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."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Suspect???
Per the article: "Mr. Bush supports immigration reform as championed by his brother and John McCain, which would allow illegals already in this country to stay."
Based upon a couple of the quotes in the article, I’ll be glad to provide a reference if he chooses to apply for job number two.
Dittos on that one.
Jeb Bush earned my contempt with his wimp out approach.
Don’t forget that W pushed Specter in 2004 and take notes on who helps Arlen next year. Talk show hosts, elected officials etc.
Arlen Specter needs to lose the primary here in PA next year and I’ll be ready not to vote for anyone for president who shows their support for his sorry a** in the primary.
But with people like Sarah and Bobby Jindal warming up in the bullpen, we don't have to settle for them anymore. I do think we have to respect them and recognize that they can win over some voters who aren't ready for real conservatives yet, but they should be playing a supporting role and not taking center stage.
Excellent post backed up with facts, kabar. That’s what I love about FR - intelligent, reasoned, logical discussons!
Fred Barnes is irrelevant and he should be kicked off the FoxNews panel. It’s journalists like him who have ruined the RNC. Barnes, a happy retirement to you.
Well, that's exactly what unfettered democracy is: mob rule.
All I needed to see was Fred Barnes and Jeb Bush ... RINOs.
Not even worth the read.
Jeb should be made to realize that the tone of the debate reached the point that it did because the federal government had pointedly ignored their responsibility for going on twenty years!!!
The gulf between the governed and the government just keeps getting wider...
"It's not based on seat time," he says. "It's whether you accomplished the task. Now we're like GM in its heyday of mass production. We don't have a flourishing education system that's customized. There's a whole world out there that didn't exist 10 years ago, which is online learning. We have the ability today to customize learning so we don't cast young people aside."
I love those ideas. There is absolutely NO reason for a teenager to have to stay sitting, bored, in a classroom until they've gotten enough 'seat time'. Let them get the credits, then get out and do some growing up. We drag adolescence out WAY too long in this country, and we've seen lately that the kids get so used to it, that it drags well into their thirties, sometimes.
He said plainly that he’s not interested in running for office.
Maybe you didn't notice, but a LOT of those European immigrants voted Democrat, too. This country NEEDS immigrants, always has, always will, and it just so happens that the countries with excess population are mostly third world nations, and are of different ethnicity than Europeans. Nothing wrong with immigrants, we just need to make sure that those who arrive are here LEGALLY, and are not enemies before they're allowed in.
When they get here, they should be WELCOMED by the Republicans, rather than made to feel like they're some sort of scum of the earth. If the Republicans welcomed them, and talked about how America is the land of opportunity for those who work hard, some of those folks might even just think about voting for the GOP candidates.
Jeb was right in that too many Republicans were frothing at the mouth about immigration, and most people don't make a distinction, where they hear 'immigrants', between legal and illegal. They just assume that the person complaining is xenophobic, and frankly, some of them are.
Take a look at the crowd in charge of DC, and tell us it's not important who's in charge.
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