Pic Of The Moment: Jeb! Storms Into New Hampshire

[EarlG]

Jeb Bush: "Please Clap"

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[SoapBox]

1. Give it up Jebbie.

[tblue37]

52. Not yet. We need the "moderate" candidates to stay in to divide those votes and keep Trump in

the lead for as long as possible. If too many of the establishment candidates drop out, the voters will unite behind one establishment candidate--probably Rubio. But if they keep those votes divided for a long time, it will waste the donors' money and also keep all of the establishment candidates in Trump's and Cruz's cross hairs, so that they will be thoroughly beaten up before the GE.

[TeamPooka]

73. this

[tomm2thumbs]

79. I wish he would... but he has so much corporate money still to dump

here's the clip

[Initech]

89. Stick a fork in Jeb!, he's done.

Bye Jeb! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

[yellowcanine]

2. His head looks too big for his body here. Has he lost weight?

Or maybe he is just a fathead.

[LittleGirl]

30. Yes, I heard he went on the paleo

diet before running. He has lost weight.

[Contrary1]

66. No, he's always had a big head. He is a Bush, after all. n/t

[TBF]

3. Jeb, please go back to your family.

Don't embarrass yourself like this. Go on with your life.

[TeamPooka]

4. stick fork, done. nt

[Donkees]

5. A rich person begging :)

[Botany]

6. Is he gonna protect 'merica like his W did on 9/11/01?

If Jeb hadn't cheated in 2000 in Florida we would never had a 9/11,
a war in Afghanistan, a war in Iraq, the BP oil spill in the Gulf, Ohio
2004, Homeland Security, the failed response to Katrina, ......

[BillZBubb]

12. +1000

or the "Patriot" act. Or the financial collapse. Or the bailout. Or the huge deficits...

[Botany]

20. or the Big Branch Coal Mine in W.V. explosion (w put an executive from Massey Coal as head of ....

.... US Mine Safety administration and so repeated safety problems in the Big Branch Mine
were ignored) or Dick Cheney shooting a man in the face after drinking and nothing happened
to him or an unfunded Medicare Part d drug program or the outing of a CIA agent and the roll up of
a 20+ year program to control loose nuclear weapons and materials or 230,000 man and women
who now have long term traumatic brain damage from blasts in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars or
missing 70 + warnings about 9/11 or the death of tens of thousands of wild run pacific salmon
thanx to Dick Cheney or Jeff Gannon or ....


JEB!'s help in gaming the system in Florida 2000 has been and still is very costly America and the
world.

...... (I forgot) the birth of ISIS as a result of w & Dick Cheney's war in Iraq or .....

[tblue37]

49. Or NCLB! nt

[zentrum]

78. Not to mention

…..the instability and extremism the Bush's brought to the Middle East with that damn invasion.

[emmadoggy]

40. Yep. nt

[chapdrum]

25. America needs protection FROM the Bush Syndicate

Right you are, Bot.

Good thing we had a mere twelve years of "service" from these uber patriots.

[emmadoggy]

39. Exactly.

Can you even imagine how different things might be now???

Can't decide if it makes me want to or . Both, I guess.

[trusty elf]

83. ...

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[NCjack]

7. Will whoever is holding that shepherd's staff jerk him off the stage. /nt

[classof56]

21. Good one!

[davidthegnome]

8. Poor bastard.

I remember a lot of people thinking he was definitely going to be the nominee. A money raising machine, with all the power and influence of the Bush family and their network of connections, money, etc.

Looking forward... "Clap people! Come on, clap! If you're happy and you know it, clap for Jeb!" Oh f*&t it I quit."

[LittleGirl]

31. *snort* eom

[SummerSnow]

75. Roflmao. I like that

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. I can only hope he sobers up W and brings him out on tour

to bolster his campaign.

[dixiegrrrrl]

90. He's been dragging the ghost of Shrub every step of the way

and I am SO happy to see that even Republicans are sick of Bushes.

[malthaussen]

10. God, the faces in the audience are priceless.

New Hampshire is, oddly for a New England state, more conservative than some, too. Can it really be that a measurable portion of the population is tired of all the sturm und drang ? Or is it just that they're tired of Jeb!?

-- Mal

[sarge43]

16. Graniteheads have well calibrated crap detectors

After a half century and more of listening to these jerks every four years, they're on to them.

Hanover hosts Dartmouth University; there's some very sharp individuals in that audience.

NH tends to be conservative, but it's also egalitarian with a significant veteran population. Graniteheads generally don't take well to faux tough talk. "It's not a video game, Flatlander."

[ejbr]

11. "Give me a break. Please clap." n/t

[NurseJackie]

13. What's the deal with all his "GWB-like" arm gestures, shrugs, smirks, posture and expressions?

Is he TRYING to remind everyone that they're brothers?

