Jeb Bush: I Would Govern Like Lyndon Johnson as President

Breitbart ^ | 15 Feb 2013 | Tony Lee

[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."

[Jane Long]

Well, I had thought that Jeb Bush would have made a great President, but...

What on Earth ever made you begin to think that??

[rdcbn]

Well, I had thought that Jeb Bush would have made a great President, but...

What on Earth ever made you begin to think that??

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The fact that Jeb was one of the best Govs in the country when he was in office and was by far the best Gov Florida has had in the last 20 0r 30 years

[bigdaddy45]

Again, the knee-jerk brigade is missing the point. You can disagree with Johnson’s politics all you want, but there is no doubt that he led.... strongly. Johnson got what he wanted, and he knew how to bend men to his will.