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Jeb Bush aides used private domain for public business
CNN ^ | 3/6/2015 | Eric Bradner and Alexandra Jaffe,

Posted on 03/06/2015 5:22:29 AM PST by rickyrikardo

Republicans who are lambasting Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email address on a private server have found themselves on a minefield, each facing questions about their own transparency.

The closest parallel among Clinton's likely 2016 challengers: Jeb Bush.

The former Florida governor was quick to criticize Clinton this week amid reports that she'd never used a government email during her four years as secretary of state.

Like Clinton, though, Bush had set up his own home server with a private address during his time in office. He still uses it, giving it out at events and asking supporters to email him comments and concerns. And, like Clinton, several of his top aides had email addresses connected Bush's server, too.

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1 posted on 03/06/2015 5:22:29 AM PST by rickyrikardo
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To: rickyrikardo

Maybe we will get a twofer out of this!


2 posted on 03/06/2015 5:24:02 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: rickyrikardo

Hit piece on El Jefe Jeb.

You knew it was coming.

As the MSM circles the wagons to save Mistress Strangelove.


3 posted on 03/06/2015 5:24:46 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rickyrikardo
"What difference does it make?!"


4 posted on 03/06/2015 5:25:15 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Yep. Torpedo them both.


5 posted on 03/06/2015 5:25:50 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: rickyrikardo

YEAH! Arrest them all! Clintons and Bushes!


6 posted on 03/06/2015 5:26:25 AM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: rickyrikardo

Gee. It didn’t take much time to get the full poop on this, did it.

I wonder why CNN et al never got to the same revelations about Hillary’s use of same AFTER she left the State Department?

Secondly, the big difference here I see is one would first have to examine the requirements for Federal Government employees and then examine Florida State requirements to see if the same requirements exist for both.

Lastly, I really don’t care if this affects Jeb Bush...I hope it does. But I do not want it to lessen the impact on Hillary under any circumstance.


7 posted on 03/06/2015 5:26:31 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Travis McGee

Clinton News Network:

Hey, what Hillary did is understandable - look Bush did the same thing!

Its all part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.


8 posted on 03/06/2015 5:26:43 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rickyrikardo

By law-

Politicians- CANNOT use government computers for fundraising-

Jeb Bush does NOT hold office
Jeb Bush did not “hide “ this server

Hope the milenials are aware of this- most old time
demonrats do not know the difference between email
and the post office- (oh, one has union employees)


9 posted on 03/06/2015 5:28:19 AM PST by mj1234
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To: goldstategop

More proof that the Bushes and the Clintons are two sides
of the same coin.


10 posted on 03/06/2015 5:29:11 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rickyrikardo
Jeb Bush is not a Republican. He is highly favored by the Democratic Party to win the establishment vote.

In return for the Democratic Party pushing their grassroots out to vote for Jeb in the Republican open primaries, Jeb will be expected to continue to support liberal initiatives that destroy conservatism in America.

11 posted on 03/06/2015 5:30:03 AM PST by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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To: mj1234

How didn’t he hide it if nobody knew about it until now?


12 posted on 03/06/2015 5:32:03 AM PST by rickyrikardo
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To: rickyrikardo

It seems CNN does have some value after all


13 posted on 03/06/2015 5:32:16 AM PST by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: mj1234

Jeb Bush doesn’t matter. Focus on hillary. Jeb isn’t going to get constitutional conservative votes, and it goes way beyond email.


14 posted on 03/06/2015 5:40:24 AM PST by grania
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The outstanding cable TV anthology show "American Greed" did a segment on Venezuelan fraudster (now jailed) Claudio Osorio.

Osorio, a Venezuelan schemer, organized high profile fundraisers, and was in thick w/ Democrats Obama, Hillary and Bill-----and with Jeb Bush.

Osorio donated some $80,000 to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, according to Federal Electoral Commission records. Osorio also donated mega-bucks to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Oops--how'd that get posted? (Snort)

Osorio's shell company, Innovida, submitted falsified documents and received $3.5 million in loans from the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) supposedly to build homes in Haiti after the earthquake.

