Posted on 12/24/2007 11:24:16 AM PST by barryg
Two weeks before US President George W. Bush is scheduled to arrive on his first visit to Israel as President, his younger brother Jeb Bush is scheduled to arrive Monday for a private visit.
Bush, the former governor of Florida, will be accompanied by his wife and children, and will travel around the country, including visits to Massada, Nazareth and a tour of the northern border with Deputy Chief of General Staff. Maj.-Gen. Dan Harel.
Bush is scheduled to meet Monday with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik and a number of Knesset members.
If the Republican nomination becomes deadlocked, it won't be surprising to see Jeb Bush drafted as the GOP nominee for President. He is keeping his powder dry for now.
Given recent history, I am not reassured by this.
>He is keeping his powder dry for now.
Sure. Until 2016
Hmmmmmmm
This is very, very curious. VERY curious. President Bush is visiting in a couple of weeks, as his first visit there... and Jeb is going in “first”?
And the Israelis are “prepping” the population for a just-in-case set of scenarios... and a report just came out about Israel’s ability to survive a nuclear war.
CURIOUS.
WHY?
bttt
“There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about crossing a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, couched in the usual fanatic terms in use among them, with these words - ‘put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry’.”
God help us all. The deification of the Bush family has got to stop.
Why?
If the Republican nomination becomes deadlocked, it won’t be surprising to see Jeb Bush drafted as the GOP nominee for President. He is keeping his powder dry for now.
NEVER WILL HAPPEN!!!!!!
All of the Republican candidates for President this time around are deeply flawed.
The front-runner only has about 20 percent popularity. How do you go from 20 percent to 50 percent? (Giuliani and Huckabee are the present front-runners.)
It is becoming increasingly probably that the convention will be stalemated in Minneapolis. Jeb Bush could just waltz to the nomination in this scenario. Who else is out there?
In that case, one of the current crop would be nominated by intense dealing among the delegate body, who after all, are not bound by their state voter’s choices, except in one or two states, that is.
That would be a cluster***k of the first magnitude.
Does Jeb Bush even figure in with a popularity rating?
"If the Republican nomination becomes deadlocked, it won't be surprising to see Jeb Bush drafted as the GOP nominee for President. He is keeping his powder dry for now."
With already a father and son having served as US presidents, it would be hard for Jeb to overcome the family dynasty concerns critics would bring up. Jeb may be nothing like his father or his brother, but it would still be an uphill battle for him to run for President in 2008 becasue of the perceptions most would have of him based on his family. Now in 2016 he just might have a shot.
What?
Tony Blair just converted to Roman Catholicism. Could it be Jeb is converting to Judaism? ;-)
The front-runner only has about 20 percent popularity. How do you go from 20 percent to 50 percent?
Is it the candidates that aren't appealing or is it their message? Perhaps the American people are finally waking up and seeing that the message they are being served is the same 'shit on a shingle' by different servers (candidates).
Maybe, just maybe the public will demand a new menu. I sure as he!! hope so.
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