Posted on 06/16/2015 2:29:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
German media had some enthusiastic words for Jeb Bush after a visit to Berlin last week and his presidential candidacy announcement on Monday, but the press still had trouble distancing him from his less popular brother. […]
Jeb Bush has certainly caught the German media’s attention, perhaps more than other Republican candidates due to his family’s history with Germany.
“He seems to be getting a lot of press here. Germans tend to prefer him more than some of the others, I believe,” Thomas Leiser, chairman of Republicans Overseas Germany, told The Local. […]
The press in Germany also were abuzz about the prospect of Bush facing off against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, whose presidential bid also drew attention in the country and who said in her own visit to Berlin last year that it was time the US had a female leader, like Merkel.
Given Clinton’s husband Bill’s presidential tenure, German news outlets said the election race could become a “battle of dynasties”. …
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Jeb is more like curious,but confused.Or was that curiously confused.
Those Germans can have him...
Er ist ein Berliner.
Süddeutsche Zeitung called him the "clever Bush".
They used to have a horse over there who did tricks. His name was "Clever Hans."
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