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Jeb Bush asks new Republican administration to flex its muscles with a constitutional convention
theblaze.com ^ | 11/26/16 | Sarah Lee

Posted on 11/27/2016 8:33:11 AM PST by ColdOne

In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush makes the case that the incoming Republican administration should set the agenda by calling for a constitutional convention to establish term limits, a balanced budget amendment and restrictions on the Commerce Clause.

Bush asserts that the 2016 election was largely a protest vote over the growth and power of the central government and that Republicans have a rare chance to shift some of that power back to the states.

Bush wrote:

But here’s something we shouldn’t forget: This election was more about voting against something than voting for something. Americans voted against the “establishment,” against the country’s changing culture, against a dysfunctional Washington, against the privileged,

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 114th; bushfamily; constitutional; convention; jebbush; swine; terrischaivo; trumptransition
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1 posted on 11/27/2016 8:33:11 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Shut up, Jeb.


2 posted on 11/27/2016 8:34:09 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: ColdOne

Shut up, Jeb.


3 posted on 11/27/2016 8:35:17 AM PST by mhx
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To: ColdOne

America voted against YOU, Jeb!

P.S. Thanks for killing Terri Schaivo, you worm.


4 posted on 11/27/2016 8:35:21 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: ColdOne

I can’t think of a better way to kill off the possibility of a Constitutional Convention than having Jeb Bush endorse the concept.


5 posted on 11/27/2016 8:36:18 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What a moron!


6 posted on 11/27/2016 8:36:21 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: ColdOne

What a passive aggressive way to be a sore loser.


7 posted on 11/27/2016 8:36:34 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: ColdOne

I don’t visit the Blaze, nor read anything I see their name on.


8 posted on 11/27/2016 8:36:42 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: ColdOne

Bar’s little boy wants us to believe he’s an important conservative now?


9 posted on 11/27/2016 8:36:52 AM PST by Mjreagan
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To: ColdOne

Jeb is starting to catch on how mad the great unwashed are,
myself being a member in good standing...

This is long over due.


10 posted on 11/27/2016 8:37:24 AM PST by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: ColdOne

If this diphsit is for it then I’m against it.


11 posted on 11/27/2016 8:37:37 AM PST by OKSooner (Geno's is a tourist trap.)
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To: miss marmelstein

wo, wait a minute. Jeb’s actually right on this one:

“Jeb Bush makes the case that the incoming Republican administration should set the agenda by calling for a constitutional convention to establish term limits, a balanced budget amendment and restrictions on the Commerce Clause. “

What’s wrong with that?


12 posted on 11/27/2016 8:37:37 AM PST by quesney
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To: ColdOne

Nobody cares what you think, DUMBASS!

Please clap :(


13 posted on 11/27/2016 8:38:20 AM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: ColdOne
Hey Jeb, you low energy corupt pussy.......go away, I hear your mommy calling....and take your whole family with you.

NO MORE BUSH FAMILY EVER!!

14 posted on 11/27/2016 8:38:42 AM PST by sailor76 (GO TRUMP!!! Make America Great Again!)
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To: ColdOne

Oh STFU Yeb!


15 posted on 11/27/2016 8:39:05 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: miss marmelstein
The slow one keeps inching out on a limb.


16 posted on 11/27/2016 8:39:49 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: quesney

An amendment for balanced budgets will end in a requirement for ever increasing taxes. Once it is required that spending shall equal income, how quickly do you think it will be before Congress claims the Constitution handcuffs them in raising taxes to cover ever-higher spending?


17 posted on 11/27/2016 8:41:02 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: dirtboy

“I can’t think of a better way to kill off the possibility of a Constitutional Convention than having Jeb Bush endorse the concept.”

It may be his intent.


18 posted on 11/27/2016 8:41:14 AM PST by Soul of the South (Tomorrow is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: ColdOne

Got too much to do already!
Good idea for the midterms, re-elect, or 2nd midterms.

Right now I’d say second midterm would be most likely to be successful.


19 posted on 11/27/2016 8:43:29 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: ColdOne

There may have been some merit in this idea...until HE thought of it.


20 posted on 11/27/2016 8:43:32 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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