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Can George W. Bush Save Jeb?
The Atlantic ^ | 2/16/16 | DAVID A. GRAHAM

Posted on 02/16/2016 5:00:04 AM PST by jimbo123

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To: Bushbacker1

Jeb is a loser! He can’t stand on his own two feet. He needs mommy and big brother to speak for him. Bye bye Jebbie!


21 posted on 02/16/2016 5:16:04 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: jimbo123

No!


22 posted on 02/16/2016 5:16:06 AM PST by Harpotoo
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To: Baldwin77

I thought Rush was telling his audience that Cruz was gaining speed on Trump. Rush has truly exposed himself (ugh !) this campaign. At least Laura Ingraham “gets” what is happening: http://www.impulsetoday.com/millions-of-republicans-say-iraq-war-was-a-disaster-laura-ingraham-supports-trump/


23 posted on 02/16/2016 5:16:28 AM PST by Baldwin77
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To: jimbo123

nada


24 posted on 02/16/2016 5:22:32 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Oboma is running - has always run! - against W. The name is bad enough (Things were GOOD! when Clinton took over from Bush, then they got worse; Things were GOOD before Bush took over from Clinton)

He should have stayed as far back as possible. W was terrible on domestic decisions. His father was just about as bad.


25 posted on 02/16/2016 5:23:45 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Gaffer
At another time in American history, Jeb Bush would probably have been elected President and done a good job.

The Bushes are good people, who love America (in contrast to contemporary Democrats and notably Obama), who are people of principle, and whose intentions are good.

However, the United States is on the brink of destruction--in part due to the fecklessness of the second Bush Administration--notably the refusal of G. W. Bush to secure the Mexican Border and halt illegal immigration, in defiance of his responsibility and Oath of Office to uphold U.S. law. He also spent more of the taxpayers' money than any President since Lyndon Johnson.

Today, America's situation is so desperate that indulgence in such niceties as the Bushes' good manners is out of the question.

America needs a FIGHTER if she is going to survive.

Those who understand this also understand the Trump/Cruz Revolution. It come of fury--rage--and outrage--but fundamentally it comes from the recognition of how profoundly desperate and precarious is the very survival of the United States.

The U.S.A. has never faced a more lethal threat. Not the Civil War. Not Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. This threat is the greatest because it comes from within--from internal moral rot and decay--decadence--the destroyer of civilizations.

The Bushes do not understand this. Even if they did, they are not up to the task.

Donald Trump does. And is.

26 posted on 02/16/2016 5:24:26 AM PST by Savage Beast (We see an ocean of crashing waves, as black holes create a violent storm in the fabric of space-time)
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To: Enlightened1
I bet Limbaugh’s endorsement helped push Rubio over Cruz.

Did I miss something? I read yesterday where Rush defended Rubio, but that wasn't an endorsement.

Do you have a link to any article or video showing that Rush actually endorsed Rubio?

27 posted on 02/16/2016 5:26:33 AM PST by Maceman
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To: jimbo123; Impy

MSNBC showed a few minutes of them together at that rally and GWB definitely needs to keep his hair short at his age.

He looked a bit freakish...spooky..and goofy..


28 posted on 02/16/2016 5:27:04 AM PST by sickoflibs (Trumpetir : 'I don't care what he says, or ever said. He is the only one I trust"')
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To: jimbo123

LOL, nice to see Trump is in Mike Murphy’s head.

I’m sure Mike is going to go cry into a pile of hundred dollar bills, before setting them on fire just for the hell of it.


29 posted on 02/16/2016 5:27:13 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: Maceman

Here you go,

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3397623/posts


30 posted on 02/16/2016 5:28:31 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: 20yearsofinternet
GW Bush talking about his Dad's quotes on Soup Cans

I think Americans remember this on " Read my Lips".

31 posted on 02/16/2016 5:29:15 AM PST by scooby321
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Jeb is the candidate, NOT “W” so if Jeb can’t make it on his own, what makes anyone think that he will be able to handle the job of POTUS even if he remotely got elected, which he will NOT?


32 posted on 02/16/2016 5:30:13 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: jimbo123

W cannot save Jeb, but if he wants to pick that tar baby up so be it. The Cult of Bush still has some air in it. A few more rips in that balloon is perhaps a good thing.

That family is the single greatest factor in destroying all the good accomplishments of the Reagan revolution. If they want to double down on destroying the last tinsel of their reputations, let them.


