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Jeb In 94: I Would Do ‘Probably Nothing’ For African-Americans
The Daily Caller ^ | January 10, 2016 | SCOTT GREER

Posted on 01/10/2015 8:40:48 PM PST by Bratch

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush appears poised for a presidential run and is currently leading the polls among potential Republican candidates for 2016, but the comments he made in 1994 during his first run for Florida’s highest office may come back to haunt him.

The Associated Press reports that Bush described himself then as a “head-banging conservative” and used fiery rhetoric — such as claiming he would do “probably nothing” for African-Americans if he became governor — in his ultimately unsuccessful bid.

Bush made that statement in response to a question on what he would for African-Americans if elected to office.

“It’s time to strive for a society where there’s equality of opportunity, not equality of results. So I’m going to answer your question by saying: probably nothing,” he replied.

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To: dfwgator

I bet he wouldn’t have said that about Hispanics in 1994.


21 posted on 01/11/2015 4:09:07 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Bratch

Those words will be repeated endlessly during the campaign, by the democrats.


22 posted on 01/11/2015 5:13:34 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Bratch
“It’s time to strive for a society where there’s equality of opportunity, not equality of results. So I’m going to answer your question by saying: probably nothing,”

There were lots of better ways to say this. 'I'm going to do what is best for all Americans, which obviously includes black people.' Instead he offers the language of a condescending, spoiled, and pompous twerp.

23 posted on 01/11/2015 9:53:40 AM PST by Carry_Okie (Grovelnator Shwarzenkaiser: fasionable fascism one charade at a time.)
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To: Bratch

Impolitic but admirable answer. Where did that Jeb go?


24 posted on 01/11/2015 12:09:32 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy
Impolitic but admirable answer. Where did that Jeb go?
He was assimilated by the Beltway Borg.




25 posted on 01/11/2015 7:30:53 PM PST by Bratch
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To: Bratch

He banged his head too much and is now soft in it??? :-)


26 posted on 01/11/2015 7:35:46 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: kenmcg

Context means so much doesn’t it :-)

He might more cleverly say he would help them by not doing anything special to help them.


27 posted on 01/11/2015 7:36:29 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: kenmcg

..because every single time the white man has tried to do something special to help the black man, he’s muffed it somehow.

Because God never wanted people to be looked at in terms of a “race” at all (other than the biblical race of the Jews, which actually encompasses people of all secular “races”).

White people got this hint better than others, possibly because white people look more similar than non white people do. There is less to hang a racial hat upon with white people.


28 posted on 01/11/2015 7:40:31 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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