Jeb Bush to young male college kid, a new voter: "I want to be your first."

[seafan]

Did he say that out loud??

The Bush Machine careens off the rails.

This guy needs his momma.

And I need an antiemetic.

Asked Tuesday evening by reporters how well he felt he needed to do in New Hampshire to justify staying in the race, Mr. Bush struck a defiant note.

“Oh, I’m continuing on,” he said. “I’m continuing on, yeah.”

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Speaking to a crowd at the Hanover Inn near the Vermont border during his final stop of the day, Mr. Bush finished a fiery riff about protecting the country as commander in chief — “I won’t be out here blowharding, talking a big game without backing it up,” he said — and was met with total silence.

“Please clap,” he said, sounding defeated.

The crowd laughed — and then, finally, clapped.

The prince of petulance still feels he is entitled to the crown.

(Hat tip to DUer GoLeft TV)

[lame54]

1. with all the money he's raised you would think he could afford applause signs

[7wo7rees]

2. It is what it is, right Jeb! Family legacy and all.....

Bush's be gone and curses upon all your progeny! Having to deal with your son in TX is quite enough. Along with your brother in Preston Hollow painting pictures. By the way whatever happened to the"ranch"?

[Initech]

3. Oh he's talking about voting.

That sentence could be interpreted a number of different ways.

[CTyankee]

8. If he's the "first," I would hate to envision what is the last...

doesn't auger well, hmmm....

[Mike Nelson]

4. Jeb! Jumps the Fence!

...well, that's a new constituency for the him...

[Vinca]

5. He really said that?????

That's laugh out loud funny.

[hifiguy]

6. The mummy walks.

He's already deader than King Tut and the last one to know it. Hit the bricks, Jebthro. Maybe you can be a double-naught spy or a fry cook when you grow up.

[Octafish]

7. He's done all that.

The Family that Preys Together

EXCERPT...

Jeb: Liaison to Anti-Castro Right

George Herbert Walker Bush's second eldest son, John Ellis or Jeb, was also linked to clandestine schemes in support of the Contras. Soon after congressional prohibition in late 1984, Jeb helped put a right-wing Guatemalan politician, Dr. Mario Castejon, in touch with Oliver North. Jeb acted as the Reagan administration's unofficial link with the Contras and Nicaraguan exiles in Miami.

Jeb was contacted in February 1985 by a friend of Castejon, who gave him a letter from Castejon to be passed on to then Vice President Bush. In his letter Castejon, a pediatrician and later an unsuccessful National Conservative Party presidential candidate, requested a meeting with George Bush to discuss a proposed medical aid project for the Contras. Jeb forwarded the letter to his father. In a March 3, 1985, letter, Vice President Bush expressed interest in Castejon's proposal to create an international medical brigade.

"I might suggest, if you are willing, that you consider meeting with Lt. Colonel Oliver North of the President's National Security Council Staff at a time that would be convenient for you," Bush wrote. "My staff has been in contact with Lt. Col. North concerning your projects and I know that he would be most happy to see you. You may feel free to make arrangements to see Lt. Colonel North, if you wish, by corresponding directly with him at the White House or by contacting Philip Hughes of my staff."

Castejon later met with North in the White House, where he also saw President Ronald Reagan. When Castejon returned to Washington for a second visit, he was introduced to members of North's secret Contra support network, including retired Maj. Gen. John Sing- laub and Contra leader Adolfo Calero. Castejon also met with a group of doctors working with Rob Owen, North's liaison with the Contras.

"He (Castejon) was offering us a pipeline into Guatemala," said Henry Whaley, a former arms dealer who said he was asked by his intelligence community connections to help Castejon. Whaley was optimistic about opening a new shipping route to the Contras through Guatemala. "If you can move Band-Aids," he reportedly said, "you can move bullets."

With Castejon, Whaley prepared a proposal to the State Department for the purchase of medical supplies for the Contras from the Department's newly established Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office. The document included requests for mobile field hospitals and light aircraft to evacuate wounded Contra guerrillas. Congress approved $27 million in "humanitarian" aid to the Contras in 1985. The Castejon proposal was hand-delivered to TGS International Limited in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Whaley said he sent the report to TGS so it would be "quietly" forwarded to the CIA. TGS International is owned by Ted Shackley, who was CIA Associate Deputy Director of Operations when Bush Sr. headed the Agency in 1976-77.

CONTINUED...

http://mediafilter.org/caq/BushFamilyPreys.html

He's now so tightly wrapped and loosely bound that he is unable to express even the most rudimentary of emotions needed to connect with other human beings.

[hifiguy]

9. I swear to the FSM, Princess Celestia and the Invisible Pink Unicorn,

there isn't a rock in the world you can turn over without seeing some member of the Bush Crime Family scuttling away for cover from underneath. They're everywhere.

[seafan]

12. The common thread running through all of this corruption is the name Bush.

This guy is one of the slimiest, pasty-fingered characters we'll run across. Funny how they so many of them carry the same surname.

Jeb Bush may end up being the weakest link in the Bush lineage who finally breaks down in full blathering confession of The Family's deeds.

In any case, he's teetering on the ragged edge. No doubt about it.

Octafish, great to run into you here on this trail. Does my heart good. Keep unearthing the truth!

[Octafish]

10. They're pulling out all the stops.

There's still not enough energy to overcome the truth. The guy's campaigning on a lie. Everybody knows that Iraq war was a lie. Monkey kept us safe was a lie too.

Where's a cowed press corpse when you need one, Jebthro?

[bobthedrummer]

11. That remark could also be taken in a BFEE context-very darkly. They sure love the kids, don't they?

Chapter 21-Omaha
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016139460

[seafan]

14. Knew what your link was as soon as I saw it.

Some bad karma in this family.

Good to see you again, bobthedrummer! It's been a long time, old-timer.

[bdwker]

13. I always wondered about that.