolina
(6,960 posts)and he was touted as the smart one?! The Bushes -- all of them -- are dumb and malevolent. A bad combination.
We know Shrub was/is a pure idiot, a fraud, a blubbering puppet of his handlers. But Jeb is proving to be equally daft. And Poppy was no speaker either. Remember in 1992 when he realized he was losing to Clinton and Gore, he was flabbergasted because after all he had won the 1st Gulf War (poor Iraq). So he resorted to name calling, referring to his opponents as bozos. So much for his alleged patrician class, manners and breeding. Frankly, Dan Quayle showed more grace.
I truly loathe the Bushes and hope Jeb continues to sink like a stone.
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)is about as classy as a clown with its cock out