"You were a hell of a governor,"

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. more like "hellacious"...

[FM123]

2. suuuure

if by governor you mean getaway driver of the stolen 2000 election.....

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Joe, I luv ya, but please man.....STOP with the

GOP reacharounds....not gonna help you in a Dem primary....save that bipartisanship stuff for the general if you should get the nomination.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Here is some of what he did

ABORTION/LIFE ISSUES: Bush supported abortion restrictions and opposed embryonic stem cell research. Florida became the first state to have "choose life" license plates; fees went toward aid for women with crisis pregnancies. He sought court intervention in certain situations, including the case of a disabled rape victim who was the ward of the state, and he fought a prolonged legal battle to keep alive Terri Schiavo, a comatose brain-injury patient caught up in an end-of-life dispute.

PRIVATIZING: Bush privatized various state services, including foster care, adoption services, legal representation for death row prisoners, human resources, state purchasing and state parks. He moved Medicaid recipients into private managed-care plans.

GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE: Bush trimmed 13,000 positions from government agencies.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: By executive order, he ended affirmative action in state hiring and contracting and worked with the Board of Regents to end it in university admissions in Florida.

GUNS: He signed the nation's first "stand your ground" legislation. The law, pushed by the National Rifle Association, allows deadly force for self-defense. Bush had an A+ rating from the NRA.

TEACHERS UNIONS: Bush backers say he was one of the original state executives to take on teacher unions, years before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gained attention for battling government labor unions. Bush established the country's first statewide voucher program for K-12 education, broadened school choice options, expanded charter schools and instituted academic standards.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/03/05/jeb-bush-record-florida-governor/24473497/

[stillcool]

5. nothing like a little..

salt in the wound.

[BlueStater]

6. He keeps saying crap like this and his frontrunner status is going to fall quickly.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Well Joe says a lot of things. So...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. So relatable! Really gets what the base wants!

[WeekiWater]

8. Is there a video? NT

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. He says so many things so easily. Why is it so hard for him to apologize to Anita Hill?

[Karadeniz]

12. David Cay Johnson, No Free Lunch...I think that's the title. He described a lawsuit brought

by a woman whose husband was killed in a train wreck. Just reading the rigamarole involved in the mess that is train company accountability is an eye opener. So, this lady sued, won, appeal, over and over in the Florida court system. Her final judgment was for $50M in a case that screamed neglect. So. Jeb set a limit on how much private citizens could sue a company, $50M I think. I thought that was pretty unfair of him. This woman and people in general take years to prepare a case, then years for it to wend its way through the system. He did it to protect business, not people. Anyway, that's what I learned of his values.

[mcar]

13. This Floridian says Hell No!

JEB! started the process to destroy public education in this state. Not to mention the environment, healthcare, etc.

He also actively suppressed the vote in 2000 to pave the way for idiot brother in the WH.

Joe, I love you, but Hell no!

[demmiblue]

14. :sigh:

[Otto Lidenbrock]

15. He has got to cut out the overly done niceties for the sake of it

"Some issues go above and beyond the party lines and I look forward to working with Governor Bush and all the rest of you in fighting this cause"

How hard is that?