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Jeb girds for battle with base
The Hill ^ | December 3, 2014 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 12/03/2014 4:34:47 AM PST by maggief

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To: maggief

Jeb Bush sits on the board of a company who writes Common Core curricula and stands to make a killing as long as Common Core is not overturned.


61 posted on 12/03/2014 8:26:32 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: gunsmithkat; kingattax

62 posted on 12/03/2014 8:27:55 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Salgak

Jeb gets the nomination. . .I stay home, and so does my family. . .


I won’t stay home. I’ll vote for the congressional races, just not for POTUS.


63 posted on 12/03/2014 8:36:54 AM PST by rbg81
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To: maggief

Assault Weapon Ban, Jack Booted Thugs, Compassionate Conservative, Ruby Ridge, Read My Lips, Comprehensive Immigration.

All ideas from the Bush Family which drove GOP voters away from the polls.
Most people would have given up by now.


64 posted on 12/03/2014 8:43:15 AM PST by Zathras
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To: maggief
Jeb Bush will have to survive the Republican primaries to become the national candidate for President. If Ted Cruz is on any ballot I will support him. I think that Jeb Bush would win a national election for several reasons. He would get the Catholic vote, the Hispanic vote, the democrats who will be grateful for a pro American, anti communist, candidate. If Hillary is the dem candidate she will make Jeb a shoo in. His proven accomplishments are magnified by her slip shod behavior in whatever post she has been awarded and her general incompetence. Her screechy fish wifery tone alone will be a turnoff. Also, probably to begin with, Jeb would have money and influence greater than any of the other candidates. Money bought America for the current traitors in the White House and they can do it again against a less powerful,underfunded contender.

I am not going to spend a lot of time assuming the worst from the Republican party. We have good people being mentioned as candidates and the primaries will sort out the winners. I see building local Republican party influence on the candidates who run in state races as imperative to shaping the general election.

65 posted on 12/03/2014 8:43:24 AM PST by mountainfolk
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To: Iron Munro

DITTOS!


66 posted on 12/03/2014 8:48:38 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: maggief

Here are a couple of worthy articles on Common Core and Jeb Bush:

http://michellemalkin.com/2013/09/20/jeb-bushs-latest-common-core-snit-fit/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/jeb-bush-education-foundation_n_2802536.html


67 posted on 12/03/2014 8:51:15 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

It is insanity to support those who hate us. I do not care if they call themselves Democrats or Republicans.


68 posted on 12/03/2014 9:10:27 AM PST by Lazamataz (It's insanity to support those who hate us, no matter they call themselves Democrats or Republicans.)
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To: maggief

Jeb Bush is steeling for a fight with the GOP’s conservative base, signaling he will not bend from his centrist positions on immigration and Common Core education standards in 2016 — even if it costs him support with grassroots conservative

Well Jeb the problem FOR YOU, is it will cost you the election.


69 posted on 12/03/2014 9:32:20 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Repubiican or a Democrat.)
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To: maggief

What a fool. Why would someone do this if they wanted to get elected?


70 posted on 12/03/2014 9:33:35 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Slyfox

dont agree with Babs all the time, but i sure do on this one.


71 posted on 12/03/2014 9:34:32 AM PST by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: Iron Munro
Why is he not running as a RAT?

Can it be that he doesn't like hanging with the kind of people who agree with him?

The country doesn't need another country club repub.

Father, please save us from those who would save us from ourselves!

72 posted on 12/03/2014 9:39:45 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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Not so much Romney.

74 posted on 12/03/2014 9:43:53 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: rbg81

No, I stay home, PERIOD. Actions have consequences.

Besides, if Jeb has the nomination, it’s all over anyway. . . no matter what we do, the flood will come over the border. . .


75 posted on 12/03/2014 9:49:21 AM PST by Salgak (Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
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To: mrsmel

I know. I don’t know why they bother to pretend there is an “opposition” party, when they don’t oppose much that the rats support.

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Of course not. The Democrats stand for big government and graft, two things the GOPe values more than victory. Conservatives far outnumber liberals in this country. If Jeb really wanted to win, he’d be battling Democrats and liberals. As an example, Reagan had two landslide wins with a strong coattail effect.


76 posted on 12/03/2014 9:54:33 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: maggief
If the Powers That Be want Jeb, we'll get Jeb. Hooray! Republicans win!

If the Powers That Be prefer Hillary, we'll get Hillary. Boo! Democrats win!

Expect zero substantive policy differences in 2017, either way. We'll be back to a traditional Gradually Expanding Welfare State agenda, blessedly free of Obama's radical excesses but with little scope for any genuine small government initiatives.

And you right wing FReeper nuts aren't going to successfully nominate any Nazi radicals like Cruz or Paul, so don't even ask. :)

P.S.: Jeb will be a slam dunk if he loses a few pounds. The jowls and glasses are making him entirely too East Coast Establishment.

77 posted on 12/03/2014 9:59:18 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: maggief

“His comments ... certainly answer whether he’s his own man,”

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Jeb is a purple robed member of the Ruling Class. He is far from being an independent thinker or strategist.


78 posted on 12/03/2014 9:59:33 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Lazamataz

Some hate us, but some are just mistaken - I know you probably don’t want to believe this, because it’s not as fun as thinking conspiratorial and all dark - but a lot of the GOP E are simply ignorant of what the country is like, what voters really want, etc.

They are in a bubble of DC to Manhattan where not a single normal person lives a normal citizen life. There really is a lot of that.


79 posted on 12/03/2014 10:05:40 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: rbg81

I will not either. Under any circumstance.


80 posted on 12/03/2014 10:06:29 AM PST by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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