Posted on 09/04/2015 6:07:38 AM PDT by jimbo123
A fiery Jeb Bush ramped up his rhetoric against presidential rival Donald Trump Thursday night in yet another show of force as the former Florida governor changes tactics to go after the Republican front-runner.
Taking questions from voters at a Veterans of Foreign Wars facility here, Bush pledged not to get personal but vowed to throw counterpunches if Trump goes for the jugular: his family.
"I'm going to push back when he says things that are ugly, that I think will damage our brand, damage our ability to be successful," the former Florida governor said. "I'm sure as hell -- when he attacks me personally or disparages my family -- you're damn right I'm going to fight back."
His comments come after Trump criticized Bush on Wednesday for speaking Spanish too often on the campaign trail. Bush, whose wife is from Mexico and who lives in the Miami area, spent a large part of Thursday responding to Trump's swipe, calling it "bizarre" and illogical.
Bush said that perhaps what was more offensive "was the notion that somehow I went down to the border and spoke Mexican."
"Those are dog whistle terms," Bush continued. "He knows what he's doing."
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"Those are dog whistle terms," Bush continued. "He knows what he's doing."
Sheeeeyit. This from the man who bestowed The Medal of Freedom upon one of the most hateful and vitriolic women on the planet.
"[Davis] is sworn to uphold the law and it seems to me there ought to be common ground, there ought to be big enough space for her to act on her conscience and for, now that the law is the law of the land, for a gay couple to be married in whatever jurisdiction that is," Bush said to supporters at a town hall event in Laconia, New Hampshire.
If Heb would get as excited about fighting the Democrats, his poll numbers might rise a little out of the toilet.
jebtards! position is exactly nothing. Nothing at all.
That’s just the Viagra talking
Jeb has an unusual fondness for all things Hillary...and has been connected to Clinton donors in a big way.
For starters, there's Jebbie's employment w/ Hillary fundraiser Venezuelan national, Claudio Osorio (who is now in jail). Osorio fundraised for Hillary and supported the Clinton Global Initiative.
Osorio got nailed b/c he falsified federal applications and bilked US taxpayers to score a loan of $10M tax dollars to build homes in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Osorio was convicted of financial fraud, using federal “humanitarian assistance for personal benefit,” and got 12 years in federal prison.
BGRND The outstanding cable TV anthology show "American Greed" did a segment on Venezuelan fraudster (now jailed) Claudio Osorio. Osorio, a Venezuelan schemer, organized high profile fundraisers, and was in thick w/ Democrats Obama, Hillary and Bill-----and with Jeb Bush.
Osorio donated some $80,000 to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, according to Federal Electoral Commission records. Osorio also donated mega-bucks to the Clinton Global Initiative Foundation.
Osorio's shell company, Innovida, submitted falsified documents and received $3.5 million in loans from the US govt----the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) supposedly to build homes in Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake.
In September 2011, OPIC began questioning Innovida's "negative operating cash flow."
A court appointed receiver in charge of investigating Innovida's finances indicated that "$37.5 million in funds had been moved offshore, but he had so far been unable to find out what happened to the money."
Osorio has used his constitutional privilege of invoking the fifth amendment right against self-incrimination when asked if company funds had been used to pay personal expenses.
Osorio was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and one count of major fraud, amongst other charges. Federal prosecutors said Osorio defrauded investors from 2007-10, exaggerating the company's finances and pocketing millions of dollars to fund a lavish lifestyle.
The SEC claimed that Osorio had illegally used investor money to pay for a Miami Beach mansion, a Maserati car and a Colorado mountain retreat home.
Jeb Bush agreed to return $270,000 that he was paid as a consultant to convicted fraudster Claudio Osorio and Osorio’s bogus companies.
AM/GREED also aired a pic of Jeb sizing-up Osorio's pre-fab housing project for Haitian refugees (which turned out to be a scam).
He's counting on crossover Dems to power him to victory in the R primaries. Seemed like a great strategy until Hillary stumbled so badly. Now it's looking like Dems may be told to vote in their own primaries.
Its over Jeb quit for family reasons
Translation: I can win without the right-wing nutjobs.
When Jeb filled-out his voter registartion form, he inked in Hispanic, for nationality.
Says he speaks nothing but Spanish at home.
> our brand, damage our ability to be successful
Look in the mirror, fool.
Damage our brand?
Maybe Jeb can bump himself up to a 7% with his “fighting back.”
How can we make Jeb¡ sound manly? Hey, let’s find a place where he can use the word “damn.”
Just make sure the ruffled princeling doesn’t pronounce it “demmed.”
“My, how forceful you are, Brad, so.....dominant.”
Actually, the first half of his strategy is working perfectly. The strategy? “Loose the primary vote, in order to win the general.”
RETURN Jebby Bush to MEXICO....NOW!!!!!!!!!
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