Posted on 02/14/2009 4:43:12 AM PST by Jim Noble
His grandfather Prescott Bush was a U.S. senator, and his father and brother were presidents. Yet Jeb Bush doesn't believe in political dynasties, and seems perfectly willing to let his family's legacy of serving in high office in Washington pass him by.
But Mr. Bush becomes animated when talking about ideas and policy innovations -- he's an unorthodox Republican who latches onto reform ideas wherever he finds them. He's a fan of the school system in Sweden (more on this below)....
"Beyond the ideas and all of that," Mr. Bush says the GOP must be a national party. That means "we need to be competitive in California,"...
Republicans must also clean up their act on immigration, Mr. Bush insists. Last year, he says they "set a tone" that pushed Hispanic voters away. "The tone of the debate reached a point that was very damning to the Republican Party, and the evidence is in. The chest pounders lost."....
Mr. Bush supports immigration reform as championed by his brother and John McCain, which would allow illegals already in this country to stay. "Politics has to be about ideas and values and aspirations." he says. "It shouldn't be about anger and preying on people's emotions. You can't lead a mob."...
Mr. Bush has kind words for Mr. Obama. He was the first Democrat to win Florida since 1976, and Mr. Bush has nothing but praise for his "spectacularly well-run campaign....
Mr. Bush has a personal motive for urging Republicans to "avoid personal, partisan attacks" on Mr. Obama, a strategy they've largely followed in Washington. "I would never want Obama to go through what my brother went through.... But it's not right for our country, it's not going to help us, and it's not going to help Republicans."
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No Bushes in 2012! Scorched earth if we have to!
No Amnesty Pandering RINOS PLEEEEAAASE!
Dead in the tracks. A total nonstarter. There won’t be any Bush President’s in the next 100 years. Rightly so. We are a Republic and have no need for dynasties.
He was not the first democrat to win Florida since 1976. BJ won Florida in 1996.
I would never vote for Jeb Bush. He disgraced himself during the Schiavo affair. A night watchman at a bakery has bigger ones.
Fred Barnes, Jeb Bush & John McCain.
The epitome of what is wrong with the stupid party.
As a conservative individual, the republican party has abandoned conservative principles and most noticably their own conservative platform. Like fools, they continue to try to make liberal policies and principles their new way and that is just evil.
Evil is as evil does, and the GOP is now liveral as the communist democrats and will get worse and worse. Their is no cure for evil but the judgement of God and that is come.
The gop is dead.
Exactly how many independents were in the Senate trying to fight this scamulus?
Exactly how many independents were in the House voting against the scamulus?
Cut and Run? That leaves valuable real estate to brand-name hijackers. Don’t even go there.
America is all RINO’d out....please, go back to Texas or Florida or Connecticut or where ever the RINOs go.
Let’s start being The Party of Integrity and bless ourselves instead of using that loathesome negative talk.
Deeds more than words to describe us—and describe ourselves as we should be not at our worst.
Focus on the solution, not the problem.
No more Bushes! look that the last one left for a GOP , a 3.5 trillion Porkulus package rammed through.
The Kindle book reader. How do these devices work? Do you download books for a price, akin to something like iTunes for an iPod?
PLEASE NOT *ANOTHER* BUSH RINO
W AND HIS FATHER *BOTH*SIGNED THE BIGGEST GOVERNMENT MONEY HOAXES IN HISTORY
THEY ARE TOO STUPID TO STICK TO CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES WHEN PRESSURED BY DEMOCRAPS
So does Fred Barnes.
Mr. niteowl77
I will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever vote for another Bush.
Don't worry, your pretty little head Jeb, it will be in the end much worse for B. Hussein
Obama's first terrorist attack was coordinated by himself , Pelosi and Reid, their collective actions and those that voted for it are nothing short of treason.
The muslims will attack us again and it will be a damn hard hit, Mexico is on the brink of dissolution, if not revolution........
It will not be a pretty 4 years for Obama, for the rest of us it will be a nightmare.
Perhaps Jeb you should be more worried about the country, than the legacy or treatment of an out right socialist, hell bent on destroying the country your father went to war for.
What the hell does a candidate’s last name have to do with his qualifications?
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