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Bush struggles to mask mounting frustration
Politico ^ | 2/17/16 | ELI STOKOLS

Posted on 02/17/2016 4:20:51 PM PST by jimbo123

Jeb Bush is having a rough day.

Fighting for his political life in the final days of this primary battle, Bush took the stage intent on showing toughness and drawing a sharp contrast between himself and Marco Rubio. Just moments earlier, he'd gotten devastating news: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose endorsement he'd sought, was backing Rubio, who poses the biggest threat to his own chances of political survival.

"Disappointed," Bush told reporters, summing up his feelings about Haley's endorsement as he was leaving the town hall here. "She's a very good governor and should I win the nomination, there'll be a role for her in the campaign."

But many of the voters who attended Bush's town hall had just laid bare their own doubts about Bush's chances to be the GOP nominee. During the question and answer period following an unusually hot-tempered 30-minute rendition of his stump speech, Bush received unsolicited advice from three audience members in succession, each encouraging him to be tougher.

It did not improve his mood, which was noticeably tense from the get-go.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; bencarson; bush; deportjebbush; designatedloser; election2016; elistokols; florida; illegals; jebbush; marcorubio; nikkihaley; politico; southcarolina
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1 posted on 02/17/2016 4:20:51 PM PST by jimbo123
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What is wrong with the %$#^ peasants that they don’t recognize the hallowed greatness of all things Bush?


2 posted on 02/17/2016 4:22:20 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mama said there would be days like this....

...another one bites the dust....


3 posted on 02/17/2016 4:23:29 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oddly enough, I was lead to believe that SC loves tha’ Bushies?


4 posted on 02/17/2016 4:23:45 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose endorsement he'd sought, was backing Rubio...
What? Even Nikki Haley didn't like backing a proven amnesty queen, just because he's a road-tested loser?


5 posted on 02/17/2016 4:23:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: jimbo123

Joy overload.


6 posted on 02/17/2016 4:24:59 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: SunkenCiv

Haley did back a proven amnesty queen


7 posted on 02/17/2016 4:26:34 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jimbo123

Bush is angry?

This is it! Trump’s poll numbers will tank now I tell ya!


8 posted on 02/17/2016 4:27:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Yuge 2016)
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It did not improve his mood, which was noticeably tense from the get-go

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Yeb! is feeling the fail.

I hope he resists the urge to quit.

Hang in there Yebbie!, we need you to drain some votes from the Memorizer Bunny


9 posted on 02/17/2016 4:30:01 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Yeah, but Rubio’s not yet a road-tested loser.


10 posted on 02/17/2016 4:30:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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There's always his day job...

 photo jeb.jpg

11 posted on 02/17/2016 4:32:29 PM PST by digger48
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, he has lost two primaries so far and I don’t see him winning any of the states upcoming.......

May not be a long wait before we can call him a road-tested loser


12 posted on 02/17/2016 4:32:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Something odd here. Bush never stood a chance and that was very apparent early on. So, why continue? Well you have millions to spend and a candidate that’s not very bright. The consultants keep stringing him along with false assurances and “strategies” and keep those paychecks rolling til the money runs out. That’s my take.


13 posted on 02/17/2016 4:41:16 PM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Will little Miss Bushie Dana Perino's former boss couldn't close as the GOP Establishment told Rubio not Jeb.

Who cares the Confederate flag killed her anyway in South Carolina. Not one from American parents

14 posted on 02/17/2016 4:43:15 PM PST by scooby321
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To: jimbo123

“Noelle! Noelle! Give me a Xanax!”


15 posted on 02/17/2016 4:45:10 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: jimbo123

In the last week this buffoon has gone from “please clap” to “Scalia’s replacement is unimportant to me”. Who exactly does he believe such idiocy appeals to?


16 posted on 02/17/2016 4:45:17 PM PST by KyCats
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17 posted on 02/17/2016 4:54:20 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: KyCats

Yeb! being Yeb!, he just can’t help it


18 posted on 02/17/2016 4:55:52 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jimbo123

Funny picture.

JEB! you need an intervention. You need to get away from your enablers.

Ditch your campaign, drop your security, get a pair of cut-offs, a Tommy Bahama shirt and a woven hat. Fly to Hawaii and walk the beach from sun up to sun down for a month.

Then come back and:

Vote Trump.


19 posted on 02/17/2016 5:01:50 PM PST by Fhios (circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
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Ok, now for my obligatory daily Jeb news response - LOL !


20 posted on 02/17/2016 5:10:19 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Will Cruz endorse Trump or Jeb? That is the question... Vote Trump)
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