[wordpix]

14. Jeb should have listened to Babs, who said the nation had enough Bushes

but no, his delusion$ of grandeur and greedy money grubbing puppeteers overruled her good sense.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/25/barbara-bush-on-jeb-in-2016-weve-had-enough-bushes/

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. This should have been the fate of Dubya in 04.

[2naSalit]

17. Totally.

[hifiguy]

18. He's deader than King Tut

and he's the last one to know.

[tosh]

19. Awww. Humility for jebs.

Well deserved.

[Kablooie]

22. This in itself is talking a big game without backing it up.

[The Blue Flower]

23. I am so glad the country is done with Bushes

"Blowharding" was W's favorite presidential activity. Other than clearing brush, that is. America clearing out the bushes is such a nice, karmic metaphor!

[awoke_in_2003]

24. He actually said "please clap"?

I ALMOST feel sorry for him.

[RKP5637]

34. Yep, it's all getting kinda weird. ... like when you're in front of an audience doing a presentation

and you tell a joke to lighten things up, and everyone just sits there looking at you, no laughter, no claps.

[jonno99]

44. My thought too. I'm sure he was really thinking he'd be "the guy" - until "the Donald" appeared...nt

[awoke_in_2003]

61. I still think Trump is a ploy

by the GOP to make the other candidates appear reasonable. What is troublesome is the crazier he gets, the happier a bunch of people get.

[jonno99]

62. Agreed. nt

[RKP5637]

26. It's really getting pathetic, he apparently just does not comprehend what's going on.

He and his vision are obsolete!

[turbinetree]

27. Lets remind Jebby...............................from days gone by....................

Honk-----------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016


It is about getting a Progressive President, U.S Supreme Court, Congress and State and Local Legislatures

[DesertRat]

28. He's pathetic

[Helen Borg]

29. Jeebus... He'll have PTSD for the rest of his life!

[thesquanderer]

32. If it wasn't for his brother (who he defends), I could almost feel sorry for him (n/t)

[Lodestar]

33. oooo....this is just painful to watch. Should have listened to his mummie.

No one wants another Bush in the White House...ever.

[Paladin]

35. Please quit.

Put all of us out of your misery.

[jonno99]

46. Yes. It's like watching a slow motion root canal - without any pain killer...nt

[PoliticAverse]

36. This might be sad, if he still didn't have a huge amount of money behind him. n/t

[jonno99]

47. And that's the thing. He raised all this money, what's he to do with it - give it back? nt

[hibbing]

37. His massive trust fund will parachute him down softly

I still can't believe he is not going to win the nomination. I'm hoping it is because of his war criminal brother and how he screwed everything up in this country. But, he is a horrid candidate himself. He actually said anyone who believes we are better off now than before President Obama is living in an alternate reality!

Peace

[FailureToCommunicate]

38. On the positive side, he HAS lost weight! He could give talks about THAT success and his crowds

would swell to many times what he draws now. Just sayin'

[Frank Cannon]

50. He could take over Jared's job as Subway spokesman.

On second thought, probably not. I'm sure Subway is probably very careful about whom they're hiring these days.

[3catwoman3]

41. As I have said in other JEB!...

...threads, the only bushes I want anywhere near the WH, ever again, are the ones in the rose garden.

[Lloydhow]

42. The blowhards and Crusaders

control his party. If he doesn't know that he should have taken his mother's advice when he was thinking of running for president

[Cyrano]

43. Jeb morphed into the Fredo of the family

His body language in the photo is telling. This is a guy who is lost and trying to figure out what the hell happened.

One day he was heir to the throne. The next day, nobody gave a rat's ass about his existence. One can almost feel sorry for him. Then Terri Schiavo comes to mind. (Google Terri Schiavo. It was Jeb's greatest prick moment.)

[xocet]

45. JEB*

n/t

[saturnsring]

48. im reminded of fred thompson who was introduced at something and no one clapped and he said

" can i get a round of applause"

[rtracey]

51. If I was Bush

If I was Jeb Bush, this would be my next step. After the "crowd" did not clap at my Fiery riff..... I would have said, "thank you, please get out the vote, let's help get America strong and the number 1 country in this world, vote democrat", I would then go to the car, drive to the airport, fly home to Florida, write a withdrawal speech, give it tomorrow about 10 am on MSNBC and Fox, and then tomorrow evening enjoy a nice dinner with the wife and kids.

[gordyfl]

53. They Eventually Clapped

What his audience needs is an applause meter. Total opposite of a Bernie Sanders rally. These folks look like they were falling asleep.

[dixiegrrrrl]

92. You can hear from the clapping at the end it is a very small audience.

Good to know he won't be..."blowharding".... ( Sarah would be so proud of him for making up a word)

[PatrickforO]

54. Wow. That's really poignant. Almost enough to make you feel sorry for him.

But not quite.

