Thanks for the info and welcome back.
Apparently this guy is a famous Freeper. I have never heard of him, but that does not matter.
I would like to direct attention to an obscure portion of his text -- the issue that the FR rockstar favorites might not survive the vetting process.
Recall that there are many ways to fail a USSC vetting that might not appear in the screen for a lower office:
I'll name a few off the top of my head, though all these did not appear for USSC candidates.
1) Nanny tax issues. Anyone who ever paid a maid or even biweekly housekeeper with cash could run afoul of this. It would be a killer.
2) Smoked pot as a youngster. Another killer.
3) A felon in the family. Depends on how remote, of course, but any leniency shown by the judge of that family member's case would be trumpeted -- and might very well evolve into another killer.
You can add to this list as you will, but I would like folks to consider one fundamental reality in this:
Bush can't, in any decency as a human being, tell you this happened. The rockstar in question would be exposed and devastated. Explaining things to some political junkies doesn't qualify as sufficient justification to ruin someone's life.