UPDATED Jeb Bush: 'Not Sure We Need Half A Billion Dollars For Women's Health'

[DonViejo]

Last edited Tue Aug 4, 2015, 06:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: TPM

While defending Republicans' effort to defund Planned Parenthood over a series of "sting" videos targeting the organization, presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush doubted the $500 million or so in federal funds currently going to support health services offered at clinics is even necessary.

"You can take dollar for dollar -- though I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues -- but if you took dollar for dollar, there are many extraordinarily fine organizations ... to provide quality care for women on a wide variety of health issues," Bush said Tuesday, speaking at a the Southern Baptist Convention.

A Senate bill that failed to overcome a filibuster Monday would have redirected the $500 million to other women's healthcare providers such as federal community health centers. Planned Parenthood defenders argue those health centers to not have the capabilities to handle the influx of patients that would arise if Planned Parenthood could no longer use federal funds to treat women.

Former Secretary Hillary Clinton, the top Democratic 2016 candidate, has already jumped on Bush's comment.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-womens-health

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Update @ 6:55 p.m.

Jeb Bush: I 'Misspoke' On Women's Health Spending Comments

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) quickly walked back earlier comments that he was "not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues."

His presidential campaign posted online a statement Tuesday evening saying Bush "misspoke" with the remarks:

With regards to women’s health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women’s health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need.

I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood – an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women’s health organizations.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-misspoke-womens-health

[AllFieldsRequired]

1. Not sure we need to hear another word you have to say, fella.

[perdita9]

4. I've yet to hear anything intelligent come out of Jeb's mouth

[roguevalley]

37. I struggle between this tool and that idiot who thinks he can 'lecture'

women on pregnancy because he porked his wife to have a good opinion of men. It comes and goes but some days its hard. Fortunately, all the men in my life have been stand up.

[shenmue]

38. All the women: "Do I want to die, or not?"

"Okay, not votin' for that guy."

[Xipe Totec]

2. How much are we spending on the presidential race exactly? nt

[CharlotteVale]

3. Not unless the woman is Terry Schiavo, right, Jeb?

[perdita9]

6. Oh, snap!

[3catwoman3]

8. Indeed.

Game, set and match on that volley.


Or, perhaps, "Touche'"

[sarge43]

7. Nice shot

[Frank Cannon]

14. Nicely done.

[GusBob]

22. Holy ouch

That's gonna leave a mark

[smirkymonkey]

40. Touche!

But damn, do they need that money for billionaire tax cuts.

[msongs]

5. and here I thought women paid federal taxes and should be eligible for federal programs. nt

[lark]

9. Planned Parenthood is way more popular than the Repugs.

Repugs are just terminally stupid and they can be because of the gazillion dollars being spent to make their opponents look scary/bad. Yeah, there are a few puff pieces about what great family people they are, but the vast majority of the Koch/Rove ads are totally lying and distoring the truth, negative hit pieces. The ads and the gerrymandering have made them feel safe to pull off the masks and show the crazy meanness.

[SheilaT]

10. So how much do we need for another

jet fighter? Or aircraft carrier?

[olddots]

11. these turd maggots are breaking my hate meter

[Hissyspit]

39. +1

[Gregorian]

12. Patronizing turd. Every time I see this guy I think he should be picking turnips out iin a field.

Are Americans really this dim that they allow lowlife like these brothers into their representative offices. Crazy. I could be spending my time doing something productive, but when I see thiis kiind of junk in the news I can't believe my eyes.

What have we become.

[chapdrum]

13. Yet another ludicrous fraud

from the same benighted family...and little or no difference between him and the other candidates for "president."
In true "Groundhog Day" style, the mainstream media insists, again and again, that we take them seriously.

[passnobuck]

15. Now, Bush says he "misspoke"

He only wants to take the money away from Planned Parenthood, not from women's health issues.



I love when he misspeaks, and he does it a lot.

[sofa king]

21. He walks it back like Michael Jackson

But Michael Jackson was cooler. And no I haven't forgotten MJ was into little boys.

[passnobuck]

23. No Bush dances like the Michael

and yeah, Michael might have been a little bit sick, but he could sing and dance.

Bush is just a sick rich boy.

[PatrynXX]

16. and the $500 million is a rounded number it's less than $300 actually part comes from one of the

main Titles and the rest from Medicaid and again I find it ironic PP was basically a non partisan sometimes Republican organization until a little while ago. Reminds me of immigration. And even the smartest fall for this the millions saved from such research. and even bigger irony. Fetal research is way down. Cord blood though is not. That is way up. Abortion is way down ... and they are gonna shut the government down for nothing. They aren't willing to shut down banks or big oil that donates the actualy $$ that goes toward abortion. So this has nothing to do with abortion. Defunding Planned Parenthood has zero to do with Abortion. If I get into a debate about this with old friends. what little I have. it'll go nowhere. the believe even when the facts show the video is fake. I don't need to see the video really as I grew up on this. I'm not pro abortion. But I'm no zero tolerance fan either.

[NCjack]

17. The jerk needs to do analyses before issuing judgments. Unworthy for office. /nt

[wheniwasincongress]

18. Which Bush is the Smart One?

It isn't Heb. You can tell he will gift Dems with a lot of dumb and/or awful comments.

