Posted on 09/03/2015 9:19:29 AM PDT by jimbo123
Donald Trump famously called Jeb Bush "a very low-energy kind of guy." The New York Times headlined a story this week with the words,"Jeb Bush is still waiting for polling to catch up with fundraising." And in the final days of 2014, the American Spectator published, "The Overrated Candidate: The Case Against Jeb Bush."
Unfortunately for Bush, the list does go on, and on, and on. It's coming from what many would consider friendly corners and those who own said corners. It's most definitely coming from foes. Bush has struggled, stumbled and staggered his way through this summer campaign season.
That's pretty hard to dispute, in English.
But when answering questions in Spanish, Bush, a native English speaker, sometimes comes quite close to being a different man -- or at least a somewhat different candidate. Note Trump's, um, dismissive comments this week about Bush's language skills. Trump told Breitbart News that Bush is "a nice man. But he should really set the example by speaking English while in the United States."
There might be a reason Bush, the Spanish speaker, has The Donald's attention. In Spanish, Bush seems deliberate about his word choice but clear about his own ideas. He's less awkward, more inclined to display some wit and personality, to relate the personal to the political and to speak to the issues that effect many people's day to day lives. He has expressed his opinions in clear and unqualified language and differentiated himself from other GOP contenders, on his own terms. More than a few times, he's been rather sharp-tongued, a trait that voters seem to value this election cycle.
There have even been some looks at the way in which Bush speaks Spanish, with few of the most common Mexican or Cuban slang words
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"Cause if he doesn't, his wife may remove his gonads.
Cuz his wife said,,,,,,Spanish or the couch??
I wouldn’t be against President Trump making Jeb the ambassador to Mexico.
Bush want foreigners to vote for him because he couldn’t get Americans to
12 seconds!!
Given the choice between Michelle and Columba, give me Michelle.
I think Jeb should campaign in Austrian.
Because he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell with English speaking Americans?
The more Jeb speaks in Spanish, the more he alienates the rest of the electorate....................
Bolivia................
He won’t get any more of the Hispanic vote in the General than any other Republican candidate, no matter how much he kisses their ass.
Austrians speak German.............apropos, though, just the same...................
Are you sure about that?
You’d better check with Obama.
Bolivia would be fine. As long he doesn’t say anything in public in English.
I said Bolivia because it’s run by a Chavez clone and is located way high in the Andes, landlocked and poor as any 3rd world country can be, so it would be paradise for him...............
Not that anybody there would notice, anyways................
True. How can anyone in their right mind think that the American people want another Bush?
But of course we know the answer... the RNC wants a dem president. They like it better that way. That’s why they are pushing a sure loser.
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