Posted on 01/22/2007 12:55:49 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Tuesday would have marked his sixth State of the Union address -- and it might have been his best yet.
The nation is in great shape, President Jeb Bush would have reported: record tax cuts propelling the economy to greater heights; a revolutionary school-vouchers program for the first time granting low-income parents real education choices; and, five years after the capture of Osama bin Laden, the final 20,000 U.S. troops returning home from Iraq.
The president would break into his fluent Spanish and wave at his Mexican-born wife, Columba, gazing at him from the balcony. The cameras would settle on their eldest, George P. Bush, 30, and commentators would speculate on whether the dashing lawyer would soon run for Congress and carry on the Bush dynasty.
Yet contrary to the best-laid plans of the Bush family, it won't be John Ellis "Jeb" Bush addressing the nation this week, all
because of that disastrous November Tuesday a dozen years ago. That was the day Jeb -- the articulate and handsome workaholic, the one who as a boy spoke of his White House ambitions, and the one the Bush family counted on to avenge the Great Usurpation of 1992 -- narrowly lost his bid to be governor of Florida. Meanwhile, his older brother George W. had overcome long odds and won the Texas governorship, putting George an insurmountable step ahead of Jeb in the race for the presidency.
But what if Jeb had won the Florida governorship in 1994, been reelected and then taken the White House in 2000? How would the nation be different? What sort of State of the Union would he deliver this week?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
What's so funny?
Bushes and Clintons, Kenedys and Kanes - NO DIFFERENCE, NO GOOD.
American doesn't need dynasties - especially ones who promote illegal invaders and are Ozark criminals or lying drowning murdering alcoholics.
Interesting, but I won't vote for another Bush. I don't do dynasties.
No offense to Jeb, but I don't think I'd call him handsome. His bro always kinda had the edge in the looks department.
Jeb is an excellent candidate. The naysayers are uniformly responding to the last name and avoiding "dynasty" problems.
We need a proven leader who can also elicit political support from a wide range of potential voters. What better than the governor of Florida?
Ad hominem arguments are seldom effective in the long run; however, one liners are compatible with those who think in slogans. You get one version of the slogans on DU and another version of the slogans on FR. Neither group of sloganeers makes or breaks a campaign although they do make it difficult.
Since Jeb isn't and won't be a candidate for the WH in '08, 12 or anytime in the foreseeable future, this is simply the WaPo's way of telling us that it is a slow news day and they needed to fill a lot of space with . . . . . . . JUNK!!
Pointless article.
If Jeb's surname was anything other than Bush, he would be an outstanding candidate in 2008: a governor with a solid record, good credentials, and has appeal to the Latino community.
Regards, Ivan
I take it you don't much care for alternate history.
I'm all "what if'd" out.
I will never vote for another member of that family again. Disappointing elitist RINOS.
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