Posted on 08/14/2015 10:50:31 AM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bush stepped onto the fabled soapbox under a broiling sun at the Iowa State Fair here Friday and offered himself to voters as a sober adult campaigning in a summer of anger — a reformer, a consensus-builder, a competent executive who would roll up his sleeves and fix things.
"I’m tired of the divides," the former Florida governor said. "I campaign the way that I would govern — out amongst everybody, no rope lines, totally out in the open."
Then the fairgoers started asking Bush questions. They asked about the legacy of his brother, a former president. And his father, another former president. And his foreign policy adviser, Paul Wolfowitz, architect of his brother’s Iraq war. And about the war itself. And about the Common Core educational standards that have become a lightening rod for Bush with conservatives.
"The term Common Core is so darn poisonous I don’t even know what that means," Bush replied. "So here’s what I’m for: I’m for higher standards — state created, locally implemented where the federal government has no role in the creation of standards, content or curriculum."
Bush parried the questions with ease and energy, appearing to avoid the kind of gaffes that have plagued other candidates at the soapbox, which is sponsored by The Des Moines Register. In 2011, after all, Mitt Romney stood on the same stage and declared, "Corporations are people" -- a line that dogged him seemingly forever.
The candidate went on to shake hands, flip pork chops and down a beer (at 10:45 a.m.). He had arrived at the fair at 8 a.m. and toured exhibits with Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Joni Ernst, both Republicans. He broke a sweat as he wandered the fairgrounds, but tried to enjoy himself. He tore into a deep-fried Snickers
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Somehow the words “Bush” and “sober” — sound odd when used in in the same sentence.
Where do they get this drivel?
I love that song: “I come from the Land Down Anger!”
Where do they get this drivel?
Well, it is the WaPo.
Really?
Really?
Can one imagine this writer passing fifth grade in 1950?
Keep him away from the spiked apple cider.
“plays” as pretend to be? or “plays” as in he is a playah?
Oh, Washington Compost, is there any part of Jeb Bush’s ass you haven’t kissed just so you can make sure he’s the GOP candidate?
Jeb doesn’t NEED alcohol to sound dim-witted.
So we have two senators who have been fighting very real problems in the senate and we have at least five current or very recent governors who have done quite a lot of real reform in their state. What’s this constant BS about Jeb being the only adult in the room? Frankly his governor record is relatively good but it was a different time when the economy was fairly strong and they could coast on all the hard issues. The one thing he excelled at was leadership during the fl hurricanes. He was a model for how to manage the situation and communicate with the state. Outside of that he was a typical republican governor navigating and state during god times.
Well his Father tossed Reagan’s agenda under the bus the first day..now were back to 1980 again…Jeb was a good governor of Florida only because he replaced a crazy lib governor..was Crazy Charlie his side kick??
THERE, I SAID IT!!!
oh Joy!
Does anyone know ANY “real” person who actually supports Jeb???
Or are we gonna have yet ANOTHER candidate chosen for us?
Grassley troughing at one cheek, Ernst on the other, and the Post shill in the middle.
Bush may be a sober adult capable of compromise without anger, but that is not what I want. Anyone who can look at the shocking evil that has taken over FedGov and not feel anger is someone that cannot be trusted with power. Obamacare is evil, Amnesty is evil, and gun restrictions are evil. Anyone who supports even one of those three forms of evil is unacceptable. I don’t demand that someone agree with me 100% on all issues, but I demand that my candidate agree on those absolutes.
We’re baking chocolate chip cookies here, and the democrats want to put rat droppings, mouse droppings, and bird droppings into the dough. A candidate who only rejects two of those three is not going to make my cookies for me.
OMG! For shame!
Jeb drank a beer at 10:45 a.m!!!
Some sort of sin?
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