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Jeb Bush: 'I don't know' if I'd ever run again, but I'd never do what Trump did to get elected
CNBC Politics ^ | June 7, 2018 | Matthew J. Belvedere

Posted on 09/06/2018 10:53:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, told CNBC on Thursday he feels like a "fish out of water" in the current state of divisiveness in America.

Asked if he'd ever consider running for president again, the 66-year-old former Florida governor said: "I don't know. I love policy. I love my country. But this political environment right now, I'm not suited for. To be honest with you. I'm a fish out of water. I can't imagine having to attack someone to make yourself look strong."

In the "Squawk Box" interview, Bush said he did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 election and did not vote for Hillary Clinton.

However, Bush said, "I'm not a 'never Trumper.'" He said fellow Republicans should work with and "praise the president when he does good things," such as tax reform and deregulation.

"But when he goes beyond the line, or anybody else does for that matter, you have to stand on principle," he said.

"I don't blame Donald Trump for the cultural malaise that we're in. He's a byproduct of it," Bush said. "The cultural environment has changed."

The division in the U.S. is "dangerous," he argued....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Florida; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: bush; bushfamily; claponclapoff; fingidiot; jeb; lowenergy; mistertippytoes; pleaseclap; sadsadsad; trump; yeb
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He would never secure the border or enforce the laws, just like his brother and father.
And every other Bush League Republican.
That’s why we needed Trump.


21 posted on 09/06/2018 11:12:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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22 posted on 09/06/2018 11:13:17 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: LegendHasIt

poor Jeb just doesn’t get it.

To an increasing number of conservatives, he simply represents the weak and spineless right-wing of a socialistic Progressive permanent government bureaucracy and Uniparty.


23 posted on 09/06/2018 11:13:33 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My goodness, how stunningly pathetic! I’m so glad he didn’t get the nomination.


24 posted on 09/06/2018 11:16:36 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“I’d never do what Trump did to get elected, promise to represent the people.” “nope, I would just use the family name and cocaine-illegal oil trade-Saudi money to get elected, and my smarmy mediocre personality.”


25 posted on 09/06/2018 11:16:54 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You know I just had one of my late night lightning bolts of realization after nodding out in bed for an hour and reawakening a bit

Trump exposes more about himself than any president we’ve ever had ....but the real truth is he exposes more about the rest of the folks who seek power and that exposure shows how truly craven and vapid they are.

His personality causes them to expose themselves for what they really are....desperate self important fools with zero foundation of core values

Jeb for example with his patrician narcissism actually thinks anyone cares


26 posted on 09/06/2018 11:19:53 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jeb Bush: 'I don't know' if I'd ever run again, but I'd never do what Trump did to get elected

Jeb Bush announces he'd never run a successful campaign based on giving conservatives what they want - news at 11.
27 posted on 09/06/2018 11:20:10 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Man...I bought off on the hype that GW was the 'conservative' Bush in 2000. What a fargin disaster.

3 Bushes in less than 30 years. Do these slimy aholes think America is a monarchy? /rhet.


28 posted on 09/06/2018 11:21:39 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: wardaddy

“His personality causes them to expose themselves for what they really are....”

It’s something to behold. Thank goodness we have this reprieve from the usual suspects.


29 posted on 09/06/2018 11:24:58 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I preferred Trump over Jeb! because Trump was going to do what was necessary to defeat the Clinton machine. Clinton would have squashed Jeb! like a bug, the way Trump did.


30 posted on 09/06/2018 11:24:59 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Amen and amen


31 posted on 09/06/2018 11:25:31 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: dp0622

First, find purgatory for me in the Bible.


32 posted on 09/06/2018 11:25:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Old, Low Energy Yeb, again??

Likely a GOPe/Uniparty dream..................

33 posted on 09/06/2018 11:27:04 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (no mntion whast)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Beta male.


34 posted on 09/06/2018 11:27:08 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What did America do so wrong that we are still afflicted with Jeb and kasick and flake?!


35 posted on 09/06/2018 11:28:11 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

Jeb holds no office and the other two will be out of office in months.


36 posted on 09/06/2018 11:33:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It sounds like Saint Jeffy Flake is writing sound bites for the virtuous Low Energy Jeb.

Lest we forget about Jebbie: spent $150 million dollars, got exactly three delegates.

LMAO


37 posted on 09/06/2018 11:38:09 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
G’wan JEB, run as a Democrat in 2020. Reach across that aisle and report back to me about divisiveness in American politics.
38 posted on 09/06/2018 11:39:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Billthedrill

Yeb had the tippytoe advantage


39 posted on 09/06/2018 11:41:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“.....I love policy......”

That’s a winner.....


40 posted on 09/06/2018 11:42:31 PM PDT by JParris
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