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Jeb Bush, GOP: Time to leave Reagan behind
The Washington TImes ^ | May 3, 2009 | Joseph Curl

Posted on 02/25/2010 4:29:48 PM PST by Brices Crossroads

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that it's time for the Republican Party to give up its "nostalgia" for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy deployed by Democrats in the 2008 election.

"You can't beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that," Mr. Bush said.

The former president's brother, often mentioned as a potential candidate in 2012, said President Obama's message of hope and change during the 2008 campaign clearly resonated with Americans.

"So our ideas need to be forward looking and relevant. I felt like there was a lot of nostalgia and the good old days in the [Republican] messaging. I mean, it's great, but it doesn't draw people toward your cause," Mr. Bush said.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that it's time for the Republican Party to give up its "nostalgia" for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy deployed by Democrats in the 2008 election.

"You can't beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that," Mr. Bush said.

The former president's brother, often mentioned as a potential candidate in 2012, said President Obama's message of hope and change during the 2008 campaign clearly resonated with Americans.

"So our ideas need to be forward looking and relevant. I felt like there was a lot of nostalgia and the good old days in the [Republican] messaging. I mean, it's great, but it doesn't draw people toward your cause," Mr. Bush said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bushfamilysux; goawayjebbush; goawayjebush; jealousofreagan; palin; reagan; repost; rino; romney; shutupgirlyman; sickofbushes; takeahikejeb; whiskyfoxtrottango
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To: Brices Crossroads
Jeb Bush calls Reaganism "irrelevant".

His father called Ronald Reagan a "calcified yahoo".

Insanity runs in families.

41 posted on 02/25/2010 4:48:42 PM PST by Al B.
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To: edcoil
The Republican party is not the Reagan party.

The GOP is not the Bush's party either.
It was these same Bushes that led the GOP to its present sorry predicament whereby the Democrats have the White House, the Senate and the House.
It's a bit rich for the the very idiots who wrecked the Republican Party with their out of control spending, to turn round and tell us what to do.

42 posted on 02/25/2010 4:49:09 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Brices Crossroads

” which he acknowledges Sarah Palin’s “charisma” but says she needs to add “some depth of understanding of the complexity of life”.

TYPICAL of this clan of elitist bastards.

Sarah Palin decided to bear and raise a kid with a seriously disability, she governed the largest in America - geographically, she campaigned with a nasty old loser for President.

I think THAT better qualifies her having a “depth of understanding of the complexity of life” than you ever will have you elitist scumbag.

I voted for John McCain for President because of Sarah Palin.

I wouldn’t vote for another damn Bush if Jesus Christ was his running mate.


43 posted on 02/25/2010 4:49:14 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: Brices Crossroads
I am always amused by the number of people that claim to love Reagan who never take his advice.
44 posted on 02/25/2010 4:49:37 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: TitansAFC

“I suppose the only way to truly attain that depth is to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, and be handed successful positions based on your last name and father’s connections.”

That has been the Rockefeller/Romney/RINO/Bush way. It ain’t the Reagan way, nor is it, I daresay, the Palin way.


45 posted on 02/25/2010 4:49:49 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: deannadurbin

Git out da Bushes...


46 posted on 02/25/2010 4:49:49 PM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: ronnyquest

OR intellect. OR ability to communicate with the public.

Or basic decent down to earth humanity and dignity.


47 posted on 02/25/2010 4:50:08 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: Brices Crossroads

“You can’t beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don’t like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that,” Mr. Bush said.

What the heck is he talking about? The Dems have nothing.


48 posted on 02/25/2010 4:50:13 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Since Reagan is a past President, does this mean we have to leave Washington and Lincoln behind.


49 posted on 02/25/2010 4:50:16 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: Brices Crossroads

...or learn from Palin’s example, for that matter.


50 posted on 02/25/2010 4:50:59 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Brices Crossroads

If he is saying that we must become “progressives” to win he can just kiss my butt! If a majority no longer wants to be governed by The Constitution drastic measures may be called for.


51 posted on 02/25/2010 4:51:20 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: ZULU

That was a good post.


52 posted on 02/25/2010 4:52:38 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: deannadurbin

Go play cards with your bro


53 posted on 02/25/2010 4:52:42 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Brices Crossroads

54 posted on 02/25/2010 4:53:45 PM PST by McGruff (Don't criticize. Explain to me who I should support other than Sarah Palin.)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Reagan was a conservative before he became a Republican.

Remember, Pres Reagan was a Dem long ago, but he himself said he didn’t leave the dem party, the party left him.


55 posted on 02/25/2010 4:54:50 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Brices Crossroads

Thanks.

It was from THE HEART!!!


56 posted on 02/25/2010 4:55:28 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: piasa
Since Jeb supports Rubio does that mean you oppose Rubio?

You gotta be kidding.
So if 0bama supports the Chicago Bulls, and you support the Chicago Bulls as well, that means you agree with 0bama on everything?
And when did Jeb Bush start supporting Rubio anyway? Wasn't it only recently, after Rubio had alrady taken the lead in the polls? Jeb Bush just but his finger in the air, saw which way the wind was blowing, and decided to “support” Rubio as well.

57 posted on 02/25/2010 4:55:40 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: piasa
Jeb doesn't support Rubio, and in fact was FULL ON in Crist’s camp until he recently got wind of a possible third-party run by Crist. Then, all of a sudden, he discovered that supporting the stimulus (his brother's stimulus, BTW, which he supported at the time) was “unforgivable.”

Now he'll likely fall in line behind Rubio to cover his butt, but he certainly has shown NO love for Rubio so far.

Jeb, and Mitt, will throw their support behind a highly-favored candidate, or late in a race when a candidate looks like they have a chance at the end. Palin, however, puts it all on the line, having endorsed the VA governor, Scott Brown, Hoffman, Rubio, and Perry long before it was trendy to do so. Mitt was late to the party each time, or isn't even there yet at all; and Jeb keeps finding himself putting his credentials on the line for people who ultimately get smashed or revealed as not the loyal Republicans he promised they were.

I liked Jeb, and was willing to give him a pass on his family name WHEN he declares in 2016 (if we lose 2012) - that's WHEN, not IF. But this is his second shot at Palin, and second blast at Reagan nostalgia. I'm done with Jeb - NO MORE BUSHES, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

58 posted on 02/25/2010 4:56:37 PM PST by TitansAFC (The Left does not devote so much effort into attacking Sarah Palin because she's a weak candidate.)
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To: piasa

“I am always amused by the number of people that claim to love Reagan who never take his advice.”

Reagan did not counsel the GOP to change or moderate its conservative principles in order to appeal to so called moderates. This appears to be what Jeb Bush is doing. It is what Gerald Ford did. It is what Bush 41 did. And whoever takes that approach is going to be opposed by conservatives, whether they call themselves Republicans or not.

And it is no violation of the 11th commandment to point that out or to point out what a boneheaded loser of strategy it has, and always will, be.


59 posted on 02/25/2010 4:57:39 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: Brices Crossroads
Jeb Bush, GOP: Time to leave Reagan behind.

Why not? Your family never believed in his policies anyway, Jeb.

60 posted on 02/25/2010 4:58:25 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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