He Was Born Republican Royalty, But 'Jebcito' Is From Miami

NPR ^ | 6/15/15 | Mara Liasson

[jimbo123]

There are three Republican candidates who ran Spanish-language ads when they announced their presidential intentions — but only one was an Anglo.

Jeb Bush not only speaks fluent Spanish, he has made his home by completely embracing Latino culture and putting down roots in South Florida.

His former aide, Ana Navarro tells a little story that shows just how much he's adopted the culture — one day she suggested something to Bush that he rejected because it was too expensive and then, she said, he touched his elbow with his hand.

"That's a very Hispanic gesture for meaning 'because I'm cheap, because I'm frugal,'" Navarro said. "It means 'I walk with my elbows so as not to wear out my shoes.' In Spanish it would say 'Yo camino con los codos.' And it's that kind of nuance that he fully understands."

To understand why bush only half-jokingly adopted the Twitter hashtag #honorarylatino, you have to understand the path he took to his current home in South Florida. Bush grew up in Midland, Texas, he summered in Maine and went to prep school in Andover, Mass. And it was in high school that his path home really began. He met his wife Columba on a high school exchange trip to Mexico. In college, he majored in Latin American Studies. He converted to Catholicism, and he worked briefly in Venezuala. But the place he chose to put down roots was Miami.

[tophat9000]

So is Jeb another “transracial” or just transnational

[rrrod]

Huge difference between Latin(?) cultures and mexicans...never confuse the two.

[Phinneous]

It’s a vulgar nonsensical comparison... It means a [phallus] like a saucepan, but the connotation is ‘something that will never happen’ or ‘something that wasn’t meant to be.’

[Chickensoup]

Jebito? Little Jeb?

[quadrant]

Miami: a sunny place for shady people.

[The_Media_never_lie]

ok, thanks.