Barbara Bush On Jeb Running For President: 'We've Had Enough Bushes'

[Beacool]

Source: NBC's "Today" show

WASHINGTON — Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library, former first lady Barbara Bush is brushing aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House.

Appearing in an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Mrs. Bush was asked how she felt about Jeb, the former governor of Florida, seeking the presidency in 2016.

Mrs. Bush replied, quote, "We've had enough Bushes."



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-president_n_3154029.html

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Mother knows best.........

[femmocrat]

1. Probably the only time most of us have agreed with her. nt

[Beacool]

3. My same feeling.

When I saw it I thought: "Damn, I actually agree with her".

[calimary]

9. Yeah, no kidding. That's the first thing I thought.

Sweet God, I'm listening to the quivering voice of contradicta, introducing all those rogues and assholes at the bush "library" and excuse emporium... and she STILL sounds like somebody's come around behind her and stuck a finger up her ass. She still has that goosey, sphincter-shaky voice that drives me freakin' crazy!!! Bet you hate seeing laura there ... AGAIN... 'eh, contradicta?

Shit - this is just BARF-WORTHY!!!!

[louis-t]

24. 'excuse emporium'

[calimary]

38. Well? Isn't that what it is?

Glad you like it!

[mac56]

41. Stealing!

[llmart]

84. You do have a way with words, calimary.

I love it and couldn't agree more!

"sphincter-shaky voice" LOL

[calimary]

85. Aww...

Thanks!

[wordpix]

17. lolol, me, too

[rhett o rick]

28. She was lying. I could tell because her mouth was moving. Just think about it.

They are not ready for Jeb to announce so she had to say he wasnt running. Otherwise all hell would break loose.

He is a self-serving, sociopathic Bush. I know that sentence has lots of redundancy.

[City Lights]

50. Haha, same here!

Never thought I'd agree with anything Ma Bar said!

[brush]

79. So right

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I'm shocked, shocked that I agree with Barbara Bush on something.

Seems like W was definitely her favorite now that I think about it. Remember back in the day she said something like this (and I'm paraphrasing): "Jeb will just have to wait his turn to run."

Now she tells Jeb, "we've had enough Bushes."

It warms my heart. The writing is on the wall, Jeb. She's just not that into you as a son.

Makes one almost feel sorry for poor Jeb.

Not!

[warrior1]

2. wow

how will they walk this back?

[Beacool]

4. Can you imagine how Jeb feels?

I knew it!! George was always mom's favorite.

[yurbud]

10. she's great at boosting her kids self-esteem. Before she said she though JEB would be the one

to become president NOT the chimp.

[Beacool]

12. Well, to be fair, they all thought that.

George was considered the family idiot. They were as surprised as the rest of us when he made it to the WH.

[heaven05]

23. what surprise?

He deceived the populace and stole the election. No surprise here, just anger and that empty feeling that one has when a certain hunch is confirmed. What hunch? That we lost what was left of our democracy (small d) in 2000.

[Beacool]

59. I agree.

But if he had lost to Gore, he still would have made it farther than his family could have predicted. Jeb was supposed to be the one running for president, not his dopey brother.

[heaven05]

77. yeah

true

[Arugula Latte]

74. Dubya wasn't smart enough to steal it. That took Poppy, Cheney, and that nice Mr. Baker

[heaven05]

76. no problem

with that.

[yurbud]

26. his presidency did us a great favor: he removed any lingering belief that the rich were better

than the rest of us intellectually, morally, and because they are harder working.

Aside from an ability to not stray from his talking points, it's tough to think of any job he could do competently.

[demwing]

52. "it's tough to think of any job he could do competently"

Nuclear Safety Inspector...but I'm pretty sure that job was filled by a more qualified candidate

[demwing]

49. Did she actually use the word Chimp?

'cause that would be awesome...

[yurbud]

68. Yes. She said in an interview as soon as she looked at him the first time, she wanted to give him

to the zoo or circus, but Papa Bush said to keep him because he was smart enough to be a pet for their later children, but he wouldn't shed as much.

