G.W. Bush Wants Brother Jeb to Run for President

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

G.W. BUSH WANTS BROTHER JEB TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

Apr. 24 7:28 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush says he has advice for his brother and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — "Run."

For president, that is.

In an interview aired Wednesday with ABC News, the former president says his brother would be, in his words, a "marvelous candidate."

Whether Jeb Bush ultimately does run, his brother added, is a "very personal decision."

Bush and his wife, Laura, granted ABC the interview ahead of Thursday's opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University.


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[tarheelsunc]

1. This is the best endorsement Jeb's opponents could ever hope to have. eom

[Botany]

2. Haven't those mother fuckers done enough damage?

[midnight]

14. I should say so.....

[kardonb]

28. say so

Papa Bush just wants to be another Papa Kennedy , be a king-maker .

[midnight]

44. I appreciated the Kennedy family's ability to separate church and state, and try to raise issues

that went beyond the scope of the have mores...

[blkmusclmachine]

3. F/CK GWB.

I'm sick of that blood-thirsty klan.

[rocktivity]

4. Be still, my heart!

rocktivity

[wilt the stilt]

5. can't they actually get a job

in the private sector and leave us alone.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Ever read "Stupid White Men"?

Even THEY aren't STUPID enough to hire them.

That's why the Bush family depends on these guys:

[BeyondGeography]

6. Roll up another one...

[markiv]

7. sorry, Bush quota exceeded

please re-enter candidate

[October]

8. It's all just a joke to them.

It's not a fucking monarchy!

[marmar]

9. They want to finish the country off.

nt

[Katashi_itto]

39. The very fact he could be called a real cannidate speaks volumes about this country

[question everything]

10. This morning on MSNBC someone suggested that if he runs, he will run as "Jeb"

and leave the Bush name alone.

[davidpdx]

19. That would be an idea

but I don't think it would be enough. When they run commercials or print any kind of literature they have to be explicit about who's running.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Hoping to be confused with this guy?

"Hello? No, this is Jed,...not "Jeb"..."

[awoke_in_2003]

33. that Jeb...

would be light years ahead of any Bush.

[wundermaus]

11. No.

Just No.

[CBHagman]

12. The mother of bad ideas.

America ought to have stopped with the first President Bush, and even he owed his election to negative campaigning.

[delrem]

13. If W could win, *twice*, why couldn't Jeb win?

This's what I thought about Reagan too. He won twice and yet he was a laughing stock. And now he's pushed as a fricken saint! Promotion is all, facts be damned.

You have a country where polls say 86% support background checks for purchasing guns, a no brainer, and a vote was held 54-46 in favor, and the majority was fucked over. Totally. Hardly a ripple. You have a country that wanted substantive health care reform in line with modern democratic countries, which have *proven* that a single payer system which e.g. negotiates for the people vs. huge pharmaceutical conglomerates, works. And yet you got RomneyCare, repackaged as ObamaCare, and in no sense addressing either the problem or the solution that the overwhelming majority of the people desired.

So how you going to stop Jeb?

[davidpdx]

20. I would think things would have to take a very sharp downturn in the next 3 years

for him to have a chance. His brother's 8 years in office is still fresh in the minds of most Americans. Also if Jebby decides to run, I think he has one shot at it and that's it. If he loses, he'll pretty much be as done as a burnt steak. He is 60 now, he'd be 63 at the beginning of the primary in 2016. One possibility would be to take a gamble on who wins, say if it is a D and after 12 years people have started to forget about W.'s disaster and he runs in 2020. I'm not saying it will happen, but that it would be one option. The downside is he'd be pretty old by then.

[delrem]

22. Everyone who runs for pres. and loses is dead, politically, at that level at any rate.

W won a second term when his first 4 yrs were not just fresh in mind, but immediately in mind.
If someone thinks that it takes awhile for the totality of someone like GWB to sink in, so they understand what a disaster he was, I say in reply that very few people who voted for GWB twice are capable of that kind of slow-cooked understanding. Likewise for Reagan, twice.

These people aren't deep thinkers. Deep thinkers are capable of faster thinking than that, just because they've already done a great bit to think things through. Second time GWB voters aren't necessarily terrible people, but their political orientation is narrow, their understanding governed nearly 100% by US corporate media. Perhaps they're tired after work, setting down to eat their evening meal with their family, watching the tube. Perhaps opinionating about it. But not dedicating any time to it, like they would do for an exercise program or any other thing meant to develop them as a person.

The US had two terms of Reagan, one of George H. Bush, two terms of W.
These jokers, god help the US, set the direction of the country that Obama seems totally intent on following.

It's like there is no opposition. So what kind of groundwork does that lay for Obama's successor?

[Ter]

40. Mostly, but not always

Remember, Nixon lost in 1960 and somehow came back and won in 1968.

[awoke_in_2003]

34. you overestimate...

the attention span of most Americans.

[davidpdx]

35. I know it's low for most

It also depends on who the nominee is on our side. If it someone who can generate a lot of enthusiasm I think that will cut into his chances. He still has to live with the Bush name tied around his neck.

I tend to think he won't run though. The Republican are going to nominate someone who is hard right and I don't think Jebby fits the American Taliban style of the party.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. If Jeb runs does that mean we finally will get a chance to open up W's biggest

mistakes? It does seem like it would be relevant.

[shanti]

16. who the f cares what he wants?

really....he needs to sit down.

[geomon666]

17. As a Floridian I want Brother Jeb to run for President too.

So we can eviscerate his ass.

[BootinUp]

18. Hey Georgie...why won't you come out and play!

We won't be too rough on ya.

[struggle4progress]

21. LOL!

[Brimley]

23. Jeb is Certain to Win!

Just like Romney was last Nov 5

[sakabatou]

24. No more Bush's in office.

[Lint Head]

25. Do it! He'll lose big time.

[Lil Missy]

26. who cares what george the lessor wants. n/t

[Politicalboi]

27. Daddy says it's Jeb's turn to run

Besides, it's a fairly easy job. It nothing like trimming bushes. All you got to remember is, Russia and China are big, and duck for shoes.

[Gregorian]

30. I wonder what his slogan would be. "Hey, this time we'll really win in Iraq!"

There must be a joke in there somewhere. I'm sure Colbert will find it.

Three for the price of none.

[tanyev]

38. Iraq War 3: The Bush is back.

[SoapBox]

32. No more Bush.

Period.

[SummerSnow]

36. Is he Bushshitting us?

[Heywood J]

37. Are we absolutely sure that "run" was campaign advice, and not just

George telling Jeb to be afraid?


"Run! Run now!"

"But once you've been inside that place for a while, you're never... quite whole... again. But you do as you're told!"

[Coyotl]

41. Family tradition: Cover-up the F ups of the previous Bush!

[Myrina]

42. Haha, yeah so he can PARDON the Chimp.

[twinker]

43. The 2000 cold putsch - reloaded 2016?

No thanks. Stop the voting machines.

[joanbarnes]

45. I just threw up a little bit.....(no A LOT)