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Barbara Bush Hitting Palin to Help Jeb?
Hot Air ^ | November 22, 2010 | Matt Lewis

Posted on 11/22/2010 6:16:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

… That’s what Jonathan Alter argued during our panel on MSNBC’s ‘Dylan Ratigan Show’ today.

Personally, I think Barbara Bush’s Palin-bashing (assuming saying she hopes Palin stays in Alaska qualifies as “bashing”) has more to do with her moderate political philosophy than it does with any strategy for helping elect her son.

Having said that, I am starting to hear rumors that Jeb is telling potential prominent supporters to “keep their powder dry,” meaning not to endorse or support any 2012 candidates until they check back with him.

There is no doubt that Jeb Bush is highly qualified, and if his name were “Jeb Smith,” he would be the 2012 front-runner today.

In any event, this is good, fun speculation. You can watch the video here…

(VIDEO AT LINK)


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2012; bush; palin; sarahpalin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just a family of northeast rinos.Texans,not hardly


21 posted on 11/22/2010 6:58:33 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: VRWC For Truth

His cowardice in the Schiavo case alone made him unacceptable to me. Jeb can go jump, preferably headfirst into an industrial meat grinder with rats waiting on the other end.


22 posted on 11/22/2010 6:59:51 PM PST by angryoldfatman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Babs, a Grizzled Momma.


23 posted on 11/22/2010 7:00:07 PM PST by dforest
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To: marron

The best post in this thread.You nailed it.


24 posted on 11/22/2010 7:01:35 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

The job of the Bush wives has always been to wink and whisper to social liberals that they need not worry about their liberal causes. Their husbands’ may express conservative leanings to placate the conservative base, but never actually act upon them. Conservatives are addicted to being saps.


25 posted on 11/22/2010 7:06:31 PM PST by MayfairFly ("Your total ignorance of that which you profess to teach merits the death penalty.")
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To: marron
Well put. I agree.

I've voted for my last Bush already.

26 posted on 11/22/2010 7:06:37 PM PST by blam
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bushies have stated their preference for Romney.

Blech.


27 posted on 11/22/2010 7:09:44 PM PST by Carley (IT'S THREAT ANALYSIS, NOT RACIAL PROFILING)
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To: marron

You are absolutely right about Jeb B—something I never thought about but makes great sense. There’s Sarah out there every day getting punched around, and all these males are standing on the sidelines waiting to jump in.


28 posted on 11/22/2010 7:12:06 PM PST by mommyq
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The senior Bush’s really haven’t helped this country a damn bit.


29 posted on 11/22/2010 7:20:12 PM PST by Bullish (Been to all 57 States.... Or is it 58?)
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To: Randy Larsen

Yep! and STILL there are those easily fooled rino lovers here on FR who think that the new world order, illegal and muslim, (religion of peace....right dub?....good God), loving elitist northeastern bushs are conservatives. My Goodness, how damn many times do ya have to be hit up side the head by these fakes. The bush crime family, going back to Nazi sympathizer/collaborator grandpa prescott bush in the ‘30’s, has done more to harm our nation than any ten liberal administrations. Support abortion Barbra? nice, real nice. Murder babies? Wake up bush lovers, they are not what you think they are...and this is coming from an old timer that at one time thought the world of ‘em.


30 posted on 11/22/2010 7:31:21 PM PST by bobby.223
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
another bush another clinton another bush another ...

Had Hillary had the VP slot in 2008, it would've marked the 8th presidential election in a row with either a Bush or a Clinton on one of the tickets (starting in 1980).

Throw Dole in there, and it goes back to 76 (and he was there again in 96).

31 posted on 11/22/2010 7:36:54 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No more Bushes selling us out to reward their good and faithful illegal servants.


32 posted on 11/22/2010 7:37:40 PM PST by Mamzelle (donate to O'Donnell--even a dollar is plenty! She has paypal!)
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To: marron
Bump your post. I'm pretty steamed that Bachmann isn't getting a top job for the same reasons...she was in the trenches fighting for us, and Precious Cantor was running around squealing at the tea partiers because we might embarrass him. "Oh, the sign! Don't carry that non-PC sign!"

These GOPers bear close watching.

33 posted on 11/22/2010 7:40:43 PM PST by Mamzelle (donate to O'Donnell--even a dollar is plenty! She has paypal!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Possibly ... in one of the Bush books I read she thought Jeb would be the President one day and that George was rather a surprise.


34 posted on 11/22/2010 8:12:12 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
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To: mommyq

Sorry Jeb-—you let the little swamp judge and the death loving ghoul lawyer Felos starve and dehydrate Terri Schiavo to a torturous death. How can we rely on you to have the cajones to fight for the USA? We can’t so no more Bushkies please—and certainly not Jeb. Old Granny Babs Bush can knit him a sweater instead.


35 posted on 11/22/2010 8:28:12 PM PST by tflabo
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To: Hildy

How ‘bout a preemptive “no more Obamas.” You know the NYT will desparately try to annoint his kids to some office when they graduate.

And, there’s always Chelsea and Amy.

Bad pennies just keep showing up.


36 posted on 11/22/2010 8:29:29 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: angryoldfatman
Plus he never seriously supported Kathy Harrison for senate and during the W/Gore recount was a wuss, and the election was nearly lost.

With a corrupt Florida Supreme court, he had the bully pulpit but no guts to use it. Same goes for the governor of Minnesota when Franken stole the election.

37 posted on 11/22/2010 8:44:33 PM PST by duckln
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OMG!!! No more Bushes.


38 posted on 11/22/2010 9:28:17 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No more freakin’ Bushes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


39 posted on 11/22/2010 9:29:14 PM PST by teg_76
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To: marron
I’ll say the same thing about Jeb I say about some of the others. We’ve just come through one heck of a fight trying to stop O from trashing the constitution, and the fight isn’t over. If Jeb had been out front, leading the charge all this time, getting in Obama’s face, calling things by their real name and taking all the slings and arrows that come from taking on a political machine like Obama’s... I would be prepared to back him.

But he didn’t. He has been a bystander all this time. When it really mattered, when we needed everyone with a voice to speak up, he has been pretty darned quiet. So if he only rouses himself into action when there is a dandy job opening to be had, then no thanks, he’s not the guy we’re looking for.

That was so well and diplomatically said, I'll just repeat it.

40 posted on 11/22/2010 9:56:05 PM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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