Posted on 05/22/2014 8:20:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In his lone commencement address of the year, former Florida governor Jeb Bush urged students at a Christian liberal arts college Saturday to reaffirm their socially conservative values, a sign that he is underscoring his own as he considers running in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.
“Remain true to your convictions and your faith,” Bush said, speaking at Grove City College in northwestern Pennsylvania. “This may seem a little challenging today, where we have a federal government that is willingly violating the religious freedom of its citizens. But we don’t have to accept it.”
Dropping a possible hint about his thinking regarding a White House bid, Bush said “if you feel inspired to serve your fellow citizens, don’t let the ugliness of politics keep you from pursuing public office. There is always room for informed, engaged, passionate leaders at every level of government.”
People close to Bush have said his major concern about running is navigating today’s messy spectacle of Twitter wars and super PAC attacks. In January, Bush said, “The decision will be based on, ‘Can I do it joyfully?’ because I think we need to have a candidate to lift our spirits.”
But in a speech delivered to an audience full of evangelical Christians, it was the passages on faith that deviated most from Bush’s frequent talks to Republican and corporate audiences on education and immigration. The speech also comes as other potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates such as Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) are visiting with pastors in key early primary states and planning speeches to religious groups.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
If he’s the nominee I’m afraid that,as an act of love,I’ll be writing myself in as my choice for President.
So no no matter who he ran against if he got the nod.
I’ll never forget.
I knew then we were done as a nation on that day.
Love, and to run “joyfully”....
Gack! He must be speaking to his Democrat voting block, using these boy king terms. No conservative can buy into that touchy feely stuff at a time like this.
Jebbie, save your cash. No more Booshies.
There are very few things that could induce me to vote for hillary...
I’m still trying to figure his L B J remarks out. Using Pres. Johnson as a model of governance makes him look so very dated and out of touch.
And stupid.
I suppose if you count being excited about the opportunity to vote for whoever is running against him as being 'excited'...
“if you feel inspired to serve your fellow citizens” take a trip to Mexico, they will love you there.
Here’s my vote Jeb.
....................../´¯/)
....................,/¯../
.................../..../
............./´¯/’...’/´¯¯`·¸
........../’/.../..../......./¨¯\
........(’(...´...´.... ¯~/’...’)
.........\.................’...../
..........’’...\.......... _.·´
............\..............(
..............\.............\...
No more bushes, no more clintons, no more “dynasties”. We need to throw all the “career” types out on their asses across the spectrum; they have forgotten who they work for.
Neither was Michael Schiavo.
Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.
This is ridiculous. This makes no sense whatsoever. Another Bush this soon is a non-starter. And apparently Rubio has been “told” not to run to allow for Bush if the recent articles are accurate.
The Bush’s are nothing more than the top 1% of the elites. They never see the damage their policies do to the American people, culture and future. I despise them. I wish they would go away.
I wonder where the BDS defense league on FR is these days?
Jeb is a RINO and NO different than his brother George.
NO to the Bush’s, No to the Klintoons.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.