Posted on 08/20/2015 2:59:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Having been knocked from his front-runner perch, a fiery Jeb Bush lashed out at Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday as the former Florida governor fights to energize his stalled campaign and stop the billionaire businessman’s summer surge.
Bush’s name recognition and money—see his recent $100 million-plus fundraising haul—have kept him near the top of the Republican pack, where he has saved his most aggressive criticism for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton for much of the year. Now slipping in the polls, Bush abruptly changed course over the last 24 hours, following some Republican competitors who acknowledge Trump has become a serious threat that must be dealt with head on.
“There’s a big difference between Donald Trump and me,” Bush declared in New Hampshire on Thursday. “I’m a proven conservative with a record. He isn’t.” […]
“I’ve never met a single grassroots voter who supports Jeb Bush,” said Mark Meckler, a co-founder of the tea party movement. …
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Perhaps he should change it to "Arbusto".
He’ll be every bit as effective with his $100 million as Karl Rove was with his $400 million.
Why doesn’t he just change his name to Arbusto? Let’s be serious, he isn’t trying to break away from anything but Conservative Americans. He trades on the family name same as the clintons, kennedys and all the rest of the political elitists.
Great point. Bombastic...I saw it every day for weeks. Before July I heard or saw the word maybe 10 times in 50 years. Makes you go hummm?
Trump does.
What he actually did here was declare himself a Gdamn liar.
Why do I think that if it weren't for his last name, he wouldn't be running for president? (He'd be president, secretary and treasurer of an insurance agency with 5 employees.)
Barbara Bush’s remarks about Sarah Palin didn’t help them any.
He may be Conservative next the Trotsky...
Who had more viewers last night...Jeb at his town hall in NH or MSNBC?
Could he call himself, “The politician formerly known as Bush”?
“break away from last name”
Isn’t that kind of like running away from your shadow?
Fat and stupid is no way to go though life Jebbie. Can anyone tell me how to say go away retard in Spanish?
I’ve got it! A sure way for Jeb Bush to take center stage, and become the Republican front-runner!
A sex change.
Instead of Jeb he would be Jenny Bush, and he would be on the cover of Vanity Fair, and write “How To Please Your Republican Big Money Contributor” in Cosmopolitan.
LMAO...Trump probably makes that in one day....
Hed be a great president for Mexico.
Has he tried to do the right thing??
Even once??
Just asking.
When will Jeb sink to the second tier? That would be a wonderful thing to behold.
His symbol could be a pound sign and an unsmiley face:
# :(
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