Steve Schmidt: Donald Trump 'emasculating' Jeb Bush

Politico ^ | 8/31/15 | NICK GASS

[jimbo123]

Donald Trump is "emasculating" former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with his attacks and his performance in state and national polling, prominent Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said Monday.

"Look, Jeb Bush was a very successful governor, he's a thoughtful man, he was a good, conservative governor. But every day, Donald Trump is emasculating Jeb Bush, and Republican primary voters are not going to default to the establishment candidate who is being weakened by these attacks that go unresponded to."

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Breaking down the results of the latest Iowa polling on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Schmidt remarked upon the strong performance of candidates without prior experience in public office.

"When you add it all up, 54 percent for the non-establishment candidates, and you look at the establishment candidates who are running there right now, and I think their whole conception of the race is off," he added. "Their whole sense of the mood of the country is off."

[Hojczyk]

Jeb was a good Florida Governor…but his time has passed ….plus he replaced a crazy liberal…plus he will not overcome the two previous Bush's

[Servant of the Cross]

And Jeb has no one to blame but himself....he’s carefully cultivated this “reasonable” and “serious” kind of effeminate personality to pander to the soccer moms and so on - and now many of the soccer moms have come alive and decided they want a real man, not a metrosexual poseur.

Yo Jeb(!) a replay of the metrosexual beige-ness ... of ManBearPig algore is SO YESTERDAY!

al .... seriously dude ... what's up with that sock in your pants?!

[RoosterRedux]

If Trump didn’t Hillary certainly would.

Not to mention what Putin would do to Yeb.

Bush looks impotent.

[Louis Foxwell]

I don’t think that hurt Trump much./s

[Resettozero]

Steve Schmidt, take Nicolle Wallace with you to Hell.

[Servant of the Cross]

... now many of the soccer moms have come alive and decided they want a real man, not a metrosexual poseur.

Serious question .... was LadyCat ever a "soccer mom"?

[Original Lurker]

Heb! is just your all too typical American male that squats to pee.

There are way too few “men” left.
Most have been completely feminized via government schools and pop culture (of liquid manure).

[drpix]

Speaking of "emasculating," the knockout punch for Trump to use would from this angle:

1) "When I was married to Ivana, we spoke English - not Czech - in our home."

2) "I'm now married to Melania and we speak English - not Slovenian - in our home."

3) "Why after being married to and living with Columba in the U.S. for over 40 years is, according to your own admission, Spanish - not English - still the primary language used in your home? [LINK]

[rktman]

But, but, but.....mary matlin said yeb boosh is like de eneryizer bunny. Si! No?

[rktman]

Yeb: “Now where did I leave my murse?”

[Political Junkie Too]

...Republican primary voters are not going to default to the establishment candidate who is being weakened by these attacks that go unresponded to."

Is this a Bush family trait?

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

It's better to find out now.

-PJ

[Tench_Coxe]

Somehow I think Jeb was emasculated well before Trump got into the race.....

[Covenantor]

Machismo is over rated.

[School of Rational Thought]

When the strategist says Jeb is a conservative he loses the argument before it begins.

[9YearLurker]

Even worse, it was an airbrushed sock.

But yeah, where is Naomi Wolf when Jeb! needs her?

[SampleMan]

This is why we have primaries.

If Jeb can't refute Trump, how is he going to handle the Democrats both elected and media?

The Dole-McCain-Romney school of roll-over and smile doesn't get the job done.

[nikos1121]

I think you’re giving Trump too much credit. Bush comes across as a weak person. Trump didn’t do that, but once attacked, Trump attacked back.

[TexasCajun]

All Together Now:

FU Steve Schmidt !! ...you a douche-bag loser.

[nikos1121]

Gore, reminds me of a gay waiter I knew at a Chicago restaurant I frequented. Really bad breath.