Posted on 06/29/2010 8:27:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
In the 2008 presidential election, then-candidate Barack Obama seemed almost to be running against George W. Bush, his Republican predecessor.
In 2012, it's not out of the question that he'll run against a Bush for real.
In a New York Times piece out today, Jeb Bush -- the former Florida governor, brother of George W. Bush and son of George H.W. Bush -- complained that President Obama and his administration have been using his predecessor as an excuse.
"It's kind of like a kid coming to school saying, 'The dog ate my homework,'" Bush said of the current administration's criticism of the former president. "It's childish. This is what children do until they mature. They don't accept responsibility."
While Bush did concede that he appreciated the president's kindness to his father and credited Mr. Obama for his work with public schools, his compliments ended there.
"By and large, I think the president, instead of being a 21st-century leader, is Hubert Humphrey on steroids," Bush said. "I don't think there's much newness in spending more money as the solution to every problem."
The forceful criticism of the current administration in the story has renewed speculation about whether Bush could be gunning to be more than just his brother's cheerleader. Both despite and because of his family name, the Floridian is being discussed as a potential 2012 presidential candidate.
For the record, Bush told the Times that he has no intention of running in 2012 - though such denials are almost invariably taken with a grain of salt. (Ask Mr. Obama, who long maintained that he wouldn't run in 2008.)
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A hearty F-NO!!!!!!
No RINOs, please.
We’re trying to get rid of the ones we already have.
Stay out Da Bushes.
Please, no more family dynasties — NO BUSH, NO KENNEDY, NO CLINTONS.
Terri
He** NO!!!
CBS is fantasizing.
i am not voting for another bush progressive.
No more Bushes, period.
A nation of 350 million and we need to run another Bush? I don’t think so.
No, thanks.
Jeb might have been the best of the lot but read my lips, No more Bushes!
Stay outa da Bushes.
Clintons? Dynasty? Just a couple of turds.
They are going to try to present us with another group of “fantastic” choices. I trust the tea party will do us better than the media did last election.
Ditto that.
We’ve had enough of the Bush family in high office.
Time for them to do something else...like retire.
the Oligarchy keeps trying to float an “appealing” candidate...”acceptable” to themselves....Bush, Daniels, Romney....
they don’t get it...
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