'I have no future' -- Jeb Bush tells reporters

Reuters ^ | December 20, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

The shadow of President Bush seemed to loom large over his younger brother on Wednesday, as the outgoing Florida governor ruled out any plans to return to elected office.

"No tengo futuro (I have no future)," Jeb Bush told Spanish-language reporters in Miami, when asked about any possible political ambitions after he steps down next month.

The popular, two-term governor has often been touted as a savvy politician with a good chance of following both his brother and father, George H.W. Bush, into the White House.

But the unpopularity and dismal job-approval ratings of his brother may have scuttled any plans Jeb Bush may have had for a future in politics after running one of America's most crucial swing states for the past eight years.

Bush did not elaborate on his terse "no future" comment. But he has said repeatedly over the past year that he would not run for president in 2008 and has never seemed comfortable with talk about Bush III or the Bush presidential dynasty.

"Jeb would have made an outstanding presidential candidate," said Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who joined Bush at a luncheon on Wednesday hosted by a Cuban American political action committee.

Brownback, a Republican who launched an exploratory committee three weeks ago to consider his own bid for the presidency, added that he was "a Jeb Bush-type conservative."

In a backhanded slap at President Bush, Brownback cited "a heritage issue" as one factor currently weighing against a Jeb Bush presidency.

"People may be wanting to see a different name," he said.

[Still Thinking]

So Jeb Bush has no future as president because of the legacy of his brother, but Hillary does despite the legacy of her husband? What kind of BS is that?

Well, yeah! Klintoon is a Democrat and therefore may never be held accountable no matter what he does, whereas Bush is a Republican, who MUST be held accountable for something, even if the crimes have to be invented first. Sheesh.

[pollyannaish]

One more article that is slyly asserting that "everybody" hates the President.

BDS has now reached epidemic proportions in all corners of the political spectrum. It is even running rampant on FR, with folks turning in on their own. Everyone is dancing on the President's grave, with the press having the biggest most celebratory party of them all.

Enjoy yourselves...because he who laughs last, still laughs best.

[pollyannaish]

Hysterical BDS BS. It's more contagious than I thought it would be. When supposed "conservatives" run around this forum suggesting that the Bush presidency is worse than Carter's...it's got to be something more than an utter and complete loss of perspective.