You know, Jeb, the "stupid" Bush...
Posted on 07/12/2015 11:50:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Strategists say Bush is smart not to exchange haymakers with Trump, who has a reputation for escalating fights and not backing down.
“The best way is for Bush to continue to put Trump in his place by saying his comments are only intended to generate headlines, they’re not based in real facts,” said Ron Bonjean, a GOP strategist and former congressional GOP leadership aide.
“What Bush is obviously trying to do is not get into a food fight with Donald Trump but at the same time push back. It’s a careful line to tread. You don’t want to create a sideshow spectacle by taking Trump’s bait,” he added.
While Bush has appeared presidential by responding calmly to Trump’s barbs, he has expressed some irritation at the media whirlwind they generate.
Bush said in a Fox News interview Wednesday he was not interested in getting into a rhetorical battle with the billionaire candidate.
"I'm done. I'm through. I gave my views. I just think that we need to be much more hopeful and optimistic about our ideology," he said.
"We should focus on that and not get into a food fight that only brings energy to someone who I doubt will be president and is not a constructive force for our party," he added.
GOP strategists say Bush will continue to benefit from Trump as long as he doesn’t get dragged too far off message in responding to his digs.
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You know, Jeb, the "stupid" Bush...
Sounds like he fights back just like his brother.
Pray America is waking
Hope and no change.
Trump is using Jeb as a speed bag. Don’t fight back Jeb. Do what your loooooser consultants tell you to do.
Jeb is gonna be left in the dust because people are going to rightly believe he won’t fight back against Hillary either. CHUMP!!!!!
I think you got that right. I am also not sure if Trump will endure the entire primary slog. But I am shocked he leap frogged all professional politicians so quickly. As you said, his ego will keep him in it so long as his polls remain high. Trump has praised only one other candidate, Cruz. So in case Trump drops out, I have to assume he will endorse Cruz.
Jeb comes off as an angry, bitter man. I can’t stand him.
Yep...and Jeb comes off as not very smart (not very smart by choice).
Trump has grabbed the third rail...and he is still alive.
He has told the truth and he is still standing.
It's a miracle, I tell ya.;-)
Trump is a bumptious old fool and maybe that's what it takes to break down the walls of Camp PC.
God bless Don...he's paving the way back to sanity!
And America knows it. The little people know it.
Go Donald!
Now for a personal confession...I may bleach my hair and do a severe comb over.
Just saying. It looks good on Don.
It is disconcerting to see a man of Jeb Bush’s supposedly stature be so bobble headed and shrugging his shoulders as an almost constant gesture/tick...selfdeprication? shyness? whatever, it is most unattractive.
Now fast forward a year, in which presidential candidate Jeb is similarly advised to use “kid gloves” with Hillary Clinton.
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