Jeb Bush Suggests ‘Women’s Health Issues’ Are Overfunded

[herding cats]

It was a casual aside during an interview, but it could haunt Jeb Bush in a general election in which women’s votes — and issues — could prove pivotal.

“I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,” Mr. Bush said during an interview with a leader of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday.

The assertion came in the middle of his answer to a question about defunding Planned Parenthood amid a wave of hidden-camera videos that have portrayed its employees in unflattering ways.

Mr. Bush said the federal government should stop financing the organization, and then veered off course, into a discussion of what could be done instead with its $500 million in federal funds.


http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/04/jeb-bush-suggests-womens-health-issues-are-overfunded/

That's going to leave a mark. It appears the GOP learned nothing from 2012. Republicans are on course to make 2016 once again a focal point of how they really feel about women and women's issues.

[AllFieldsRequired]

1. OH dont you love these little moments of truth telling.

Thanks Jeb.

For both showing everybody who you really are, and making it easier to defeat you.

[displacedtexan]

2. When you're planning to cheat anyway, you can be an idiot.

When will we stop assuming that anyone named Bush is planning on an honest campaign?

[BlueJazz]

3. 500 million Huh? Number of Women (not children) is about 120 million

Which is about $4.17 per woman.

How can anyone justify spending $4.17 on women's health and well-being.

[hifiguy]

4. Even dumber than Little Boots.

As dumb as he was and is, Chimpy never would have said this out loud.

[n2doc]

5. I know something's overfunded

His campaign. Keep pissing off people, John Ellis Bush, and you won't make it out of March next year, no matter what money you spend. Fucker.