2016 Postmortem

JRLeft

(7,010 posts) Sun Mar 10, 2013, 03:27 PM Mar 2013

Jeb Bush on 2016 run: ‘I don’t think there is any Bush baggage at all’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is insisting that his famous family name will not hurt him at all if he decides to run for president in 2016. Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Bush on Sunday that his brother, George W. Bush, had been “somewhat unpopular” when he left office in 2009.

“Do you think there is any Bush baggage?” Wallace wondered. “Do you think that would be a problem?"
“No,” the former Florida governor replied. “I don’t think there’s any Bush baggage at all. I love my brother, I’m proud of his accomplishments, I love my dad, I am proud to be a Bush.”

“And if I run for president, it’s not because of something in my DNA that compels me to do it. It would be that it’s the right thing to do for my family, that the conditions are right and that I have something to offer.”

According to a 2009 CBS News/New York Times poll, former president George W. Bush left office with an approval rating of 22 percent, the lowest approval since the Gallup began asking the question 70 years earlier.

Watch the video from Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, broadcast March 10, 2013. At the link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/10/jeb-bush-on-2016-run-i-dont-think-there-is-any-bush-baggage-at-all/

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Jeb Bush on 2016 run: ‘I don’t think there is any Bush baggage at all’ (Original Post) JRLeft Mar 2013 OP

Ha!! Google "Jeb Bush Barry Seal" 321Morrow Mar 2013 #1

thanks for the link, 321Morrow Cha Mar 2013 #7

Well, I seriously doubt any Bush has ever carried their own 'baggage'..... Siwsan Mar 2013 #2

no more entitled bushes. NYtoBush-Drop Dead Mar 2013 #3

The guy looks like a human storage locker. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #4

Yeah, that's why the rnc didn't invite any bushits to the rnc. Cha Mar 2013 #5

...or the last few CPACs. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #13

Clinton was great at the DNC.. most of us are proud of our Dems! Cha Mar 2013 #14

I Was Looking At Old Pics of The World Protesting GWB Folly otohara Mar 2013 #6

Just what we need. Another Republican with a sense of entitlement. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2013 #8

The fact that Jeb Bush even presents himself as a candidate is unbridled arrogance. 321Morrow Mar 2013 #10

Bush has no name baggage.... DFW Mar 2013 #9

Hah! He doesn't realize he has LibGranny Mar 2013 #11

"A third Bush will start a third war in Iraq" struggle4progress Mar 2013 #12

And there ladies and gentleman is Jebby putting the noose around his own head davidpdx Mar 2013 #15

What did we expect him to say SmittynMo Mar 2013 #23

I thought the GOP wanted to hide Bush Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #16

He needs to think that, or there would be no point in trying quaker bill Mar 2013 #17

LOL no more bush league presidents ! littlewolf Mar 2013 #18

"There's no Bush baggage"? area51 Mar 2013 #19

Dude, you could fill the cargo hold of a 747 with your Bush baggage. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #20

Naaahhhhh, there's no Bush baggage at all.................. Beacool Mar 2013 #21

I say let this POS run. SmittynMo Mar 2013 #22

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1. Ha!! Google "Jeb Bush Barry Seal"