[rhett o rick]

30. I am sure it doesnt bother him, he comes from a line of sociopaths.

Besides he knows his mother was supposed to say that.

[Aristus]

5. You're fuckin' A, old lady.

n/t

[davsand]

6. What does his mother know?

My first reaction was to think Bar knows about something REALLY ugly that they'd all be much happier keeping quiet. If he runs it might come to light. To be honest, I've kind of wondered about it since they ran Dubya rather than Jeb in the first place...



Laura

[yurbud]

11. I think his religious views might be an impediment:

[wordpix]

19. whaaaa? who's this Chang?

[groundloop]

22. Apparently it's a family joke.... probably blown out of proportion

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20050918/COLUMNS/50917061


I'd think Chang's a lot less damning than AquaBuddha.


Edit to add: I still agree with Babs.... we've had enough Bushes in the White House

[yurbud]

31. I intend to continue to blow it out of proportion until something worse comes up

[groundloop]

70. HA!!!!! Good one.

And it probably won't take long. At least not if he runs and all the skeletons start making their way out of his closet.

[Myrina]

16. I think they realize that at some point, the entire rock is going to turn over ...

... and all of the ugly maggots of the family's history will be undeniable.

[gateley]

34. There's a lot of that ugly family history out there now, beginning with Prescott Bush --

Doesn't seem to matter, apparently.

[Auggie]

7. Thanks, Babs. If Jeb does run, we have the perfect soundbite to use against him!

[LeftofObama]

8. Broken clock n/t

[oberliner]

13. More Clintons instead!

Hillary 2016!

[Stewland]

39. We certainly do not need another corporatist

Hillary is not the answer to our woes. The Clinton's serve the same masters as the Republicans and they are the ones responsible for NAFTA. They did the bidding for the very wealthy because we thought a Democrat would not sell us out.

[Beacool]

61. First of all, Bill was president, not Hillary.

Second, NAFTA was an agreement that was put together during 41's term. Bill did sign it, but the agreement was already finalized by the time he became president. Besides, NAFTA was a trade agreement between Canada and Mexico. Most of the job losses are due to globalization and have gone to Asia and China.

[Stewland]

67. Birds of a feather flock together

What's the difference. Outof the hundreds of million of citizens do we have to creat dynasties?

[Beacool]

60. Hear, hear!!!

They had two Bushes, if we have two Clintons it will even things out.

[kestrel91316]

14. Indeed we have, Babs. Thank you for pointing that out.

[deutsey]

15. As Jeremy Irons might say:

"You have no idea."

[AtomicKitten]

89. !!!

[SummerSnow]

18. Best campaign slogan against him if he runs..

Straight from his mothers mouth!!!You can't make this stuff up.ROFL

[rhett o rick]

33. He'll run and his slogan will be from his Poppy, "Jeb, the smart son." nm

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Actually,

it was one too many!

[tblue37]

73. TWO too many! nt

[SoapBox]

21. Amen to that Girlfriend!

Burned once, shame on me.

Burned twice, shame on you!

Never...Ever...Again.

[SaveAmerica]

29. Won't be burned again

[yurbud]

35. Bush me once...

[SaveAmerica]

25. And the Oatmeal Caucus speaks: no more Bushes for USA

I agree...

[gateley]

27. Amen, Babs!

[BrotherIvan]

32. From her lips to God's ears

[BadGimp]

36. "We've had enough Bushes."

omfg that line wil live in infamy...

And I think she speaks for all of us right?

[Beacool]

42. For once, she does.

[sinkingfeeling]

37. OMMG, I finally agree with Babara Bush about something!

[Richard D]

40. One was way too many.

[HughBeaumont]

43. Our 2016 Poster:

NEVER!!

[yellowcanine]

44. Water board her until she recants!

[L0oniX]

45. This week on the Family Feud show ...survey says "We've had enough Bushes."

[NewJeffCT]

46. It only matters of Jeb disagrees with her

and decides to run - weren't there already early signs he was planning on running?

