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The Decline of Jeb Bush
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | 1/31/16 | Sydney Spreck

Posted on 01/31/2016 2:38:44 PM PST by jimbo123

Stumbling through his short speech in an under-crowded room in a New Hampshire middle school, Jeb Bush looked surprisingly pathetic given his long tenure as a politician. Watching Bush speak made me feel incredibly sorry for him. Bush still spoke with a genuine desire to help Americans succeed, and despite his plummeting poll numbers the few devoted followers in the crowd still referred to him as "the future president". It must be awful to be the presumed successor of a father and a brother, only to fail on an epic level from the get go. I'm no Republican, but of all the candidates the pathos of Jeb Bush pulls at my heart strings. However, a candidate can not win based on the pity of the electorate alone. Presidential candidates, especially in the current election, are expected to be exciting and to introduce big new ideas. Sadly, Jeb Bush is the opposite of exciting, despite the exclamation point he added to his campaign slogan (Jeb!).

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deportjebbush; designatedloser
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1 posted on 01/31/2016 2:38:44 PM PST by jimbo123
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Do you climb with the Jeb ever have support?


2 posted on 01/31/2016 2:41:13 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump then Cruz for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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Jeb. has all the excitement of a rice cake.


3 posted on 01/31/2016 2:42:36 PM PST by digger48
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Couldn’t have happened to a more privilaged brat.

NO TALENT A$$CLOWN

Born in a bubble and lied to his whole life.


4 posted on 01/31/2016 2:42:45 PM PST by Eddie01 (If you burnin' bandwidth with your mind, find time to pay the organ grind - Donate to FreeRepublc)
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I never get tired of this one -


5 posted on 01/31/2016 2:42:49 PM PST by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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No way did I ever linger with Jebbie over sausage plates and grilled jalapenos.


6 posted on 01/31/2016 2:43:28 PM PST by SamAdams76
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Stiff, low energy, the burden of carrying a Bush name in 2016, drab, humorless, weak, puchless...I mean who looked at this guy and said “Yea man, I think you have a chance. Totally run for 2016”

DOA. I mean Dole had more energy and excitement behind him in 1996.

How the plug hasn’t been pulled on Yeb yet I have no idea. Some may say he’s trying to stay on the field to recover the proverbial fumble in the rare case Trump falters but, the people would literally mass around 8 other candidates before Jeb.


7 posted on 01/31/2016 2:44:28 PM PST by longsufferingjetsfan
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The GOPee anointed him from the get-go and tried to shove Jebbers down our throats but we said ‘no gracias’. Perhaps Jeb got pawned himself from the GOPee but he didn’t help his cause any either. Go back home Jebster— you ain’t the one.


8 posted on 01/31/2016 2:46:54 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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” Bush still spoke with a genuine desire to help Americans succeed - - “

He may speak with a genuine desire, but I seriously doubt if he really wants Americans to succeed in the traditional Christian/Constitutional/Capitalist rugged individual/minimal government culture America was founded on and made America great.

The number of uses I have for him or old lady Clinton range from none to zero.

Really, anything with Clinton or Bush in it should have a barf alert!


9 posted on 01/31/2016 2:47:23 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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10 posted on 01/31/2016 2:48:12 PM PST by jimbo123
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Cry me a river for this arrogant putz....he runs on Common Core & endless third world immigration in a republican primary with a smirk on his face like we are just going to eat another you know what sandwich. Not this time Jeb.


11 posted on 01/31/2016 2:49:56 PM PST by LongWayHome
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I would not count the Bush out until the Nomination is proclaimed and he is not it. He is not enduring humiliation for want of expectations.


12 posted on 01/31/2016 2:52:39 PM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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Yes. Rove and Priebus’ brokered convention scheme to declare Cruz ineligible and give his delegates to Jeb is why’s Jeb’s still in the race.


13 posted on 01/31/2016 3:00:27 PM PST by jimbo123
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Gotta love it!


14 posted on 01/31/2016 3:04:49 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Daddy and Bro were not that sellar of presidents.

Daddy brought us BJ Clinton.

Bro brought us Obama — 2 terms — and massive debt.


15 posted on 01/31/2016 3:05:02 PM PST by TomGuy
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Jeb will probably actually win a couple of Northern states.


16 posted on 01/31/2016 3:05:20 PM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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The most unsuitable candidate to run for President this century.


17 posted on 01/31/2016 3:08:00 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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As long as Jeb! stays in the race there is something fishy afoot.


18 posted on 01/31/2016 3:08:22 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: LongWayHome

It didn’t help him that he went to McCain to try to find out how he could win without the right wing conservatives.

Then, in typical Republican moderate style, he tried to claim he is a conservative. Last year, he claimed he was a ‘reform conservative’ — whatever that is.


19 posted on 01/31/2016 3:12:55 PM PST by TomGuy
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Jeb will probably actually win a couple of Northern states.

Perhaps Maine, where the family estate is.

And Connecticutt, where he is having a new home built.

However, he is making a poor showing in Texas, where Bro was gov and son is Land Commish.
20 posted on 01/31/2016 3:15:41 PM PST by TomGuy
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