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Jeb Bush: I Would Govern Like Lyndon Johnson as President
Breitbart ^ | 15 Feb 2013 | Tony Lee

Posted on 05/15/2014 2:03:41 PM PDT by george76

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the "Great Society," if he were elected president.

According to the Miami Herald, Bush made those comments Wednesday night in San Antonio, Florida at Saint Leo University, while speaking about education, immigration, and energy policy.

Bush did not address Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, about which Ronald Reagan once famously quipped, "We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; bush; illegal; illegalimmigrants; illegals; immigrants; immigration; jeb; jebbush; jebbush2016; lyndonjohnson; socialism; uniparty
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To: george76

So he wants to be Vice President and then.........


101 posted on 05/15/2014 2:52:12 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in compariso)
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To: KC_Lion

Uniparty ping-a-ling.


102 posted on 05/15/2014 2:53:19 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: trisham

Jeb is not a weasel. He was more a good leader than politician when he was The Governor of Florida. I don’t know why he would make that kind of statement, (if he made it.) As a resident of Florida, I’ve only known him to be truthful, moral, fiscally conservative, and good manager of the affairs of this state.


103 posted on 05/15/2014 2:54:28 PM PDT by Banjoguy
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To: george76
His brother governed as LBJ Light, so why not go all the way?

Unfortunately, come 2016, when Jeb has the full backing of Karl Rove and every GOP establishment super-pac, they'll be busy twisting into pretzels telling us how "conservative" and how "different from the Democrats" this LBJ protege is.

104 posted on 05/15/2014 2:54:49 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: dfwgator

Yes, I agree in general that Senators are not well suited for the Presidency. I was also ignoring the politics in this case.

Jeb and LBJ are completely different from each other in personality and experience.

It’s a silly thing for Jeb to say.

Plus, I vote based on policy, which means Jeb is not on my list.


105 posted on 05/15/2014 2:55:05 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: fishtank

LBJ was a multiple assassin even before he masterminded the JFK hit. Then, most likely, he went on to MLK and RFK. Great guy for Jeb to emulate.


106 posted on 05/15/2014 2:55:34 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Banjoguy

He’s a weasel.


107 posted on 05/15/2014 2:57:08 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TheOldLady

No, they were Beagles, and he did lift them by their ears. Utterly vile man by any standard, whose profound evil is only exceeded by that of the Mahdi.


108 posted on 05/15/2014 2:58:13 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: george76

Has Rove announced yet that Jeb would be the best Republican to lose to the next Democrat?


109 posted on 05/15/2014 2:58:45 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: george76
Ahhhh....

Now we know who is going to challenge Hillary in the primary.

110 posted on 05/15/2014 3:00:40 PM PDT by nitzy
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To: george76

Go primary Hillary, Jeb, you’re in the wrong party!


111 posted on 05/15/2014 3:01:29 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: george76

GOD HELP US ALL!

I still remember LBJ! I’ll pass!


112 posted on 05/15/2014 3:03:16 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: george76

They called his brother Lyndon Baines Bush. Now they can call him that too. WTF is he thinking? Do we have money hidden somewhere that we can spend? Or does he just not give a s__t about bankrupting the country?


113 posted on 05/15/2014 3:06:30 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: loveliberty2

Great! Thanks for posting that.


114 posted on 05/15/2014 3:06:50 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: loveliberty2
Just curious....

Did you know that North Korea is also a Constitutional Republic? There is nothing inherently "good" or "bad" about that form of government. There is also nothing inherently "good or "bad" about democracy. Liberty on the other hand is inherently good.

We just happen to have had the best constitution in the history of man because it properly limited the power of government and created the most liberty for the most people.

It worked for a while.

115 posted on 05/15/2014 3:08:31 PM PDT by nitzy
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To: george76

The senator from the Pentagon. Aim high, governor.


116 posted on 05/15/2014 3:08:32 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: george76

He did good things for education in FL. That said, if he governs like LBJ, he’s no one I would vote for.

I’ve always said LBJ was one of the most disastrous presidents in history. He practically singlehandedly destroyed the black family, and that makes him guilty of a whole lot.


117 posted on 05/15/2014 3:08:55 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: libstripper

Oh, my mistake. Thank you for the correction.

And I totally agree with you about el presidente LBJohnson.


118 posted on 05/15/2014 3:09:51 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: george76
Talk about spin.

Here's from the original article:

SAN ANTONIO -- Jeb Bush wouldn’t say Wednesday night whether or not he’s likely to run for president in 2016, but at Saint Leo University he did suggest a surprising role model for the sort of president he’d strive to be: Lyndon Johnson.

No, the conservative former Florida governor didn’t hail Johnson’s Great Society initiatives. Instead, he hailed Johnson’s forceful, hands-on leadership that among other things produced a 25 percent across-the-board income tax cut.

“He went and he cajoled, he begged, he threatened, he loved, he hugged, he did what leaders do, which is they personally get engaged to make something happen,’’ said Bush, who recently read Robert Caro’s latest Johnson biography.

So Jeb Bush wasn't saying he favored policies like Johnson's.

He was saying he'd lead in the style he thought Johnson led -- that he'd be a hands-on rather than a disengaged President.

You can hate the guy -- I don't like him much myself -- but don't put words into his mouth.

120 posted on 05/15/2014 3:13:42 PM PDT by x
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