Jeb! FINALLY calls Roof a racist

[RandySF]

Personal Note: I guess there was finally too much evidence to avoid using the "R Word"


In a speech at a Hillsborough County Republican Party dinner Friday night, Jeb Bush called the Charleston shooter who killed 9 African Americans as they prayed Wednesday a "racist."

"It breaks my heart that somebody, a racist, would do the things he did," Bush said.

The former governor's characterization of shooter Dylann Roof stood in contrast to remarks from earlier Friday, when he said, "I don't know what was on the mind or heart of the man who committed these atrocious crimes."

The earlier remarks came in a speech to Christian conservatives Friday morning at the Washington, D.C. Faith & Freedom Coalition conference.



http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/jeb-bush-changes-tune-calls-charleston-shooter-racist/2234418

[leftofcool]

1. Well, bust my britches!

[marble falls]

2. Slip of the tongue. He'll walk it back.

[Nye Bevan]

3. I guess he decided it was time for a "Sister Souljah moment".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Souljah_moment

[Wellstone ruled]

4. John Ellis Bush will only make comments

based on Poll Numbers. RNC and Frank Luntz must have seen a new pattern in over night polling and had to make some type of comment. Remember,the only candidate out there that goes extemporaneous is Bernie Sanders,the rest are totally afraid of a gotca moment and they do a well rehearsed stump speech and any Q&A is closely scripted.

[onehandle]

5. It breaks his heart that a racist would do that!!!? So in his book racists are better people...

...than that?

It's your base, Jeb®. And you certainly seem to accept it.

[Poiuyt]

6. When is he going to call Roof a terrorist?

[applegrove]

7. But for the last two days he was getting his talking points from fox. Or the kochs. Or whomever

decided that all GOP should not use the word racism in conjunction with Charleston. His logo should be: Jeb! Getting his marching orders from somewhere secret since way before he was a nominee.

[whatchamacallit]

8. The smarter of his team

probably advised him it's an opportunity to distance himself from his brain dead gop brethren.

[Contrary1]

9. Jeb doesn't deserve an exclamation point.

That's all.

[safeinOhio]

10. He just lost half

of the republican vote.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. He obviously has no opinion of his own

until he hears from his handlers at which point it becomes his own. There's no "there" there with Jeb who is nothing but a political animal with no substance.