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Has Jeb's Time Come?
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| July 1 2013
| Jon Meacham
Posted on 06/30/2013 10:19:29 PM PDT by WilliamIII
It's one of the more interesting what-ifs of the past few decades. What would have happened if both George W. and Jeb Bush had won their gubernatorial bids in 1994? Which brother would have run for President in 2000 against Al Gore? Late in George W. Bush's second presidential term, I asked his father this question. The senior Bush shrugged, waving off the hypothetical. "Who knows?" he replied. "Didn't happen." Then, after the briefest of pauses, the 41st President added, "If Jeb wants his shot, he should have it. He's done the work, been a governor--a very fine governor, I might add--and if he wants to go for it, I hope he does."
That hope, it is safe to say, endures. No one who knows George H.W. Bush seriously doubts that the former President would like to see Jeb mount a campaign for the White House
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; 2016gopprimary; bush2016; election2014; election2016; jebbush; jebbush2016; no; rino; royalfamily; stayoutdabushes
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To: WilliamIII
“Has Jeb’s Time Come?”
What, to run as Hillary’s Vice President?
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posted on
07/01/2013 4:49:54 AM PDT
by
wdk535
To: WilliamIII
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:10:44 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
To: sickoflibs
If Jeb Bush was my choice, I’d stay home. And I’m usually one of those folks who LIVES for election day, one of the first to the polls, etc.
At that point, I would assume that votes just didn’t matter anymore, that the establishment selected the candidates, and our country was dead.
To: LibsRJerks
RE :”
If Jeb Bush was my choice, I’d stay home. And I’m usually one of those folks who LIVES for election day, one of the first to the polls, etc.” Recall 2008: McCain, Romney and Huckbee
Then in 2012 we got Romney, Newt and Santorum as a choice.
Figure 2016 will be a gem line-up like Rubio, Bush and Christie.
“PICK! , If you dont support one you are automatically supporting the others’
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:21:31 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
To: WilliamIII
This will surprise a lot of people, but I have decided to support Jeb Bush running for president.
As long as he changes his party affiliation, I see no problem with it.
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:38:43 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
To: Lancey Howard
I think the GOPe plan was for Jeb/Marco ticket. Not in a million years.
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:40:18 AM PDT
by
stilloftyhenight
(Proud bitter clinging wacko bird chirper.)
To: WilliamIII
The elites are testing out candidates so will say "compared to Jeb, Christie's okay" or "Jeb...anyone but Rubio" etc. I get it. They have a play-card of A LOT of sellouts who they're coaching to say the right things (pun intended) so we find them acceptable. Even Palin, who in the past was compromised by McCain is a question mark.
I'm at a point where I'll trust Rand Paul and Ted Cruz as the two who can sell constitutional conservatism to the US. I suspect the global ptb are saying "anyone but them".
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:43:21 AM PDT
by
grania
To: WilliamIII
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:46:50 AM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: WilliamIII
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posted on
07/01/2013 5:57:45 AM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
To: WilliamIII
To: WilliamIII
Or will America be that stupid to elect another Bush?
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posted on
07/01/2013 6:48:57 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: WilliamIII
YES - Vote Jeb, your betters know what is good for you.
To: WilliamIII
The Dinosaur Media shaping opinions leading up to 2016...Hillary v. Bush.
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posted on
07/01/2013 6:53:14 AM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: eddie willers
How about, “No”?
How about, “HELL NO!”?
How about republicans changing their party affiliation en masse to independent?
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posted on
07/01/2013 6:53:56 AM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: WilliamIII
Yeah...
No.
No more milquetoast RINO’s.
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posted on
07/01/2013 6:54:48 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(I will not comply.)
To: WilliamIII
Jeb Bush’s “turn”? You mean the idiotic RNC will nominate another horrible candidate just because they have “put in their time”? Just like Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney? LOL, they really enjoy losing, don’t they? Oh well, losers get replaced soon enough. The GOP probably won’t outlive me, at this rate.
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posted on
07/01/2013 6:58:33 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(The public is being manipulated to fleece the taxpayer. That is the real industry in Washington.)
To: null and void
Just stop. The visual is messing with my head.... LOL
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posted on
07/01/2013 7:15:09 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: djf
And what you end up with will be a model of monotony, mundane through and through, so middle-of-the-road he/she will have a yellow stripe down his back!I'm stealing that.
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posted on
07/01/2013 7:19:38 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: justa-hairyape
If we end up with Hillary verses Bush, I am leaving the country. Or what ever is left of it.Get your passport now, avoid the rush and the inevitable new fees.
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posted on
07/01/2013 7:21:17 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: dalereed
She’s Cuban. And you sound racist. Have a Twinkie.
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posted on
07/01/2013 7:23:05 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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