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Bush: Trump isn’t conservative enough to win GOP race
The HIll ^
| 08/19/2015
| Bradford Richardson
Posted on 08/19/2015 4:56:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is not authentic enough a conservative to deserve the Republican nomination.
Mr. Trump doesnt have a conservative record, Bush said at a town-hall meeting Wednesday in New Hampshire. He was a Democrat longer than he was a Republican. Hes given more money to Democrats than hes given to Republicans.
Were a conservative party, arent we, the Republican Party? Bush asked.
He also slammed the billionaire businessman for his support of popular liberal positions in the past, such as a tax on assets and a single-payer healthcare system.
Even on immigration, the language is pretty vitriolic, for sure, but hundreds of billions of dollars of cost to implement his plans is not a conservative plan, Bush said, referring to Trumps recently announced immigration plan, which initial estimates put at $166 billion.
Trump, meanwhile, was holding his own New Hampshire town hall at the same time, 20 miles down the road in Merrimack.
Because Bush draws so poorly, I figured it would be a good time to draw a crowd, Trump told the
Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Someone should tell Mr. Trump he will be trying to troll us from an entirely different county, a Bush spokesman retorted.
Trump leads New Hampshires GOP presidential race with 18 percent support, according to a Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald
poll, with Bush in second place with 13 percent.
While Bush was quick to bash Trump, he did offer praise to another GOP primary rival, Carly Fiorina.
We have some really good men and women well, one woman, who is much more talented than the other teams woman, Bush said, commending Fiorina at the expense of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Fiorina is drawing 9 percent support in New Hampshire, good for fifth place in the Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; newhampshire; townhall; trump
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
he forgot the one, He is not pro illegal alien so he cant be a republican
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:08:39 PM PDT
by
Breto
(Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:17:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Support Islamic Repatriation)
To: LucyT
Jebbers isn’t conservative. Period.
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:29:23 PM PDT
by
azishot
(Drive hammered. Get nailed.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Bush is actually suffering from the delusion that he is a conservative. That in itself makes him mentally incompetent to be president.
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:42:41 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is not authentic enough a conservative to deserve the Republican nomination.
Says the guy who is double digits behind Trump.
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:42:50 PM PDT
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
You know, Little Jebbie, he’s probably way more conservative than you are.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He may or may not be conservative enough. But Bush is a rotten backstabbing corporate rino whore for sure.
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posted on
08/19/2015 6:57:25 PM PDT
by
amnestynone
(Political Correction is a tactic based social intimidation to suppress opposing views.)
To: LucyT
and Jeb?
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:04:03 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Brown Deer
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:13:27 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:24:48 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:27:19 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Jeb isn’t American enough to win the GOP primary.
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:37:15 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/19/2015 7:53:30 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: MaxMax
“The scare is two fold. One, whomever wins the GOP primary and goes on to
win the WH will become the designated leader of the GOP. It’s traditional.
If this happens and a conservative enough candidate wins there’ll be a cleansing and all those Democrats in the GOP will be ousted on their ass. Infestation.”
A President Trump will likely call Boner and Scrotum Neck in and tell them as far as he’s concerned “they’re fired!” And I will bet you that most of the “elder statesmen” in both parties would decide it isn’t “fun” anymore and leave office.
To: Brown Deer; Old Sarge; Gefn; EnigmaticAnomaly; Califreak; kalee; TWhiteBear; freeangel; ...
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posted on
08/19/2015 8:06:30 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/19/2015 8:08:41 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I Love Bull Markets!!!)
To: vette6387
What would Trump say when Boehner starts crying during their meeting?
He cannot fire them, but I would love to be a fly on the wall.
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posted on
08/19/2015 8:09:28 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(2008-Now, Obama's fault)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Bush: Trump isnt conservative enough to win GOP race Well, neither are YOU, Jeb...
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posted on
08/19/2015 8:12:52 PM PDT
by
sargon
To: LucyT; onyx; Jane Long; RoosterRedux; Hostage; Guenevere; Black Agnes; conservativejoy
Thanks Lucy. This graphic should go at beginning of each Trump thread and the disrutord. might be referred to it
To: Brown Deer; LucyT; hoosiermama
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posted on
08/19/2015 8:21:10 PM PDT
by
onyx
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