Posted on 01/24/2014 8:29:20 AM PST by maggief
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday night that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would be a great president if he ran in 2016.
However, the Speaker made clear he is not endorsing anyone more than two years before the election.
“Well listen I’m not endorsing anybody, but Jeb Bush is my friend, and I frankly think he would be a great president, I really do,” he said on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Bush was the only potential GOP candidate Boehner mentioned when asked who he liked for president.
In the wide-ranging interview, Boehner also touched on last October’s government shutdown and other presidential prospects.
Boehner said the bridge scandal that has dogged New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) would not be going away any time soon — whether or not Christie knew anything about the lane closures.
“It doesn’t appear he knew anything about it,” he said. “He took responsibility, fired the people who were involved, he apologized. But this is not going to go away any time soon.”
The 64-year-old Speaker poured cold water on the thought of him ever running for president. He said his current lifestyle means too much to him.
“I like to play golf,” he said. “I like to cut my own grass. You know, I do drink red wine, I smoke cigarettes and I’m not giving that up to be president of the United States.”
In the interview, Boehner agreed that most people blame the GOP for shutting down the government. He said his caucus was wrong tactically.
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If he runs it will be a gift horse to the Democrats. They will have three Bush’s to bash all at once.
Unlike Boner who is all too happy to inconvenience screw the average American by saddling us with unsustainable debt, excessive regulation, greatly reduced liberty and a wave of illegal immigration.
Anything Boehner likes can’t be good for the country.
No doubt, you know I was one of the first posting here to get Bohner out of the way back in 2009.
My rationale was simple, it was time to clean house after GWB and the last two election disasters.
Most here didn’t join me till mid 2011 after that Budget bill,too late.
RINOs love RINOs; self-serving Elitists.
Because of amnesty.
Hey John Bonehead “Stay Out da Bushes”
“Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday night that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would be a great president if he ran in 2016. “
That figures. One surrender monkey pushing another one for office.
It womdnt matter if Jeb bush walked on water and turned Big Macs Into edible food. Nominating anybody this soon named Bush is a prescription for losing. The D media machine has destroyed the Bush brand name.
"Vote for Jeb because he's better than Hillary" will work about as well in 2016 as "vote for Mitt because he's better than Obama" did in 2012.
To win, Republicans need to have stark black and white differences with the Democrats, not campaign on shades of pastels like what's better, Romneycare or Obamacare?
After Bonehead passes amnesty, it really won’t matter who the GOP
nominates., as tens of millions of conservatives would have already walked
away from the GOP.
I will vote for Hillary twice before I vote for another Rino or another Bush.
Has Boehner been visiting Colorado’s pot shops?
Is is possible that the GOPe ‘took out’ Christie, re:bridgegate, to pave the way for Jeb?
GOPe force the nomination of this clown and the Pubbies won't get more than 40% of the vote in the general......that's optimistic, I'd go closer to 35%.
They are all members of the same club. That club has a no entrance sign out for average Americans.
This will not happen.
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