Posted on 09/27/2014 6:53:28 AM PDT by cotton1706
n Wednesday, Jeb Bush went to Greensboro, North Carolina, to stump for Thom Tillis, the state House speaker and the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate. This wasn’t a policy seminar or think tank event, it was a party rally and Bush had one job—to give red meat and boost enthusiasm for a flailing campaign.
And he failed. Speaking to an audience of conservative North Carolinians, Bush made the case for immigration reform—“Fixing a system that doesn’t work is a big thing that I think will restore and sustain economic growth for this country”—and voiced his support for Common Core standards, a verboten stance among Republican voters.
That put Tillis in the uncomfortable position of needing to distance himself from his advocate, telling Bush that—on immigration—“You have to make it clear that amnesty shouldn’t be on the table,” and attacking the federal Department of Education as “a bureaucracy of 5,000 people in Washington.”
The New York Times called this “rough,” and it was—the tone-deaf showing of an amateur. Which gets to the problem of Jeb Bush.
At every turn, the former Florida governor is hailed as a savior for the Republican Party, and for good reason. Even with the baggage of his brother, he brings powerful advantages, from the network of the Bush dynasty and fundraising prowess, to policy chops, potential Latino support (on account of his time in Florida), and the enthusiasm of the GOP establishment.
But as almost anyone can tell you, there’s a huge step between “good on paper” and good, and, judging from his recent performance, it’s hard to say that Bush stands as a genuinely good candidate. Instead, he seems like a cipher—a vessel for the hopes and wishes of wealthy Republican donors, who fear another cycle of embarrassing candidates and lackluster campaigns.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
No.
An extremist would say "BUILD THE DAMN FENCE TOMORROW".
A "moderate" would say "Build the fence over the next two years, as we can pay for it".
A lefttard LimpWaffle would say "let's all hold hands and fix the system".
Jen Bush wil save the Democrats and advance the Big Government leviathan. That’s what the GOPe believes in.
The media WILL pick the GOP candidate. Count on it.
Nothing will change.
The country clubbers and corporate titans live in a bubble of a cozy (crony?) relationship with D.C., while republicans (small “r”) and tea party members remain unrepresented at the table. Jeb, like his whole family, are part of the elite, so don’t expect any attempt to change back to a constitutional republic. Another dose of do nothingness and carry on as usual. Pathetic.
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE PRO AMNESTY JEB BUSH!
Demonrats would love to run against Bush one more time.
Just so long as they (GOPe) are in charge of the leviathan.
Jeb Bush can be described in two words....Looser...RINO!
Much stupider can they get?
The MSM won’t really pick the Rpublican candidate. They will, however, heartily concur in the Gope imposition of Romney or Bush who will get media approval until the day after the Nomination.
No. Gope believes that Leviathan is properly a Democrat manchine and Gope hopes to be a supporting cast. Even when a Republican wins the Presidency, it is Democrats who control the Bureaucracy, the effective 90% of the government, and Republicans would have it no other way. Democrat administrations clean house in the Departments and sweep out all non lefties that they can get at and contrive to get at a lot more. Only lefties and tame minorities need to apply for Civil Service. Republicans leave it all in place, replacing only the department heads that have resigned and being “fair” about Civil Service. That is why perhaps the Progress to the Left may slow under a Republican administration but it does not stop. That is why Republican policies, when rational and Constitutional, only get partially implemented and defectively. They are resisted and sabotaged by the Government.
I’d rather just vote for the Democrat. At least they’re more honest about their big government, Agenda 21, international socialist tyranny. I’d rather they own the nation’s deprecation outright than let a wolf in sheep’s clothing sneak his way to it under the pretense of Republicanism.
But I won’t vote for the democrat. No viable candidate, no viable vote.
I believe it was the “reverend” Al Sharpton who once astutely admonished ... “Stay out the Bushes”. I guess even a stopped dumb@zz is right twice a day.
Boy did you nail it.
And I agree with Slate? It IS the apocalypse.
It was Jesse Jackson who said that but all the same anyway.
Who doesn't think Jeb would grow GuvCo as big as any demonrat would? Is that really what conservatism is all about? I think not.
The Bush's/GOPe's only claim to fame these days is that they are better managers of an excessive, out of control government, one that they helped to build and will build even bigger, with amnesty and freebies for all!
None for me, thanks. Trying to quit.
“But as almost anyone can tell you, there’s a huge step between ‘good on paper’ and good,...”
It isn’t that he’s not good. It’s that he’s wrong.
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