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CNBC and Jeb Bush Commit Suicide in the Boulder Debate
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| 10/29/2015
| Roger Simon
Posted on 10/29/2015 9:36:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s hard to see how Jeb Bush recovers from his self-inflected wound at Wednesday’s CNBC Republican debate in Boulder when he went after Marco Rubio just after the young senator had hit one out of the park. Rubio was defending himself from an editorial in the Sun Sentinel calling on Marco to stop “ripping off” the public and quit the Senate because of his poor attendance record. Rubio responded that John Kerry and Barack Obama had been even more truant from the Senate while running for president and the paper had not only ignored that, but given these men their endorsement. It was an example of liberal media bias at its most obvious. The crowd erupted in its first ovation of the night. Advantage Rubio.
Clueless, Bush jumped in as if nothing had happened, taking the paper’s side and schoolmarmishly doubling down on Marco. He got his head handed to him by Rubio (politely) and the audience. It was so mishandled on Bush’s part, such an obvious case of self-sabotage, it left you wondering whether Jeb really wants to be president. You didn’t have to be a Freudian to think his unconscious had gotten the better of him — well, unconscious mixed with envy mixed with entitlement mixed with who knows. During the break you heard what Ross Perot famously called ”the giant sucking sound,” but this time it was of pledged Bush supporters calling their bundlers.
But that’s just, as we say in H-wood, the B-story. Everyone already knows Jeb Bush’s financial backers have been nervous for some time about his campaign. I think it is effectively over after Wednesday night, as are those of almost all the other candidates but four — Trump, Carson, Rubio and Cruz. Christie did a good job at the CNBC debate but I doubt it’s enough for a revival. And Fiorina, much as I admire her and have admired her, is fading. The rest are also-rans of also-rans. The human ego being what it is, it’s unlikely they will be absenting themselves any time soon. They will hang on at least until the Fox Business debate in Milwaukee on November 10. But the smart ones will do the graceful thing as Rick Perry did and bow out.
The big story — the A-story — on Wednesday night — the actual full blown, clumsily-executed seppuku — was CNBC. The network will never seem the same. Their moderators — Becky Quick, John Harwood, and Carl Quintanilla — were so obviously biased you would have thought it was a parody, if you hadn’t known it was real, a kind of black comic nightmare out of a leftwing theatre of the absurd. Ted Cruz superbly caught the temper of the evening when he called them out, specifying how they had attempted to poleax each of the candidates one-by-one. This turned the already alienated audience completely against the moderators with the candidates abandoning their competition and joining forces as well against the moderators in a red versus blue color war. It was fascinating to watch and quite amusing
But more than that, the debate revealed something I had thought about before, but never seen so clearly — how bias can affect the brain, almost make it dysfunctional. I assume John Howard is an intelligent man. He writes for the New York Times. (Make of that what you will, but I did write for that newspaper myself once upon a time, so mind your manners.) Nevertheless, Harwood did something extraordinary. He lied about Rubio’s tax plan in the exact same way not once but twice — once at the debate and once about two weeks before the debate. What made it extraordinary was that Harwood had apologized for that same lie the first time on Twitter on October 14 and then lied again Wednesday night as if he didn’t remember his own apology and correction. (The Federalist has the full story with the tweet – Surprise! John Harwood Lied About Rubio’s Tax Plan…)
Cognitive disorder? Quite possibly. I submit that media bias (and the moral narcissism from which it stems) can be so strong that it is akin to a brain disease. It literally renders you stupid or makes you disbelieve what you know to be true. Bias has hallucinogenic properties. Who knew?
It remains to be seen what CNBC will do with John Harwood. Given the history of NBC, they’ll probably make him their new president.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cnbc; debate; debates; elections; gop; jebbush; mediabias
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To: SeekAndFind
Jeb is in the race only because of family obligation.
He didn’t really want to run and its over for him.
As he said last weekend, he has cool things to do other than run for President.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:40:57 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SeekAndFind
Nonsense. Suicide requires some basic level of competence to actually pull it off.
