Posted on 09/14/2015 4:21:06 AM PDT by jimbo123
Autographing photos of himself on the campaign trail, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush held up one that showed him heavier by 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and another of the slimmed-down campaign model.
"That's a low-energy picture," Bush, 62, chuckled after the portly version was thrust into his hands in Salem, New Hampshire, site of a town hall event. "This is a high-energy picture," he said of the skinnier Jeb photo.
The anecdote encapsulates Bush's challenge as he prepares for Wednesday's second debate of Republicans seeking their party's presidential nomination: How to show more energy without losing his calm, steady-at-the-helm demeanor, and give a needed boost to his campaign after losing his front-runner status to billionaire firebrand Donald Trump.
Initially stung when Trump, 69, pinned the "low-energy" label on him, Bush is taking a two-prong approach, joking about it and showing more fire on the campaign trail. He plans to take a more aggressive tack at the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
"If someone comes at me, bam! I'll come back at 'em," he said in Salem, smacking a fist into a palm. "I'll campaign hard."
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‘Cause I’m my own man. I will do whatever Trump goads me into doing.
The only time a Keenebunkport Influence Peddler shows high energy is when one of their revenue streams is threatened. That's why you seldom find a Bush at genuine loggerheads with Democrats, but frequently find a Bush at odds with conservatives.
Money and power.
Mr. niteowl77
Cause my name is Boosh!
Jeb is dumb as a stump.
He is unable to see why nobody wants him.
Pretending never works Jeb. We saw the real you when you said you would not pander to conservatives. You said you would win without the base.
Okay doofus, do it then.
Jeb has to be counting on primary manipulation to win. Seriously.
Is he going to “come out swinging” in Spanish?
PREDICTION:
Donald Trump will smile, nod, at any attacks, and then turn his cannons on Hillary, Biden, 0bama, and the mess those Progressive Marxists have created
Swinging what? A serape?
Hopefully Trump will go after Ben Carson for being an Amnesty Pimp.
Actually, this is the same strategy Jeb used when his mother told him to clean-up his room:
“First I asked Mom for patience. Then looking like I’m working hard, I wear Mom down w/ a hopeful optimistic message, and finally I show Mom my leadership skills by ordering a pizza....all by myself.”
“He is unable to see why nobody wants him.”
Oh, I think you are dead wrong there. The GOPe and most of the Republican ruling class want Jeb. they want him badly. They desperately want another conservative talker who will not rock the boat.
“If someone comes at me, bam! I’ll come back at ‘em,”
Yea. He’s going to go into full wetback mode and tell
them off in a language they don’t understand.
Jon Ellis wants to be the first wetback president
just like Clinton was the first black president.
He’s not conservative. He’s for amnesty and big government.
He wants to reach across the isle and negotiate policy
with the socialist left. No doubt he’s a liberal, disguising
himself as a conservative republican. Soon he’ll be sucking
up to the Obama just like his brother did with Clinton.
Lying scum sucking liberal and he will probably be given
the nomination regardless of who wins.
in Mexico.
He should do Jenny Craig commercials for an added revenue stream.....reach out to the truly gullible!
You don't know how right you are. Go back and look at KP real estate taxes pre King George the first and look at see what happened to those taxes after he became king. Then email the town asking for a list of things KP did to imp0orve the town in the first three years of bush.
What did his wife say about this? Does she know she married a swinger?
I’m going to buy a bottle of champagne today to drink when this putz finally drops out or hits zero in the polls..whichever comes first
I know there are too many establishment idiots in the Republican Party to ever hit zero..but one can dream
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