[ejbr]

84. So close!

[AllyCat]

55. Painful.

[jaxind]

56. Video

Video of this pleeaaase!! I would love to see it!

[SummerSnow]

76. I saw the video on Rachel Maddow tonight.

It was funny.

[MatthewStLouis]

57. Ha. He let all that "Jeb's the smart one" talk go to his head.

They don't really want him anymore. He's too cranky, unlikable (if any of them are), and not enough of a xenophobic Christian jihadist for Republican voters. Let us all hope this is the end of the Bush dynasty.

(I'm still laughing over the tweet from the caucuses the other day, "...In a room of 700, no one raised their hand. Audible gasps.&quot

[marble falls]

58. Maybe he should only pay 1/2 up front, pay per ovation to get the other half.

[GeorgeGist]

59. Even his supporters know the Bush brand sucks.

[GatesofPunk]

60. "Please clap?"

Maybe the crowd realized they were listening to a Bush speak and all just a single, unified moment of clarity and asked themselves: "What the hell are we actually doing here?"

Please clap. I think I know who is leaving the race next...

[dixiegrrrrl]

63. He has a sad sack air about him, even before the race.

I almost feel sorry for him, compassionate lil Dem that I am.

[Fritz Walter]

64. Schafenfreude ist die schönste Freude

Denn sie kommt von Herzen.

"Schadenfreude is the most sublime of pleasures, because it the heart."

if I had any assurance that his campaign war chest -- including PAC and Super-PAC funds -- would not end up in his family's vast holdings, I would welcome his departure from the world stage.

Otherwise, fuck him.
And the horse he rode in on!

[brooklynite]

65. Mom! They're being MEAN to me again!

[saltpoint]

67. I think what draws people to Jeb

is his electrifying charisma.

[valerief]

68. Jeb! Stuff happens/Please clap Bush. What a royal armpit this POS is. nt

[saltpoint]

69. Does anybody recall Fred

Thompson's request of an Iowa audience for applause?

This is a good read. Thompson's request for applause is in paragraph 8.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fred-thompsons-death-throes/

[Jon Ace]

70. I feel bad for Jeb! the person

And I laugh loudly at Jeb! the politician

[liberal N proud]

71. I feel terrible about this...

A speaker or performer's worst fear is dying in fron the of a crowd. But...




But, I can't help but laugh at this.

[Submariner]

72. Someone could have at least thrown a shoe at him to make him feel wanted

[saltpoint]

77. Those folks are fucking stoked, am I right? eom

[3catwoman3]

74. The plea for appause reminds me of the...

..."Romney, Ryan, Romney, Ryan" moment from the 2012 campaign. How humiliating.

And the photo above of the snoozing potential voters is priceless.

[Gumboot]

80. What bothers me the most...

... is that he's staying in the race - even with zero audience enthusiasm and negative poll numbers.

We know that Wall Street, the fossil fuel industry, the MIC, and the corporate media machine would just love another Bush presidency. They all made out like bandits during Dubya's two fraudulent terms, and another Bush will just make them richer all over again.

The BFEE is a vile & murderous beast, and teamed with Karl Rove & Rupert Murdoch, I'm sure there's a lot more drama and ugliness to come before this election campaign is done.

Cryin' shame that Hunter S Thompson and BartCop aren't still around to provide a commentary for us.

[Lodestar]

81. Now it's clear why they had to place an exclamation mark after his name, eh Jeb!!!!!!!!?

[Tab]

82. FYI, power went out today due to breeze or something

I didn't think he had that much hot air

[ejbr]

85. This is where everything

changes for him. I predict an upward trajectory because he can command a room. Yeah, that's it. And when history looks back at this moment, it will be remembered as the time that Americans showed us what compassionate conservatism is all about. A compassionate conservative applauds when begged to do so.

[Stuart G]

86. Earl has got a great "headline"... "Jeb! Storms Into New Hampshire.." says it all................

[yellowcanine]

87. The crowd looks as if they are really into Jeb! also.

Lot of people either staring off into space.

[oberliner]

88. He has lost a lot of weight

Paleo diet seems to work wonders.

[dixiegrrrrl]

93. BUT....at rest, his face looks drawn and tired.

Plus, he has poor posture, not a confident stance at all.( not diet related, of course)

Body language is so interesting.

[oberliner]

94. Yes - his heart is clearly not in this campaign

The "please clap" thing was a perfect illustration of that.

But I must say I am impressed with how thin he looks.

[Glaisne]

91. Good god Jeb is sooo boring

I cannot even work up the energy to dislike him.

[Initech]

95. Oh! I have the perfect music for this!

[lastlib]

96. "I didn't get a 'Harrumph' outa that guy...!"

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