I'm not convinced Jeb could do it without screwing up.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:43:47 AM PDT
by
gdani
(No sacred cows)
To: SeekAndFind
I will not vote for another Bush, even if he is nominated. But I’m not a Rubio fan either.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. Just because 0vomit and Kerry had poor attendance doesn’t mean it’s fine for the conservatives we elect. Rubio correctly pointed out the hypocrisy and double standards and partisanship of the media. For that I applaud him. But Robio has lied repeatedly about his positions on multiple issues, particularly amnesty. He is not to be trusted.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:45:06 AM PDT
by
generally
(Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:45:27 AM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Trump: Saying what we are all thinking)
To: SeekAndFind
Clueless, Bush jumped in as if nothing had happenedJeb had trouble following the flow of the debate because it was in English.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:46:20 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: goldstategop
Please Mr Bush, for your sake, your family’s sakes, call it quits. You are a good person. You come from a good family. But for many reasons it has become apparent, you are not the man we need. Please recognize the obvious. It ain’t going to happen! Go enjoy your life instead of this.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:46:31 AM PDT
by
uscga77
(the truth remains)
To: uncitizen
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:46:59 AM PDT
by
Fishtalk
To: goldstategop
Tell me about it! I met this hot chick and she wanted me to be a jet pilot. And my brother was a pilot.
Hey! I just wanted to manage JC Penneys mens department. Soooo, I hanged myself.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:48:02 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: SeekAndFind
great article seek. There have been a number of very good articles concerning the debate. It was great to see them fighting back. Even the ones I might not vote for I was proud of. the only real jerks of the night wereh Jeb Bush and John kasich. Huck did not take the bait on attacking trump. I changed my opinion of him. I don’t want him to win the primary but he’s a good man. christy is a good speaker and I like llhim. Too Moderate. belongs as governor. Kind of like rudy in new york
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:49:53 AM PDT
by
dp0622
To: SeekAndFind
Those moderators were no different than Fox. It was the same theme.
Pray America wakes
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:51:42 AM PDT
by
bray
(If Obama had a son he would be a cop killer.)
To: SeekAndFind
In my case it’s one of those stages-of-grief thing: you watch a guy hit his thumb with a hammer and empathize, then you watch him do it again and wonder if maybe there isn’t something wrong with him, then you watch it again and begin to enjoy the show. With Yeb I’m sort of at the giggling stage.
To: SeekAndFind
Roger Simmions is a fabulous writer.
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posted on
10/29/2015 9:58:18 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: SeekAndFind
I think the little spat between Jeb and Rubio was a set up.
Jeb and family decided he should get out but wanted to make sure Rubio would be the beneficiary.
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posted on
10/29/2015 10:00:13 AM PDT
by
Amntn
To: SeekAndFind
The audience should have sneezed into their hands saying “Issues! Issues!”.
I would like to hear about all the cool things Jeb will be doing when he drops out.
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posted on
10/29/2015 10:10:48 AM PDT
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: SeekAndFind
To: gdani
Bottom Line: Little Jebbie came to a meeting of the minds and forgot his (assuming he ever had one, of course).
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posted on
10/29/2015 10:27:19 AM PDT
by
ManHunter
(You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
To: generally
I agree. Just because Obama and Kerry did it, that doesn’t excuse Rubio’s nonattendance to his job.
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posted on
10/29/2015 10:34:06 AM PDT
by
JustaCowgirl
(This whole thing really is covering up some shady s�t -- Hillary's server company)
To: All
Liken this to a football coach who scripts his first 20 plays from scrimmage. Regardless of how circumstances of the game change, the coach sticks with his script and gets crushed.
Jeb had tunnel-vision. He knew the plays he wanted to run and ran them. He paid no attention to what was going on around him and showed a complete inability to adjust on the fly. He probably didn’t even hear Rubio’s previous response as he prepared to run his play. He ran it, and got sacked.
To: SeekAndFind
I submit that media bias (and the moral narcissism from which it stems) can be so strong that it is akin to a brain disease.
Rush has been calling liberalism a mental disorder forever. He should sue this guy for plagiarism.
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posted on
10/29/2015 11:06:55 AM PDT
by
867V309
(Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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