Jeb Bush’s unexpected connection to Poland’s ‘Waitergate’

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Jeb Bush’s unexpected connection to Europe’s ‘Waitergate’

In the world of European politics, a scandal known as “Waitergate” has turned into a pretty big deal. But just as important for an American audience, the story ended up connecting to the U.S. presidential race in an unexpected way this week.
 
The controversy stems from a tiny microphone in a Warsaw restaurant that recorded some unexpected remarks from Polish officials last year. The Washington Post reported yesterday that “four Polish government ministers and the speaker of parliament abruptly resigned” as a result of the revelations.
 
Of particular interest, however, is Radosław Sikorski, Poland’s foreign minister at the time, who was recorded describing Poland’s alliance with the United States as “worthless” and “bulls***.” Sikorski, widely seen as being friendly with the U.S., was also heard saying, “We’ll get into a conflict with the Russians and the Germans, and we’ll think that everything is super because we gave the Americans a b*** j**. Losers. Complete losers.”

... Sikorski, who later became speaker of parliament, resigned on Wednesday.

How does this relate to U.S. politics? Jeb Bush met with Sikorski a day later, ...

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Asked about Sikurski’s criticisms of Bush’s own country, the Republican added, “Maybe there’s a degree of frustration that over the last few years we’ve kind of changed course as it relates to the deployment of the missile system, for example…. So perhaps he was expressing frustration.”

The moral of the story: Republicans are capable of extraordinary creativity when blaming President Obama for everything. In this case, a Polish leader had some crude and inappropriate things to say about the United States, and not only will Bush meet with him anyway, Bush will even blame the whole mess on the White House.

More
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/jeb-bushs-unexpected-connection-europes-waitergate?cid=eml_mra_20150612


Rachel had fun with iton her show Friday:

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/awkward-stumble-for-jeb-bush-in-poland-463470659540