Mom, Jeb and wife.
Posted on 02/23/2015 6:31:02 AM PST by US Navy Vet
In 1999, Columba Bush, the famously private wife of then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was detained and fined by federal customs officials for misrepresenting the amount of clothing and jewelry she had bought while on a solo five-day shopping spree in Paris.
The incident left the Florida first lady deeply mortified and her husband politically chagrined. Jeb Bush said the first lady had misled customs officials because she did not want him to know that she had spent about $19,000 on the trip.
“The embarrassment I felt made me ashamed to face my family and friends,” Columba Bush said in a July 1999 speech to the Central Florida Make-a-Wish Foundation, not long after the incident. “It was the worst feeling I’ve ever had in my life.”
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If we are going to have a monarchy, we are going to need a Marie Antoinette, and it sounds like this lady is certainly up to the task.
How about that Spain trip they took as well?
Mom, Jeb and wife.
I can not envision her as the First Lady at all.
Even after the Wookie.
Yep—she would outspend the mooch ‘cause she is more entitled.
Might as well get this out now and make it old news
Pound it to death so every low information voter knows the lady loves the good life and lied on a customs form, also about the family daughter’s depression and drug abuse issues
Jeb better pound this down everyones throat and make them so sick of it that when some pipsqueak democrat brings it up during a “debate” it becomes “BEEN THERE DISCUSSED THAT GOT THE T SHIRT MOVE ON”
I won’t support Jeb, but did the Washington Post write a similar article on Michelle Obama?
More important issues beckon (snort)....
Jeb Bush awards Hillary Defender of Liberty Medal on eve of Benghazi anniversary
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will honor former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with this year’s Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.
The award will be presented to Clinton on September 10th, the eve of the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States mission in Benghazi that killed four American.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Bush, a potential GOP contender in the 2016 presidential race, is chairman of the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center located in Philadelphia.
“Former Secretary Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy,” Bush said in a statement. “These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year’s Defender of Liberty Medal.”
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Bush’s decision to honor Clinton, who is considered by some to be a likely Democrat candidate for president in 2016, was condemned by the Independence Hall Tea Party Association of Philadelphia. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the organization released its own statement Monday, referring to the event as “extremely distressing,” and offering, instead, an opportunity for another Liberty Medal recipient.
According to the statement: As all of you undoubtedly know, much of the blame for the Obama Administration’s failure to contain the Benghazi attack and the scandalous handling of its aftermath, can be traced directly to Ms. Clinton.
Indeed, a Congressional investigation regarding Ms. Clinton’s role in the cover-up of the Administration’s failure is still ongoing.
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A newly formed organization, the Independence Hall Foundation, will hold a “What Difference Does It Make” press conference on Independence Mall, September 10, 4 PM, to denounce the selection of Ms. Clinton as the 2013 Liberty Medal recipient and to offer an alternative award (details below). During the conference, the Foundation will name its choice of recipient(s) for the 2013 Defender of Liberty Medal. Dom Giordano will headline the presser and we certainly hope you will consider joining us. (SOURCE: BREITBART.COM 9/9/13)
And no one ever fudged on their taxes. Who’ll be called out for wearing white after Labor Day?
Betcha we wont hear her speakup on the campaign trail.
If she ever pipes up in Spanglish-—voters will head for the hills.
LOL! To which she will exclaim:
“Que es su problema?”
I don’t know. I can’t understand financing jewelry of that price and quality. How many pairs of diamond ear rings can you wear? But I am simple. However, if you can afford it, who cares.
The things the media blow out of proportion even persuades conservative’s thinking. If Newt had the money and wanted to buy Tiffany’s for his current wife, lucky current wife. As Joan Rivers said you can tell the second (or in this case third) wife by the size of her diamond. I have problems with Newt but his personal spending isn’t one.
I was surprised that Jeb’s property was worth a little over 2 million at that one point. That isn’t a lot of accumulation for a man with his connections and backing. That rather concerns me most. He may be the low achiever of the family. One more reason not to support Jeb.
The Compost is doing their best to turn a potential asset (Hispanic wife) into a liability by dredging up this 16 year-old incident.
My housekeeper is better looking than her. Lol
How tall is she? Shouldn’t she be at the Nort Pole making toys?
Sub compact.
For some reason, they remind me of Fantasy Island characters.
I hear she likes the feel of real Corinthian leather.
Smuggling $19,000 worth of goods would land us citizens in prison for a long time. She must be special.
Let them eat tacos.
Leni
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