[whinecountry]

Here is a short story about Jeb Bush: No.

[Cowboy Bob]

I think a bowl of mashed potatos is more exciting then Jeb Bush.

[SMARTY]

“Jeb Bush really running to kill tea party”

He’s going to force the issue?

Maybe he ought to consider that it will have the opposite final outcome.

[nascarnation]

Of course it’s also possible that Jeb, Mitt, and NJFatboy split the fat cat money and the RINO votes, neutralizing each other.

[Waryone]

Rush had the right idea, JEB and Hitlery should run together on the same ticket.

[Slyfox]

Jeb would not really bother me personally, HOWEVER, his ties to making sure Common Core, Amnesty and Obamacare become embedded features of our lives is way too much for me to ignore.

[Uncle Miltie]

Bush / Clinton 2016!

[rrrod]

Pay close attention folks!

[Eva]

I am not so certain that Bush is after the Tea Party as much as he is after Ted Cruz. I think that Bush is trying to open room on the left so that Rand Paul can run to his right .

[Boogieman]

Maybe that is the intent, but it doesn’t seem like it would ever achieve that stated purpose. Jeb won’t pull votes from any conservative candidates, and Jeb can’t generate enough enthusiasm to get the nomination on his own either. I suppose if he runs as a Dem, he could probably still edge out Biden.

[Mariner]

So, if the Donor Class (GOPe) drives out the Tea Party, where the hell do they think they will go?

Do they REALLY believe people who are motivated by IDEOLOGY will simply fall into line and vote GOP?

Are they THAT stupid?

Nay, the Tea Party will either become a real party with real candidates, or they will FIND one.

And that will ensure the GOP never wins another national, or statewide election.

Anywhere.

Forever and ever.

Amen.

[Slyfox]

[Finny]

The real question is: What should Americans do if the Republican party succeeds at choking tea party conservatives (whatever they are) out of the Republican party, at least in the presidential nominee for 2016?

What if -- and it's a pretty probable "if," all considered -- the Republican primary results in a Romney or Jeb or other Republican who is on board with the Democrat game plan of more and bigger government to regulate health care (including on-demand abortion), "the environment" (iron-fisted regulation of food and energy production and consumption), education, and homosexual "rights" that punish bakeries for civilly, peacefully rejecting open homosexuality? What if the Republican party nominates such a "centrist" Republican who embraces the concept of government tyranny?

They say going third party is a "sucker's bet."

The real sucker's bet is voting for what you abhor and then hoping for the best once it takes affect if it wins because your intent was to vote "against" the other guy. THAT is a sure-fire sucker's bet if there ever was one.

So the real question is: What should Rush and the rest of us do if the Republican party succeeds in this quest to exclude limited government tea party conservatives?

I know what I will do.

[Alex Murphy]

“You want to know why Jeb Bush is thinking about running?” Limbaugh asked on his top-rated program Tuesday. “He’s … being looked at as savior by the big-money donor class and the consultant class – the establishment of the party – to head off the tea party. They’re gonna pull out all the stops to make sure that a tea-party-type conservative doesn’t get the nomination.....It could be a sacrificial run just to make sure that a conservative doesn’t get the nomination in 2016. There’s a whole bunch of stuff under the surface here that’s percolating and effervescing, and it’s all about us being the No. 1 enemy of these people."

PFL

[trisham]

Rush is probably right.

[FrankR]

If Bush (Romney, Christy, et al) wins the primary, were probably going to lose to the dems in the general. Conservatives are going to stay home in droves. Even me - after holding my nose through Dole, McCain, Romney) will stay home in 2016 if any of these moderates wind up being our candidate,

No better time to try a 3rd party. It will split the vote, for sure; we’ll lose anyway, for sure; but, based on the 2014 turnout, it will show these idiot pundits exactly how much clout the base (I.e. Tea party, conservatives, grass roots, etc) actually have.

The GOPe has gotten to big for their britches, nourished so often by pork from the fat cats, they’ve forgotten who actually elects them.

A national “write-in” would be impressive, but convincing everyone to do that would be tough.

The Chamber of Commerce doesn’t care about America, just money. They would welcome socialism as long as the money flows.

So, even though in past election years I’ve railed against the stay-at-home protestors at election time, if anyone like Romney, McCain, Bush, Christy, etc runs, I’ll be at home watching reruns of “Cheyanne” on the western channel.

[JPG]

Jeb Bush?

[PGR88]

Rush Limbaugh says the real reason Jeb is seeking the White House is to choke the influence of tea-party conservatives out of the Republican Party.

If that's what he is thinking, the effect will be exactly the opposite of what he expects. He will probably wind up splitting the Republican Party

[VRWC For Truth]

The Booshies killed Jebbie. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice, NFW.

[Hot Tabasco]

I've been listening to Rush for many years and this is the first time I have ever heard him criticize a GOP potential presidential candidate to the extent he did today on Jeb Bush.

He has always withheld such criticism in order to allow his listeners and the public to form their own opinions on the information he provides and let them vote accordingly in the primaries.........

Kudos to Rush for finally breaking out of that mode.

While not out right saying so, I suspect Rush is just as concerned as the rest of us as to who the GOP will promote for the 2016 presidency.