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Jeb Bush breaks his silence, calls for a contested convention
CNN ^ | April 28, 2016 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 04/29/2016 9:05:14 AM PDT by C19fan

A reflective Jeb Bush said he had no regrets Thursday about his failed presidential bid, saying in his first interview since leaving the race that Donald Trump could still lose the nomination fight.

"There's a possibility that he won't get 50% on the first ballot," Bush told CNN's Jamie Gangel, giving his first television interview exclusively to CNN after dropping out of the presidential race in February. "And if he doesn't do that, there are a whole lot of people who don't believe he's the proper guy."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; arbusto; bush; cnn; election2016; florida; inyourheadrentfree; jamiegangel; jeb; jebbush; johnkasich; kissofdeath; mexico; newyork; ohio; potus; presidentdonaldtrump; stillmyturn; tedcruz; texas; theodoreschleifer; trump; uniparty
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To: C19fan
Not much of any substance there, really. If Trump doesn't get the requisite minimum, of course the convention is going to be contested. That's what it's for.

What we term (contemptuously) the Establishment was the principal beneficiary of the ungodly amount of money that flowed through the Yeb! campaign - people who wonder where that $150 million went don't have far to look: into advertisement and consultancy, the pockets of "experts" who are very happy to have it. In that sense Yeb!'s campaign was not a failure from their point of view, although the donors didn't get the influence they were paying for. But the latter risk is factored into any investment, which is what this is. It's the reason donors give to different, even opposing campaigns. You hedge your bets.

The cynic might note that nothing in this has anything to do with what Yeb! might have or even wanted to accomplish in office. It is the holding of the office that is important, and that's what's wrong with the system.

61 posted on 04/29/2016 9:34:56 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: McGruff

I’m expecting one or both to have mysterious ‘accidents’.


62 posted on 04/29/2016 9:35:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Trump is great. Just great. He's going to do great things and America will be great and spectacular.)
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To: McGruff

RUSH is the Bush lap dog who is in the pocket of the entire Bush family. Haven’t listened to him for years.


63 posted on 04/29/2016 9:35:46 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: C19fan

I cannot tell you how pleased I am to see the total annihilation of the bush influence in our new party. When I look at the wake of damage they inflicted on this country,I get giddy at their being push out. Look at Supreme Court Picks — alone!! Souter? Roberts? . Remember the giant tax increase by 41 after he lied to us. The global interventionism . Never vetoing a pork filled spending bills . I say good riddance and GO TRUMP.


64 posted on 04/29/2016 9:37:05 AM PDT by WENDLE (TRUMP IS THE GREATEST AMERICAN SINCE GEORGE WASHINGTON!!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The brew so bland you needed Sweden's hottest blondes in bikinis to move it off the shelves.

The $2.99/six-pack price helps move it with most places having only Keystone and Milwaukee's Best competing at that tier.
65 posted on 04/29/2016 9:38:22 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yikes! We both missed the most obvious weasel urine choice... Busch! Maybe even Busch Light!


66 posted on 04/29/2016 9:39:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: C19fan

Of course he does. He still thinks he will be at the top of the ticket and will have Ted as his VP

Get out da Bushes


67 posted on 04/29/2016 9:40:02 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I wonder if he’s on suicide watch?

Kahn!!!!!!!!

Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


68 posted on 04/29/2016 9:40:28 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: C19fan
"There's a possibility that he won't get 50% on the first ballot,"

A possibility that is growing fainter and fainter with each passing day.

69 posted on 04/29/2016 9:42:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

Poor Jeb. It was his turn. He raised so much money that no one else would bother running. And he still managed to lose. He even had a message: “Illegal Immigration is an Act of Love”. How could he have failed with all that going for him?


70 posted on 04/29/2016 9:44:30 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: C19fan

At least we haven’t heard much from Rand recently.


71 posted on 04/29/2016 9:45:34 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: C19fan

72 posted on 04/29/2016 9:46:07 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: oldbill

“The guy who blew $150,000,000 and didn’t win a single delegate.”

That is very telling.


73 posted on 04/29/2016 9:48:44 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: C19fan
A contested Convention will be the end of the GOP and maybe that is a good thing. The fight has to happen so the two factions of the GOP can finally divorce and a conservative party reorganize. The elitist will run like rats to the DEMs where many originated from. The Bush/Boehner/Rove/Graham/McCain/Ryan/McConnell, GOP is not a representation of Conservatism. It is Liberalism with corporate tax cuts and national outsourcing.

I don't care for Trump politically or personally. I have serious reservations that he will be to office of POTUS what Bloomberg was as mayor of NYC. The office is too powerful made so by GOP congress under GW Bush. Remember him going around using the War on Terror for every under the sun including his pro-China trade policies?

Since 1996 I have looked elsewhere come General Election time and choosing a POTUS. I will likely do this again this year. But as for Trump? If he meets the required number of delegates to win the nomination unless a major criminal scandal occur he should get the nomination fair and square. These actions come from a group of elitist who believe they own all say in the party based on who they are and who's interest they serve. No one other than lawful private citizens whom vote should decide who is POTUS. Anything other then this is nothing less than tyranny and a slap in the face to our election process.

74 posted on 04/29/2016 9:49:02 AM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: C19fan

Why is fatso opening up his pie-hole now? It’s not like anybody cares what he thinks!


75 posted on 04/29/2016 9:49:06 AM PDT by Jean2 (ox)
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To: C19fan
Bookmarked for later after I find my Jeb-Turtle-Soup picture.

Meanwhile, FUJB!!!!
76 posted on 04/29/2016 9:52:00 AM PDT by mkjessup (Cruz is an oily crap weasel who sold out to the GOPe and his deluded cultists need to wake-TF up.)
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To: Solson

on behalf of lyin’ ted, jeb endorses contested convention

this will really help teddy boy, the back stabber


77 posted on 04/29/2016 9:57:30 AM PDT by DEEP_e
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To: C19fan

Hey Jeb, can you muster the energy for Cleveland?


78 posted on 04/29/2016 9:58:37 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: C19fan





OPEN CONVENTION!

79 posted on 04/29/2016 10:00:32 AM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
"How do people this dumb manage to accumulate vast sums of wealth?" 

ANSWER: They STOLE IT FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER; they have "gamed the system" for decades and know that their ongoing thievery is coming to an end if TRUMP gets nominated and elected.

80 posted on 04/29/2016 10:00:53 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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