Posted on 11/30/2008 8:20:08 PM PST by Publius804
Jeb Bush to GOP: Don't Become 'Democrat-Lite'
Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:20 PM
By: David A. Patten
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax that the GOP must broaden its appeal to avoid becoming “the old white-guy party,” and recommends that Republicans create a “shadow government” to engage Democrats on important issues as the incoming Obama administration seeks to enact its agenda.
In a wide-ranging interview with Newsmax, the popular former governor and younger brother of President George W. Bush said the 2008 election was neither “transformational” nor a landslide. For example, he noted that Barack Obama's significant fundraising advantage over John McCain played a key role in Democratic success this year.
Bush urged Republicans not to abandon their core conservative principles in favor of a "Democratic-lite" agenda. Still, he says the GOP does need to do some real soul-searching.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
I like Jeb a lot.
We may be experiencing a bit of Bush Overload right now, but I wouldn’t count anyone out right now, not even some of our damaged politicians, or politicians with over-used last-names, or pols with less experience than normal. The field is wide open right now, because we are in a fight with our backs to the wall, everything we believe in is on the line and will be for the next four years, or if we lose perhaps for decades to come.
Our fighters will reveal themselves over the coming seasons, and so will our leaders. They won’t be the ones jockeying for position, they will be the ones getting in the faces of our opponents, the ones who can articulate what it is we believe in, who won’t be looking to split the difference when splitting the difference means losing all we hold dear.
Most people have better things to do than to go out and do battle every day with scumbag journalists and scumbag politicians. But some people were born to it, usually flawed in some way but born to do battle. These are the people we’re looking for.
Thanks for the advice, Jeb, but that’s as far as you go. If you really care about the Republican Party, don’t get in the way of Jindal, Palin, and others. Your place is on the sidelines from now on.
Strange to think how Terri Schiavo will cause him to never be politically viable.
True.
Jeb has a huge pair of cahones for stating these things now. Forgive me if I somewhat doubt his sincerity.
Maybe he should have told his brother this instead.
Yeah, like embrace amnesty, which will then help us win votes and lose the country.
You Ramos and Campean people are an embarassment, and are wedge-drivers. I suspect most of you are Bush-haters who solely use this issue to foster more BDS. They lied about what happened. How dare you slam President Bush for not pardoning LIARS? I hope he does NOT pardon them, they don’t deserve it.
It means recruiting candidates that look like the population we’re trying to attract to our cause.
More Affirmative Action candidates like Obama, is that what you want?
You aren't the only one. But, I also have Clinton, Kennedy, etc. fatigue too. For some reason these people think their political offices belong 'in the family' for years and years and years. How about some new blood?!
Jeb might have been better than George, who knows?
In any case, there’s no chance that he could get elected now, so the question is purely theoretical.
Blah blah blah.
I was probably supporting Bush before, and stronger, than you apologists.
But he just plain lost my confidence, and I still cannot even comprehend, by turning his back on those two Agents.
When that happened, I remember when GWB was starting to discuss the idea of running ... back in 2000. Remember then? Remember how he initially paused, and seemed to have second thoughts? Remember there were oblique references to his youth?
Where did our president, spend his wild youth?
(Some in Mexico, was it?)
I really sometimes wonder, whether Bush is the one making our policy decisions re: Mexico.
That’s a pretty major lack of trust, to find oneself thinking about a former hero. I keep railing about the issue, because I want to be shown I’m wrong.
So spare me your lectures.
I have beltway fatigue and CFR fatigue - let's get some blood from the outside. Bad company corrupts good morals!
Where can I find a break down of which presidential candidate won which congressional district in each state
BFS - Bush Fatigue Syndrome, YOU BET. Despite the smaller and smaller numbers of the Bush-bots mouthing off.
RIGHT ON BROTHER! ..........what a breath of fresh true air!
I'm so sick and tired of those who don't even understand the Ramos/Campean Case. They are dirty.
Any folks in doubt?? Read about the Case HERE
God Bless the great President G.W. Bush.
And let's drop the hogwash about some kind of Ramos/Campean "pardon". Please.
Operation Shred Bush is almost complete. Tear the man down, disregard all of the challenges he’s faced (for all of his eight years), and crap on his accomplishments like taking on the WOT despite being hamstrung, vilified, and strung out by the Rats.
Disgusting.
Truly, disgusting.
All of you who slam President Bush couldn’t hold a candle to him in your wildest dreams. He doesn’t sit around a keyboard and offer cheap and easy criticisms.
¿Como?
I love Bush, but on this one he was wrong.
They violated policy, and ought to have been fired. They should not be doing hard time.
They aren’t the only ones being prosecuted; several others are, for even less cause.
Sutton is an embarrassment. He was protecting the drug dealer who continued to run drugs, up until he was embarrassed into action by media attention. And then, when he went after the drug dealer, he violated his own word to the guy. He is a disgrace.
You are too new here for me to care about your opinion. Sorry, just being honest.
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