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Donald Trump Says He's Done Jabbing Jeb Bush
HuffPo ^ | 10/25/15 | Sam Stein

Posted on 10/25/2015 1:12:56 PM PDT by VinL

Jeb Bush, you can breathe a bit easier. Donald Trump has concluded you're no longer threatening enough that he feels the need to dump all over you.

"I did talk about Jeb because I thought Jeb was going to be the front-runner," Trump told CNN’s "State of the Union" on Sunday. "Obviously, he's no longer the front-runner. I probably won't talk about him so much anymore."

Having spent months mocking Bush for his low energy level, this line from Trump could be either a moment of rare sympathy from the real estate tycoon-turned-candidate, or the cruelest insult yet. The former Florida governor was supposed to be the Republican juggernaut. Now, with his campaign sputtering and forced to trim payroll, he doesn't even merit a jab from a guy who loves dishing them out?

Since he loves doing television, Trump appeared on other shows Sunday. And he didn’t seem to be quite yet ready to let the Jeb ribbing go.

“It’s not for him,” he said on ABC’s "This Week," in discussing the difficulties of the presidential campaign. “And, you know, I hate to see what’s happening with him, but his campaign is a disaster; he’s paid one person $1.3 million, some finance director. Paid him $1.3 million -- that’s almost more than I pay for my whole deal! (snip)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; bush; election2016; elections; florida; jeb; jebbush; jebsux; marcorubio; newyork; trump
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Think Trump's right. You don't want Jeb out now-- he's the GOP-e log jam.

Would love to be at the Bush/Rove meeting today-- went from "Shock and Awe" to " shock and aw...sh--!"

1 posted on 10/25/2015 1:12:56 PM PDT by VinL
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To: VinL
Oh, darn!
This was getting to be fun.
2 posted on 10/25/2015 1:16:48 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: VinL

I doubt if that’s really true. How many times has Donald said he was done bad mouthing Meygn Kelly or Fox News, only to triple down and start the whole thing up again. Hopefully, he will begin to use his time more constructively. Don’t waste your mandate, Donald. All is temporary.


3 posted on 10/25/2015 1:17:19 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: VinL

Trump is confusing GOPe. He is deciding rest of crowd future.


4 posted on 10/25/2015 1:18:19 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: VinL

There isn’t a thing they can do to resurrect his campaign. IT’s dead in the water. People don’t like him, nor do they want to vote for him. All the money in the world won’t change that fact.


5 posted on 10/25/2015 1:18:35 PM PDT by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: lee martell
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago "@Thuglife602: @realDonaldTrump Bad position for Jeb, if his Mommy, Daddy and brother get involved the skeletons come back out of the closet
6 posted on 10/25/2015 1:19:12 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: VinL

Again, another example of the media being dishonest with the misleading headlines. Trump never said he would not talk about Jebbie anymore. He merely said he would talk about him less now that he’s no longer one of the frontrunners.


7 posted on 10/25/2015 1:19:21 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Businessmen use their own money to succeed. Politicians take other people's money and fail.)
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To: VinL

LOL.

Take that final shot in the bread basket as you crumple over, Jebby.

Pretty soon, Jeb is going to be saying, “I’m still relevant here!”


8 posted on 10/25/2015 1:19:32 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: VinL

Part of me agrees with you. Keeping Jeb around is good strategy. The other part of me, though, is like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hHDxlm66dE


9 posted on 10/25/2015 1:20:43 PM PDT by jonrd463
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To: VinL

“Trump could be either a moment of rare sympathy from the real estate tycoon-turned-candidate, or the cruelest insult yet.”


I go with cruelest. Trump has issued the
political equivalent of “bless his heart.”


10 posted on 10/25/2015 1:21:11 PM PDT by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: VinL

Having spent months mocking Bush for his low energy level, this line from Trump could be either a moment of rare sympathy from the real estate tycoon-turned-candidate, or the cruelest insult yet.

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My vote is for cruelest insult yet. If the tortoise shows signs of life, Trump will slam him down again.


11 posted on 10/25/2015 1:22:12 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: VinL

Stop whipping a nearly dead horse.


12 posted on 10/25/2015 1:22:53 PM PDT by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: VinL
"I did talk about Jeb because I thought Jeb was going to be the front-runner," Trump told CNN’s "State of the Union" on Sunday. "Obviously, he's no longer the front-runner. I probably won't talk about him so much anymore."

That's right, why give Yeb any attention? Best to ignore him and let him fade away.

13 posted on 10/25/2015 1:26:23 PM PDT by GregoTX (Calling Illegal Aliens "immigrants" is like calling burglars "house residents")
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To: VinL

Jeb could be doing some really cool stuff, elsewhere!!!


14 posted on 10/25/2015 1:27:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: VinL

Well sure, now that he’s down for the count.


15 posted on 10/25/2015 1:30:25 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
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To: VinL

This week’s rumblings make it seem Jeb’s run is over — except for the official announcement.

However, similar was thought with Christie, Jindal, Paul and a couple of others. They are still hanging on, even though they have not moved the polling meters more than a point or two.


16 posted on 10/25/2015 1:31:30 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: VinL

EXACTLY!

Clever strategy.


17 posted on 10/25/2015 1:32:04 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: VinL
love to be at the Bush/Rove meeting today— went from “Shock and Awe” to “ shock and aw...sh—!”

LITTLE JEBBIE TURD SANDWICH

18 posted on 10/25/2015 1:35:49 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Okay, but who's Jeb Bush?

19 posted on 10/25/2015 1:39:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: VinL

Trump just put everyone on notice: The GOPee; talking heads; lying media and candidates on both sides....

He might say that to confuse everyone but if Jebby comes out after Trump again, it is all over...

Trump never went after Bush until Bush went at him, should have learned you don’t play with a viper....

WAY TO GO TRUMP!!!


20 posted on 10/25/2015 1:39:57 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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