Posted on 12/26/2014 7:20:12 AM PST by SleeperCatcher
Some conservative political analysts have opined that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced recently that he was further exploring his options to run for the GOP presidential nomination as a means of pre-empting all other potential GOP candidates. Many of the same analysts say there was an additional, not-so-subtle message, and it was aimed primarily at conservatives: ‘Don’t bother running; the monied GOP interests (i.e. the donor class) have spoken and Jeb Bush is who they want.’
Over the Christmas holidays I have had a number of people ask my opinion about Bush, and what I have told them, essentially, is this: Jeb Bush, like all the Bushes, is an inherently decent man. He has been a governor of a mostly red (but sometimes purple) state. He shares lineage with a storied political family. But if the goal is to restore some semblance of constitutional government to our republic, Jeb Bush is the wrong candidate, for he – like his father and brother before him – is no conservative.
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Bush / Clinton 2016!
Clinton / Bush 2020!
Would be fine if we all bolted for the same party, but if we scatter to the four winds there’s no point.
“If Jeb’s the nominee, I advise everyone to send him down in flames by voting for the Liberal Democrat. It is the only means by which we *might* teach the establishment a lesson.
So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.””
Um.. No. I will not toe for the lib, no matter what. Either one. I will vote local and write in the name of the first conservative attacked by the establishment.
What if they can’t take him out?
The so-called GOPe (a bunch of factions, all backing different groups of candidates) doesn’t pick the nominee, primary voters do.
Jeb Bush, just like his brother and his father will advance liberalism with more spending like brother or more taxes like father or maybe both if needed to band aid our unsustainable system of big government together.
And the man who gave us the prototype of Obamacare on a statewide level, Mitt Romney, is not the alternative.
A huge influx of conservatives could easily alter the platform. Half of the LP members are pro life. All are pro gun and the LP is second to none on small government and low taxes.
It is worth considering.
Way too late for that now, as far as 2016. But it needs to be done anyway.
True dat.
The point will be to abandon the GOP.
A failed cause. An aborted mission. A sinking ship.
The thing is done. It’s over.
Agree. There’s not a dimes bit of difference between Jeb and Hillary.
It would be time to dismantle the GOPe.
It's spelled "CRUZ".
Sure he would. It shows he's a man of principle. It would also show that, like Obama, he knows best.
The reason for all those candidates is deliberate and in 2012 money was given to Santorum and especially to Newt Gingrich by Sheldon Adelson (he pumps his money into McCain and Graham), to split votes to insure a Romney win.
There is a powerful well-financed political establishment out there and they like to stack the deck and rig things.
Anyone acceptable to them is unacceptable to me and they can handle Scott Walker, disqualifying him on that basis alone.
The reason for all those candidates is deliberate and in 2012 money was given to Santorum and especially to Newt Gingrich by Sheldon Adelson (he pumps his money into McCain and Graham), to split votes to insure a Romney win.
There is a powerful well-financed political establishment out there and they like to stack the deck and rig things.
Anyone acceptable to them is unacceptable to me and they can handle Scott Walker, disqualifying him on that basis alone.
I don’t hear any talk of Col. Alan West. I for one like him. Or am I missing the reasoning behind not liking him. Please give me the reasons he is being ignored.
I don’t worry about other parties. I find the conservatives I want to support, and support them. All another party will accomplish is electing Democrats, and I despise them as much as I do the Republican left. Conservatives need to get the courage, determination and salesmanship to take over the Republican Party, and if they can’t do that, they will never beat it.
We’ll watch as the nation falls further into decay and ruin, ala Detroit, if Bush is nominated.
The GOPe candidates win because conservative votes (the majority) are split several ways in the primary and caucus contests.......
Jeb or Romney or anyone backed by Karl Rove or McCain.
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