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Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk
National Review ^ | January 27, 2012 | Robert Costa

Posted on 01/27/2012 8:28:07 AM PST by Qbert

Jacksonville, Fla. — Former Florida governor Jeb Bush tells National Review Online that Newt Gingrich should stop insinuating that Mitt Romney aides, due to their past work for Charlie Crist, are part of a moderate GOP conspiracy.

Earlier this week, for example, Gingrich told supporters that Romney hired Crist staffers, and emphasized the significance of this fact. “We discovered last night that Mitt Romney has picked up Charlie Crist’s campaign manager,” Gingrich said. “I thought that told you everything you need to know about this primary.”

“That’s not a serious accusation,” Bush says. “Candidates win elections. I’m not a big Charlie Crist fan, as you recall, but these guys shouldn’t have that moniker attached to them, as if Governor Romney is part of some evil plot. That’s ridiculous.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: charliecrist; jebbush; newt; romney
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"Former Florida governor Jeb Bush tells National Review Online that Newt Gingrich should stop insinuating that Mitt Romney aides, due to their past work for Charlie Crist, are part of a moderate GOP conspiracy."

Notice how Jeb attacks Newt for making a reasonable assumption based upon facts... yet he says nothing about the fact that Romney's hit men have been making grotesque insinuations based on falsehoods about Newt all over the place...

1 posted on 01/27/2012 8:28:17 AM PST by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Jeb knows his Saul Alinsky; ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.


2 posted on 01/27/2012 8:30:07 AM PST by Joe the Pimpernel (Too many lawmakers, too many laws, too many lawyers.)
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To: Qbert
Jeb the ‘pink mafia’ is EVIL. Ask Foley.
3 posted on 01/27/2012 8:30:37 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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The RINOs are really, really doubling down and pulling out all the stops in Florida. Everyone is against Newt.

Florida is their Maginot line. For Newt is, is it WW1 or WW2?


4 posted on 01/27/2012 8:32:11 AM PST by bigdirty
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To: Qbert

I totally agree..........:)


5 posted on 01/27/2012 8:33:32 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Qbert

If Jesse Jackson ever said anything that was right, it was, “stay out da bushes”


6 posted on 01/27/2012 8:34:38 AM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: Qbert

A Newt win will most likely end Jeb’s political future.


7 posted on 01/27/2012 8:35:59 AM PST by pallis
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To: Qbert

I appreciate W more & more for keeping quiet.


8 posted on 01/27/2012 8:36:13 AM PST by skeeter
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Sounds like Jeb doth protest too much. I’ve said for a while now that Romney’s glass jaw is his liberal record, which is now being further evidenced by his hiring of Crist’s people. It’s a huge glass jaw right in front of Newt, and Newt isn’t delivering the knock-out blow. Santorum finally threw a punch at it last night in the debates on the subject of RomneyCare. But Newt needs to hit Mitt on it hard: Planned Parenthood, Assault Weapons Ban, O’RomneyCare, fiscal mismanagement of Massachusetts. These are the things that can keep us from a Mitt Romney nomination. Newt has to hit him where it hurts.


9 posted on 01/27/2012 8:36:26 AM PST by Thane_Banquo
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To: bigdirty; Qbert
The RINOs are really, really doubling down and pulling out all the stops in Florida. Everyone is against Newt.

Florida is their Maginot line. For Newt is, is it WW1 or WW2? Newt is always ahead of the curve. We're currently in WWIV against the jihadis. Newt's going to fight like it's WWV.

10 posted on 01/27/2012 8:36:50 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: bigdirty; Qbert
The RINOs are really, really doubling down and pulling out all the stops in Florida. Everyone is against Newt.

Florida is their Maginot line. For Newt is, is it WW1 or WW2? Newt is always ahead of the curve. We're currently in WWIV against the jihadis. Newt's going to fight like it's WWV.

11 posted on 01/27/2012 8:37:37 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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A coordinated attack yesterday by the RINO establishment was just coincidental. Right, Jeb?


12 posted on 01/27/2012 8:39:49 AM PST by CASchack
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Those articles yesterday didn't come out of thin air. This tactic by Romney will backfire on him and when Newt gets the nomination then Mittens will need to decide whether he backs Newt or uses the scorched earth policy and destroys the whole GOP.
My guess is Mittens tries to scorch the GOP and starts kissing Obama’s ass rather hard. That's what “GOP Moderates” do all the time.
13 posted on 01/27/2012 8:41:15 AM PST by tobyhill (Obama, The Biggest Thief In American History)
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“A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man!” ―Jebediah Bush's famous speech
14 posted on 01/27/2012 8:42:45 AM PST by tumblindice
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STAY OUT THE BUSHES

15 posted on 01/27/2012 8:43:07 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: bigdirty; Qbert
The RINOs are really, really doubling down and pulling out all the stops in Florida. Everyone is against Newt.

Florida is their Maginot line. For Newt is, is it WW1 or WW2?

Newt is always ahead of the curve. We're currently in WWIV against the jihadis. Newt's going to fight like it's WWV.

16 posted on 01/27/2012 8:43:20 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: tobyhill
I've been waiting a long time to be able to tell the RINO's to 'get on board' for a change.

And they'd damn well better.

17 posted on 01/27/2012 8:44:44 AM PST by skeeter
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Note to Jeb: you’re a RINO.


18 posted on 01/27/2012 8:45:35 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Proud RINOmney Denialist since 2007!)
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To: Qbert
I don't think I have ever been so cynical about elections in my entire life, and I am 65. I have this feeling in my gut we are just being played. Gingrinch terrific in SC debates, Santorum coming out in FL to take votes away from Newt, pushing Romney since they know he won't win against Obama... Clearing the way for Bush/Rubio in 2016?

Like I said, cynical. I've so over the Republican Party at this point I don't think any of my money is going to any of their candidates.

19 posted on 01/27/2012 8:48:20 AM PST by gramho12
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Sounds like Jeb is looking for something to pile on about.

Romney is a liberal and it is fitting he would employ Crist aides.

And to Jeb, I will never vote for another Bush. Bye now and thanks.


20 posted on 01/27/2012 8:51:21 AM PST by dforest
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