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Jeb Bush asks new Republican administration to flex its muscles with a constitutional convention
theblaze.com ^
| 11/26/16
| Sarah Lee
Posted on 11/27/2016 8:33:11 AM PST by ColdOne
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush makes the case that the incoming Republican administration should set the agenda by calling for a constitutional convention to establish term limits, a balanced budget amendment and restrictions on the Commerce Clause.
Bush asserts that the 2016 election was largely a protest vote over the growth and power of the central government and that Republicans have a rare chance to shift some of that power back to the states.
Bush wrote:
But heres something we shouldnt forget: This election was more about voting against something than voting for something. Americans voted against the establishment, against the countrys changing culture, against a dysfunctional Washington, against the privileged,
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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 114th; bushfamily; constitutional; convention; jebbush; swine; terrischaivo; trumptransition
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To: ColdOne
Why does this low energy loser get to have a say ?
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posted on
11/27/2016 8:59:05 AM PST
by
libh8er
To: ColdOne
A CC that the uniparty will immediately co-opt.
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posted on
11/27/2016 8:59:40 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
To: Sgt_Schultze; quesney
An amendment for balanced budgets will end in a requirement for ever increasing taxes. Once it is required that spending shall equal income, how quickly do you think it will be before Congress claims the Constitution handcuffs them in raising taxes to cover ever-higher spending? Exactly. The tax-and-spend statists would love nothing more than having a constitutional excuse like a balanced budget amendment to squeeze ever increasing revenue from the middle class.
I'd wager that Genius Jeb didn't think that far. Or did he?
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posted on
11/27/2016 8:59:55 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: Rumplemeyer
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:00:51 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: ColdOne
You can flex my sphincter muscle Jeb.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:01:44 AM PST
by
TonyM
To: ColdOne
That administration he said he wouldn’t vote for? That administration?
Take a hike Jeb.
To: ColdOne
Seriously, does he mean Constitutional Convention, or did he get smart one night on a long drive listening to Mark Levin and he meant to say Convention of States?....
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:02:11 AM PST
by
taildragger
(Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
To: ColdOne
Sorry, Jeb, if you want to join this parade after it has passed you, you will have to be the street sweeper.
(I really wanted the results of an elephant parade.)
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:02:40 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
To: quesney
Because people like Jeb will turn it to their DC political class desired
There is much Trump needs to do before expending political capital on this.
The states ought to do this not the president...that way they can put restrictions and conditions on it
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:02:48 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:03:47 AM PST
by
Leep
(Stronger without her!)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:04:40 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: ColdOne
Wow jeb! A new Constitutional Convention. Just great! You and your RINOs can finally do away with that pesky Bill of Rights! Just what the Libs and RINOs want!
NOT to mention all those other
little changes you pols want.
To hell with liberty
Burn in hell jeb!
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:04:43 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Nifster
What a useless family of globalists. They love NWO more than the USA. Go away you losers. No more bushes.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:04:54 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: ColdOne
Jeb, you lost. Your family and the Clintons are no longer wanted or respected in this country.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:05:42 AM PST
by
kempster
To: jacknhoo
I wish Sirius would buy out his contract, too.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:07:06 AM PST
by
FrdmLvr
("A is A. A thing is what it is.")
To: ColdOne
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:07:11 AM PST
by
OwenKellogg
(Merry Christmas!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Jeb: He’s the reform candidate, Daddy.
- Yeah? - A lot of people like that reform.
Jeb: Maybe we should get us some.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:09:51 AM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: ColdOne
Absolutely not.
What a can of worms that would open up.
People talk about CWII.... that just might do it.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:11:03 AM PST
by
proud American in Canada
(May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
To: ColdOne
Term Limits and a Balanced Budget Amendment are not all they're cracked up to be.
We've had both here in California for over 20 years. We are now a one-party state trillions of dollars in debt.
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:15:20 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I have no doubt that Terri Schiavo is a big reason why he lost. He will never live that down, no pun intended.
I can’t forgive him for that. I remember making phone calls to his office, pleading with them to have him do something for her.
We were all very upset and sad.
Maybe someday he will be subject to the same treatment; what goes around comes around (this is a philosophical thought, btw; I do not wish him harm).
Always choose life! My children know how strongly I feel about this. (21 year-old son; 17 year-old daughter).
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posted on
11/27/2016 9:19:05 AM PST
by
proud American in Canada
(May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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