33 posted on 02/16/2016 5:34:47 AM PST by Psalm 144 ("Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded" - James Madison)
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To: sickoflibs

34 posted on 02/16/2016 5:35:08 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Enlightened1

That’s the article I saw. It only says that Rush defended Rubio. He has at times defended Cruz like that, and even Trump.

I don’t think this constitutes an endorsement.


35 posted on 02/16/2016 5:36:43 AM PST by Maceman
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To: DaveA37

Or worse yet, if Jeb has to cast around for support from others to get his campaign out of the ditch and back on the road, what will he owe those people..in addition to those who have already given him large sums of money.

Jeb is really starting to look like a rank and file Democrat. At first he just needs some money and everything will be all right. Now the money’s gone, his situation hasn’t improved, and he needs others to do the work of keeping him in the race. All while hiding behind hid mother’s skirt.


36 posted on 02/16/2016 5:38:42 AM PST by ameribbean expat
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To: jimbo123; stephenjohnbanker; Impy; NFHale; Liz
W looks pretty sad.

I imagine he has to listen to Mom/Martha crying about how Jeb is on suicide watch over this election

Martha :”George, you have to help your brother”

W :”But Mom, my approval rating was 30% when I left office. I am not sure I will be of any help to him”

Martha :”He's your brother. He is crying all the time and doesn't want to get out of bed anymore. You have to try”

37 posted on 02/16/2016 5:42:57 AM PST by sickoflibs (Trumpetir : 'I don't care what he says, or ever said. He is the only one I trust"')
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To: jimbo123
Probably not but it was great to hear him speak again in a political setting along with the First Lady.

There is no one running for President today in either party who comes close to W's class, wit, decency ,likability, and respect for the office.

It is sad to see some of the poser comments above attacking him as if they were a pack of rabid hounds from the Democratic Underground.

Although I am not supporting Jeb as of now, I would enthusiastically support him in November if by some miracle he was the nominee. In the event of a crises, he would probably be the best of the lot.

38 posted on 02/16/2016 5:46:00 AM PST by RonnG
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To: Jane Long; stephenjohnbanker; GOPJ; Tennessee Nana; AuntB
GWB wading into Jeb/s losing effort is futile..... poor timing at best. But most of all b/c it dredges up all the troubling aspects of Bush/s role in the Iraq war.

.....Colin Powell asserts in his new book: "there would have been no Iraq war" had then-Pres GWB and his councilors understood that Hussein did not possess any functioning unconventional weapons. Powell lauded the fact that under Bush we got rid of the horrific Hussein government and toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.....

Which just goes to show the US hasn/t figured out the fervid Mideast mindset to this day. Its thousand-year-old sectarian internecine warfare was kept in check by strongmen like Saddam and Khadafi. Now these savages are marauding all over Europe.....and are coming here to kill us for what we did in Iraq.

POINTS TO PONDER

<><> Powell never mentions that the conniving Mideast types calculated the advantage of having a superpower in their midst....and they cashed in bigtime.

<><> The US gamely decided to train the indigenous population....it cost us billions and we managed to train 4-5 or so over five years.

<><> In the US we take them off the farm, send them to boot camp, and in 3 weeks we got soldiers.

<><> The Bank of Kabul where the CIA and DOD deposited billions to finance the war was a withdrawal-only goldmine for insiders.

<><> For public consumption, the US said we went into Iraq to show them the advantages of democracy and to get all warm and cuddly as they embraced it.

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

Remember this Colin? The war profiteering was outrageous. Neocon godfather Richard Perle relaxing in Paris (above the fray---nowhere near his cohorts plotting in the WH Office of Special Ops) got so rich w/ insider info, he was reported to be starting his own oil company.

<><> One last thing, Colin.....GWB estimated the Iraq strike would cost $50-60 billion.......then an angry Bush fired advisor Larry Lindsey because Lindsay dared to say the war might cost more like $100 billion.

That was in 2007 dollars.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY Iraq and Afghanistan today have cost the US some $3 TRILLION....and rivers of young blood. We/re still pouring US tax dollars into those decrepit Mideast countries, and..... as Donald says....we got NOTHING in return.

39 posted on 02/16/2016 5:55:32 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

W may help Jeb! Stay ahead of Carson. Not only is this the end of Jeb! As a national candidate but it is the end of Mike Murphy running a Super PAC. What a waste of $140 million dollars.


40 posted on 02/16/2016 6:00:38 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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