[smirkymonkey]

41. That's like asking which Kardashian is the sophisticated one.

[seafan]

19. Jeb was a director at Bloomberg Philanthropies when it entered $50 Mill deal with PP in Africa

Somebody's gotta ask him about that.

That's really ticking off conservatives too, and they are demanding to know if he knew about that $50 million funding to Planned Parenthood in Africa while he was a board member at Bloomberg last year.

They are hopping mad that he 'sold them out'.

So, today, we hear his garbage mouth politics aimed at women's health issues. So typical of Jeb Bush's meanness.

While defending Republicans' effort to defund Planned Parenthood over a series of "sting" videos targeting the organization, presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush doubted the $500 million or so in federal funds currently going to support health services offered at clinics is even necessary. "You can take dollar for dollar -- though I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues -- but if you took dollar for dollar, there are many extraordinarily fine organizations ... to provide quality care for women on a wide variety of health issues," Bush said Tuesday, speaking at a the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Bush, noting his own state defunded Planned Parenthood under his governorship, expressed support for the defund movement. But he also dodged the question as to whether the government should be shut down over Planned Parenthood funding, which some conservatives are now pushing.

"If I am President, we are going to respect the Constitution and get back to regular order way where democracy works again," he said.

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The current fight started after an anti-abortion group began releasing videos filmed undercover of Planned Parenthood employees discussing the costs and protocols involved in donating tissues from aborted fetuses to researchers. Abortion foes say the videos prove Planned Parenthood is illegally profiting off of tissue harvesting, a claim the organization vehemently denies.

Planned Parenthood is already legally prohibited from using federal funding -- which it receives through programs like Medicaid and Title X -- for abortion except in the case of rape, incest or life of the mother.

Update: Jeb Bush walked back the women's health spending comment in a statement saying that he "misspoke."

Jeb Bush's candidacy is a mistake.

Over at the dark side for a moment:

The Donald is waiting for Jeb to open his mouth on Thursday.

It's what they're saying.

Just sayin'!

[restorefreedom]

20. it's fork time.

he is done like dinner.

what a maroon

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. Still not ready for prime time.

[niyad]

26. jail time, mayhap?

[niyad]

25. you did not "misspeak" (what a bizarre word!), jebbie boy, you simply got caught

[freshwest]

27. 'Apologizes' like Rush, while continuing the lie about PP. American attention span exceeded. n/t

[greymattermom]

28. don't forget this about Jeb

Fundamentalist Christian groups send missionaries to Spanish speaking countries in Central America to convert Catholics, who they believe are not Christian. Jeb converted to Catholicism. Yep, so he converted from Christian to not Christian, according to the folks whose support he wants, right?

[CTyankee]

29. Can't he be sued for slander by PP?

He statement is demonstrably false. PP does NOT sell fetal organs. The woman donates them of their own free will. And it is against the law to sell body parts. Period.

Surely there is legal recourse against this liar and fraud.

[NewJeffCT]

31. just about every right winger out there

is spouting the "planned parenthood sells babies" meme. My newspaper (The Hartford Courant) is usually pretty balanced in their letters to the editor, but over the past week, they've been deluged with people outraged over PP harvesting babies or whatever Rush, Hannity, etc are telling them.

If you sue Bush, you can sue just about every prominent Republican in the media and in national politics.

[Dale Neiburg]

34. That's a pretty good idea, actually.... (n/t)

[NewJeffCT]

30. Half a billion dollars is three F-35s

which cost $150+ million each to build... not including maintenance going forward.

[seafan]

32. As Governor, he funneled tens of billions in tax breaks to wealthy folks in Florida.

And now, he thinks $500 million is an unnecessary amount for women's health programs?

That this guy THINKS that he's somehow "qualified" to get on the presidential debate stage and open his arrogant and privileged mouth on ANYTHING is an insult.

Floridians have known who this charlatan is for decades. He operates largely just offstage and in the shadows, but now that everyone sees this snake, it's very, very ugly.


(via Tampa Bay Times; Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

There is more ugly to come.

[Angry Dragon]

36. he still has Nazi blood running through his viens

thanks to grandpa

[polynomial]

43. Surprised it is not talked about on mainstream media

It shows the media is complicit to Bush crime Inc.

This close association with doing business with the enemy during world war two was something not talked about in my k12 system or in college in the last century.

It’s a curiosity that will eventually destroy mainstream media as we know it today. Moreover, it will destroy complicit Democratic and Republican persons that just sideline this very serious issue.

The Bush and Cheney family both engage in trading with the enemy, engaging in torture, and being close business partners with the Bin Laden family that are recognized as financial supporters of the very people America is fighting against in terrorism.

I blame a wide range of the Democratic Party that are likely part of the profiteering and corruption…Bill Clinton has an extraordinary friendship with Bush.

[Angry Dragon]

44. Prescott Bush was also involved in a plot in 1933 or 1934

to get rid of the president

[tclambert]

33. Oh, those Bushes! They love to save millions while wasting trillions.

Luckily for them, most people don't groc large numbers. Million? Billion? Trillion? What's the diff? Hint: a billion is a thousand million, and a trillion is a MILLION million.

F-35s cost about $100 million each. The whole program has cost $350 billion. And it lost a dogfight with an old F-16.

[Angry Dragon]

35. When republicans misspeak you never hear them say it out loud

always comes through a spokesperson

[The Second Stone]

42. This fool is dumber than his big brother

and that is pretty frickin' dumb.