Jeb Bush Endorses Mitt Romney

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[sunmars]

ormer Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed Mitt Romney after Romney’s lopsided win in Illinois Tuesday night. The former Florida Governor – a Republican heavyweight – called on members of the party to coalesce behind Romney.

“Congratulations to Governor Mitt Romney on his win last night and to all the candidates for a hard fought, thoughtful debate and primary season,” said Bush in a statement. “Primary elections have been held in thirty-four states, and now is the time for Republicans to unite behind Governor Romney and take our message of fiscal conservatism and job creation to all voters this fall. I am endorsing Mitt Romney for our Party’s nomination. We face huge challenges, and we need a leader who understands the economy, recognizes more government regulation is not the answer, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism and works to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to succeed.”

Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush, is a much-respected voice in the party and was considered by some to be a leading contender for the nomination if he had d was courted by some conservatives as an alternative candidate. But he rejected calls for his candidacy. Romney also won the primary in Bush’s home state of Florida.

His father, former President George H.W. Bush has also endorsed Romney.

[Pravious]

“Jeb is Catholic so I guess it would be too much to ask for him to endorse a fellow Catholic like Newt or Rick.”

I don’t WANT someone to be endorsed because they’re Catholic, or black, or female or anything OTHER than “they’re the best person for the job.”

[txrangerette]

They can’t stand Newt, so the fact that he’s Catholic doesn’t help with that endorsement wish you have. And as for Rick, since he made his name on social issues, that’s anthema to the elitists...to make your identity on those.

[musicman]

IMHO, Romney is being set up like a Little League T-Ball for Obama to whack outta the park in Nov.

Not only does Romney’s “coronation” get rid of the Tea Party and “conservatives” for Rove and his GOP-E Country Club Status Quo bunch, it helps the dems keep the continuity of their “schtick”.

Obama and Romney are IDENTICAL politically, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the VERY important decision on permanently totally repealing Obamacare.

Obama can counter every political Romney arguement with “I know YOU are, but what am I” and clobber him over the head HARD with the 99% crap that he’s a 1%’er.

Geeee....that only leaves ONE “itty - bitty” difference.

Wanna guess what THAT is??????

Try “skin pigmentation”.

It worked for Obama BIG TIME in 2008. Romney is the ONLY candidate they can REALLY use it on because they are identical in almost every other way.

Romney WON'T attack Obama like he has Newt, because they will pin the "racist" tag on him so fast that his head will spin faster that his political flip-flops.

So Myth will "play nice" with Obama, he'll try to get everyone to sing "America The Beautiful" ( the fake crap he seemed to be doing at ALL his Florida stops) and get KILLED in Nov, as is the GOP-e"plan" , except Romney AND Rick don't seem to see it......YET.

Santorum WILL be "handed" the VP slot (as his "reward" for helping Romney AND Rove in taking out Newt,) to "shut up" the "Santorum" and Tea Party "Conservative" people and with Romney's defeat, ensure Santorum won't be a "problem" to Rove and the GOP-E EVER AGAIN. With the Tea Party out of the way of BOTH parties for 2012 and 2016, Romney out of the way for 2012 AND 2016, the dems TOTALLY despised after 8 years of Obama, Rove and “the boys” can run Jeb for 2016 with NOBODY in their way.

It's a "two-fer" that helps the dems AND the GOP-E continue "business-as-usual".

OBTW, The pic below was taken Friday afternoon Jan27th, 2012 , the day after "Bloody-Up Newt" Thursday by every GOP-E Country Clubber in this particular corner of the universe.

Jeb & George HW Bush & Obama Jan.27, 2012
Now, Obama has been in office for what, say 3 years?

How many photos of those three together have YOU seen??

Pretty much ALL the polls earlier in the week had Newt leading in Florida, until the "suddenly" orchestrated GOP-E Newt attack which culminated Thursday before the debate, and THEN on Friday, I see THIS photo??

What in the heck could the three of them "constructively" have important enough in common to "get together" and talk about??

Maybe Barry just wanted to ask them over to find out how "W" was doin', you know, the son and brother of the two guys in the pic who he STILL TO THIS MINUTE blames EVERYTHING bad that has happened to date in his administration on and two years before he replaced him in office???

Yeah, that's the ticket.

I have an idea, and I mentioned it in the post above the pic..

Newt and Sarah have been TRYING to warn the Tea Party and Conservatives about this BIG TIME!!

[BitWielder1]

...he would be infinitely better as President than a second term for Obama.

Infinitely no, marginally maybe.
He's not going to reverse anything 0bama did, all I see coming is a slightly slower path to socialism.

[musicman]

"Who remembers the picture taken in February of Bush 41 and Jeb yucking it up with the evil bastard in the Oval Office?"

(ping to #23!)

[mass55th]

Big surprise there.

(sarcasm)

[the invisib1e hand]

...endorses Romney....

so has NPR, it sounds like. Go figure.

[Timber Rattler]

No Romney, period! If he’s the nominee, then I’m writing in Sarah Palin’s name. The GOP-E deserves what it gets.

[txrangerette]

The bloody up Newt Thursday you reference worked quite well for them.

Many conservatives left Newt for Santorum.

Many who were undecided went with Santorum.

Deciding Newt couldn’t win because of the clobbering he took.

Self fulfilling prophecy.

[TYVets]

Ok Jeb now you have spoken, it is your right.

Now go away and forget about aspirations about elected office at the national level.

[Christie at the beach]

You are so right.

This entire primary has been rigged after they seen what happened in those debates. The party just knew this thing was all Mitt's. I hope we can stop them. Newt is the man we need, not Romney.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Talk about anti-climactic! Who didn’t see this one coming?

[balls]

“I’m already making peace with a second Obama term. Now how can we best help his opposition in Congress?”

You and your ilk on FR are a bunch of f’ing losers!
you’ve talked yourseves into supporting and enabling 0 to continue destroying for another four years.

[clintonh8r]

A voice of reason, pragmatism and reality virtually extinct on FR these days......

[isthisnickcool]

Jeb Bush is a parasite as is most of his family.

Oh, one more thing Jebby. You could have saved that woman from being starved to death but instead you were a wimp. Just looking at Jeb Bush makes me want to puke.

[BO Stinkss]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[dragnet2]

I see Bush as a traitor, who stood by and watched tens of millions enter this country illegally, during war time, and as he celebrated Cinco De Mayo up in the White House.

Not enough for the political groupies?

Bush then welcomed in more Muslims after 911 than in the previous two decades.

We were totally betrayed by the Bush family.

[Psalm 144]

“Why is it I don’t feel like a Republican anymore?”

“I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.”
Ronald Reagan, 1962.

[Moonman62]

Why is it I don’t feel like a Republican anymore?

I've had the feeling for years. Why won't the GOP-e adopt Reaganism? Reagan proved its a winning strategy. Even Clinton partially adopted it.

I think the permanent ruling class wants to keep the average American struggling and heavily in debt.

[boomop1]

Re: they republican establishment gave us Dole and McCain, enough said.