In their respective graves.
Look, those men were wonderful, but we won't get another because no one else is "them." What we should hope for is someone who could transcend even a giant like Reagan.
Posted on 06/19/2005 6:52:36 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Florida Governor Jeb Bush has for months sternly rejected running to replace his brother in the White House, but only now we are finding out why.
Friends say it is his wife Columba, who closed the door, 'His wife just said no,' a close Bush Florida pal tells us.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
Well we kinda got that hint when Jeb said No 10 times to the media.
Good.
Nobody wants a monarchy.
I think he could win with Condi as veep.
His wife said no? Who is making him out to be a girlyman??
I can't beleive that.
Generally speaking, a monarchy is an unelected succession of rulers. So if he were elected, there still wouldn't be a monarchy.
Who in their right mind would want another Bush in the White House?
Better than another Clinton (shudder)
2012 or 2016 perhaps.
A national run for the oval office would face some major hurdles:
His wife is Columbian, speaks very poor English, his daughters former drug problems would be a yellow journalist dream come true.
Basically, Jebs wife will not go though with a major national political run.
I can't blame her.
Better than another Clinton (shudder)
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Yes, ANYTHING is better than a Marxist criminal in the Oval Office...but I would not want another Bush as well. Between "read my lips" and supporting illegal immigrants, I have had enough of pseudo-conservatives.
That is not what America needs -- where are Ike and Ronnie when we need them BADLY???
Nothing against Condi, but you are dreaming
She was born in Mexico
The First Lady was born in Leon-Guanajato, Mexico in 1953. She and Governor Bush have been married since 1974 and are the proud parents of three children George, 27, Noelle, 26, and Jebby, 20.
Oh puh_lees. You attack his wife for poor english and you look like a bigot, and attacking a daughter is an even bigger loser. I am not sure Jeb could beat Hillary, but not for those reasons.
Need real player to hear
I don't think the daughters former drug problem would be a hindrance, it was played all over the press when it happened.
The article is pretty damn wordy. There's only two words needed to explain why he won't run: Terri Schiavo.
I want Ann Coulter to run so she gets to debate Hitlery.
I kinda thought it was a dead issue, too. Then he goes and dredges up the Schiavo issue again, looking for something to hang her husband on. What kind of political advantage is he looking for in that?
Me
Oh Brother....
The country doesn't need a Bush 44 OR a Clinton 44.
Personally I think Jeb and his family would be wonderful first family
I point out her poor English as a reason for the demoncrats to make this a living hell for her family.
Do you really think the daughters drug problems would not be fodder for the liberal loony left???
She was born in Mexico.
That's why he qualified it with 'yellow journalist';i.e. the MSM. I don't think they would have a problem with using those attacks against his wife. He would be the Republican candidate after all.
Our current President Bush won't do anything constructive about the illegal mexican problems on our borders, maybe his brother's wife is one of the reasons, so do you think a President Jeb would be any better about protecting this country against illegal mexicans?
The border with mexico has become a hotbed of danger we need someone in the Whitehouse who will understand this and take appropriate action!
BUSH FATIGUE!
You are kidding, right?
We are talking Bush family BFEE, here and nothing, I mean nothing is beneath the loony left to smear.
Their daughter would be served up on a plate daily by them and the MSM
Like a rat is going to solve the Illegal immigration problem... /s
Two more words:
CLINTON FATIGUE!
America doesn't need a monarchy....from either party!
Hey I NEVER said they would did I?
Never even intimated that.
Where in my post did I even hint at that?
Thanks, but I had already corrected myself.
Jeb has been an absentee Governor when it comes to protecting the children of Florida. This could have been a key issue for him to demonstrate real leadership and concern, but instead he has been absent from the cameras and bully pulpit, making it look, IMHO, that he could give a rat's rear.
Yeah...I noticed after I posted. I guess some of us just aren't awake yet. :-P
I don't think so. GW Bush has reasons that have nothing to with his brothers wife
so do you think a President Jeb would be any better about protecting this country against illegal mexicans?
No
Oh they can try, but those kind of attacks don't work.
Columbia Bush? What a wonderful name!
In their respective graves.
Look, those men were wonderful, but we won't get another because no one else is "them." What we should hope for is someone who could transcend even a giant like Reagan.
Maybe I would!!!!!!!
Agreed! 100% and who could live up to that right now? Name names and they have my vote!
What we should hope for is someone who could transcend even a giant like Reagan.
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A nice pipedream...looking at what we have (in the GOP) I am afraid we are in for a long wait that may be TOO long...easy to say, impossible(?) to realize.
Or a Heinz 44. We already have a Heinz 57.
Columba would be a HUGE liability to him.
I have it on very good authority she is absolutely CLASSLESS.
No, he said long before Terry Shiavo that he was not interested
No one wil annouce, because that will make George a lame duck. Stay tuned.
We need Allen 44, right?
Actually I agree with you, maybe not so much on Allen (though I do think he goes on the ticket, though maybe not at the top), but on the no Bush/Clinton 44
Nothing could be done to arouse conspiracy theorists more than the above situation. The last time we had a president whose last name was not Bush or Clinton was January 19, 1989, and to me, that's a bit problematic. I think 20 years is gonna be enough for everybody.
You may think of it as a "pipedream," but I don't. Just because one has yet to emerge does not mean that that one does not exist.
The Reagan Revolution began with Sen. Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign, but it did not come to fruition until 1980. Patience is a virtue.
"""His wife said no? Who is making him out to be a girlyman??
I can't beleive that.""
so you think he should put he personal ambitions ahead of his family's wishes? Do you look for meglamanics when choosing a presidential candidate
No we don't. If it was a Jeb vs. Hillary battle, I'd predict the impossible - an independent conservative becoming President.
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