[Blue Owl]

47. Bab's big moment of clarity -- hopefully she wasn't joking

n/t

[NewJeffCT]

48. W encourages his brother to run

so, another message from his big brother...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/former-president-bush-says-2016-advice-for-brother-jeb-is-run-.html

[tofuandbeer]

51. Reword that: "We've had enough OF the Bushes."

[colsohlibgal]

53. I More Than Agree With Her

Bush Clinton Bush A Break then another Clinton? Already chatter about Chelsea down the road. I thought we fought for independence from Britain to get away from monarchies. It shocks me this doesn't creep more people out, that it doesn't strike them as a dangerous trend.

[Solly Mack]

54. Piffle. They all lie.

Why would now be any different?

[Liberalynn]

55. Understatement of the Millennium.

[Hubert Flottz]

56. Smart woman!

No wonder they put her picture on the one Dollar bill.

[Beacool]

65. Wuuaaahahaha!!!!!!!!

[mountain grammy]

57. Well, Bar wasn't born a Bush.. gives her some credibility.

[AndyA]

58. I agree with Barbara Bush!

We have had enough Bushes.

It would be fine with me if we never saw or heard from any of them again, except of course when George W. is charged with war crimes... (yeah, I know it'll never happen)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

62. That's straight from the Silver Douchebag.

[Redford]

63. Actually I think it was a snide remark toward the Kennedy's, Clinton's, and the Obama's

She said "Why should 4 families have all the power"? She threw Jeb under the bus, of course. You could see the looks on the twin's faces and Laura looked like she wanted to punch her Mother in law in the pie hole.

[LeftInTX]

64. Maybe she wants George to STFU about Jeb

That way Jeb will only have a 1 year campaign instead of 4.
Surprise! Surprise!

I don't believe her.

[Fearless]

66. 'Scuse me whilist I warm up the band...

[Blasphemer]

69. She doesn't think he can win

And doesn't want to be publicly humiliated by a losing campaign. I think she'd be supportive if she thought he could win. That said, one thing I've always appreciated about 'ol Babs is that she was never a stepford wife. Her feud with Nancy Reagan was epic because neither one of them were ever very good about towing the line.

[Beacool]

71. Yeah, the men got along better than the wives.

In the 8 years that the Reagans were in the WH they never invited the Bushes to dinner. Of the two, I preferred Barbara to Nancy, but that's not saying much. IMO, neither one is a nice person.

[anobserver2]

72. Jeb Bush should not be running - and Maybe his Mother knows that

Between you and me, it would not surprise me in the least if very serious criminal charges were filed by the US Govt
against Jeb Bush before the 2016 election.

Of course, I could be wrong. But, that is my prediction. If I am correct, you heard it here first.

[WinkyDink]

75. Bumper sticker!

[DonCoquixote]

78. frankly

Prescott Bush was one too many Bushes in politics. If I had a time machine, i would advocate rubbing him out before he got to spawn.

[Redford]

80. He was actually the least offensive- he was a proponent of Margaret Sanger

and is one of the reasons why we have Planned Parenthood today.

[DonCoquixote]

83. He tried to do a coup against FDR

Plus, he did not back Sanger for the right reasons. He was a proponent of Eugenics, which was a nice way of saying "let's abort all those non white babies." Sadly, Sanger bought into --->SOME, NOT ALL<--- of the ideas, and not to the extent Prescott did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/54/54_26-34.pdf
http://www.iahf.com/20040703.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2011/11/fact-checkers-agree-lay-off-sangers-eugenics/

[SunSeeker]

81. You and me both, Babs. nt

[Jefferson23]

82. I don't believe her. n/t

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

86. Massive Understatment

:shakes-head:

[pam4water]

87. It's official! Everyone has had enough!

[Beartracks]

88. "A lot of great families..."

I like where she says:

"There are a lot of great families, and it's not just four families or whatever."

Like we're a kingdom with noblemen.

Struck me as an odd thing for an American to say. But maybe not, when you're blood is just that blue.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/296067-barbara-bush-weve-had-enough-bushes


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