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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:38 PM
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Why are they saying Jeb won't run? How can we ridicule repub nominees?
Why would he not be ready? Are they just trying not to offend the moderates by projecting the aura of an unbeatable dynasty (too early)?

What are Jebs liabilities? How can Democrats fence him in? Meaning...how can we deride the possibility of him running? The right is already doing this with Hillary, they've been doing it for years, getting thier base ready for the day that she runs.

We need to start handicapping the field of possibilities and come up with ways that the we will mock and ridicule thier candidates.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:40 PM
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1. I'm not so sure he actually will run.
I think he's got skeletons. That said, I think it's also folly to believe he'd be the nominee anyway, just as it is to believe Hillary would be the nominee.
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:44 PM
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4. People were saying that about W.
Edited on Wed Mar-16-05 02:44 PM by iconoclastNYC
The right rallies around the perceived winner. The Bush name means a lot for these RWingers, and he has all his daddies money men behind him. Plus the ROVE dirty tricks operation. Look how the took care of McCain in 2000....

The Bush family practically runs the Republican party on a National level.

Maybe Jeb isn't as scary as what's to come, but I think he has a fair chance of getting elected, they got W reelected afterall.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:47 PM
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5. I didn't say he WOULDN'T.
I'm just not mailing it in as definite.
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pbartch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:14 PM
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12. Isn't he in BIG trouble because he didn't "save" Terri Schiavo
She going to be taken off her feeding tubes and Jeb really hasn't done anything to keep it from happening.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:41 PM
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2. McCain and Hagel imo would be the toughest candidates to beat
I think that Frist could be beaten, and I don't think Rudy can survive a GOP primary.
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:42 PM
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3. Jeb spends more time thinking about Terri Schiavo than about his wife.
How's that? How do you like THAT mental picture?
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:47 PM
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6. You mean when he's not thinking about Cruella Harris?
Now there's a mental picture.



....And there's a picture of a mental case
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:52 PM
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7. or his own kid, Noella, the drug addict?
:evilfrown:
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:53 PM
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8. LOL.
My eyes!
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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:56 PM
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9. I think they are just taking the focus off him so they can
clean up his image and probably keep some things hidden. It would be better to go after him while he is in office and make current news rather than while he is running where they can say that was in the past and old news.
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LeftyLizzie Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:03 PM
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10. His family's got skeletons in their closet . .
I believe his wife, son, and daughter have all been arrested in recent years. His wife, I believe, illegally smuggled lots of clothing and jewelry into the country, his son I believe has a restraining order against him from a former girlfriend, and his daughter was arrested for illegally obtaining prescription drugs. His wife doesn't speak much English (which might make things a little bit difficult on the campaign trail) and I believe she spends much of her time down in Miami while Jeb is in Tallahassee. And Jeb has cheated on her quite a bit. (I haven't verified all of that info - some may not be 100% correct, but I know the bulk of it to be true. Can anyone check on this stuff?) I mean, I'm all for protecting the privacy of a politician's family, but after they went after Teresa for being crazy, etc., Jeb's family is a whole lot more controversial.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:18 PM
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13. They don't want the Oppo research to start too early, IMO
Jeb Bush will run, and it will be a total surprise to those who buy this meme.

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