In September 2011, OPIC began questioning Innovida's "negative operating cash flow."

A court appointed receiver in charge of investigating Innovida's finances indicated that "$37.5 million in funds had been moved offshore, but he had so far been unable to find out what happened to the money."

Osorio has used his constitutional privilege of invoking the fifth amendment right against self-incrimination when asked if company funds had been used to pay personal expenses.

Osorio was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and one count of major fraud, amongst other charges.

Federal prosecutors said Osorio defrauded investors from 2007-10, exaggerating the company's finances and pocketing millions of dollars to fund a lavish lifestyle.

The SEC claimed that Osorio had illegally used investor money to pay for a Miami Beach mansion, a Maserati car and a Colorado mountain retreat home.

Jeb Bush agreed to return $270,000 that he was paid as a consultant to convicted fraudster Claudio Osorio and Osorio’s companies.

AM/GREED also aired a pic of Jeb in Haiti---supposedly looking at Osorio's pre-fab housing project for Haitian refugees (which turned out to be a scam).

15 posted on 03/06/2015 5:58:44 AM PST by Liz
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Jeb Bush honors Hillary on eve of Benghazi 1st year anniversary

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will honor former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with this year’s Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.

The award will be presented to Clinton on September 10th, the eve of the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States mission in Benghazi that killed four American.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that Bush, a potential GOP contender in the 2016 presidential race, is chairman of the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center located in Philadelphia.

“Former Secretary Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy,” Bush said in a statement. “These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year’s Defender of Liberty Medal.”

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Bush’s decision to honor Clinton, who is considered by some to be a likely Democrat candidate for president in 2016, was condemned by the Independence Hall Tea Party Association of Philadelphia. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the organization released its own statement Monday, referring to the event as “extremely distressing,” and offering, instead, an opportunity for another Liberty Medal recipient.

According to the statement: As all of you undoubtedly know, much of the blame for the Obama Administration’s failure to contain the Benghazi attack and the scandalous handling of its aftermath, can be traced directly to Ms. Clinton.

Indeed, a Congressional investigation regarding Ms. Clinton’s role in the cover-up of the Administration’s failure is still ongoing.

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A newly formed organization, the Independence Hall Foundation, will hold a “What Difference Does It Make” press conference on Independence Mall, September 10, 4 PM, to denounce the selection of Ms. Clinton as the 2013 Liberty Medal recipient and to offer an alternative award (details below). During the conference, the Foundation will name its choice of recipient(s) for the 2013 Defender of Liberty Medal. Dom Giordano will headline the presser and we certainly hope you will consider joining us. (SOURCE: BREITBART.COM 9/9/13)

16 posted on 03/06/2015 6:00:36 AM PST by Liz
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To: WIBamian
Nonsense. Jeb is a Republican. A proud one. And that is the problem with the GOP these days and why more conservatives are simply staying/being independent conservatives.

Open borders, 'free trade', more H1b visas, wars without congress, more debt, common core, = GOP

17 posted on 03/06/2015 6:01:39 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: rickyrikardo

“Two wrongs DO make a right!” - It’s the motto of the commie lib state controlled “media”. As long as you can find a Republican that’s doing it or you think might be doing it, then it’s okay.


18 posted on 03/06/2015 6:02:57 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal aliens are far superior to Americans. - So say the 'RATS and RINOs.)
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To: Theoria

I think...I agree with you. Except for the part of Jeb being a Republican. I stand by my opinion. I believe he is a man with a corrupt heart, who yearns for power, at the expense of the broke middle class, the conservatives of America. The facts showing him siding with the Democrat agenda, which you explicitly pointed to in your comment, bear out my plain assertion.


19 posted on 03/06/2015 6:12:50 AM PST by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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To: rickyrikardo

No Bushes, No Clintons


20 posted on 03/06/2015 6:13:06 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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