Here's from the original article:
SAN ANTONIO -- Jeb Bush wouldn’t say Wednesday night whether or not he’s likely to run for president in 2016, but at Saint Leo University he did suggest a surprising role model for the sort of president he’d strive to be: Lyndon Johnson.
No, the conservative former Florida governor didn’t hail Johnson’s Great Society initiatives. Instead, he hailed Johnson’s forceful, hands-on leadership that among other things produced a 25 percent across-the-board income tax cut.
“He went and he cajoled, he begged, he threatened, he loved, he hugged, he did what leaders do, which is they personally get engaged to make something happen,’’ said Bush, who recently read Robert Caro’s latest Johnson biography.
So Jeb Bush wasn't saying he favored policies like Johnson's.
He was saying he'd lead in the style he thought Johnson led -- that he'd be a hands-on rather than a disengaged President.
You can hate the guy -- I don't like him much myself -- but don't put words into his mouth.
Context is a good thing.
I thought he was a good gov. in FL.