Go Jeb Bush Go (Frum & Friends push compassionate conservatism and Bush45)

The Daily Beast's David Frum Blog ^ | March 18, 2013 | Justin Green

[2ndDivisionVet]

I have my problems with Jeb Bush, but this passage of his speech at CPAC is not one of them.

"It is not a validation of our conservative principles if we can only point to the increasingly rare individual who overcomes adversity and succeeds in America," Bush said. "Here’s reality: if you’re fortunate enough to count yourself among the privileged, much of the rest of the nation is drowning.

"In our country today, if you’re born poor, if your parents didn’t go to college, if you don’t know your father, if English isn’t spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since World War II," he said.

Bush lamented that liberals have "channeled the anger and frustration that comes from this oppressive dynamic and used it as an opportunity to attack the very idea of success itself," and argued that conservatism holds out the best path upward for those without power or means.

"Conservative principles, and not liberal dogma, best reflect the ideals that made this nation great," he said.

But he faulted the GOP for not caring about large swaths of the country.....

[Gaffer]

My response to a GOPe Jeb.... DHS ..... TSA......