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cali

(114,904 posts)
Thu May 14, 2015, 02:27 PM May 2015

Oops. I meant I WOULDN'T have invaded Iraq. Jeb pivots

Republican Jeb Bush reversed field on Thursday after a week of criticism and said that based on information known now, he would not have launched the Iraq war carried out by his brother, former President George W. Bush.

Bush, who is expected to run for the Republican nomination, had told Fox News in an interview broadcast this week that "I would have" authorized the invasion that his brother carried out in 2003.

Without prompting, Bush addressed the issue on Thursday at a town hall event in Tempe.

"Knowing what we know now, I would have not engaged, I would have not gone into Iraq," the former Florida governor said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/14/us-usa-election-bush-idUSKBN0NZ20820150514

What a terrible campaigner he is.

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Oops. I meant I WOULDN'T have invaded Iraq. Jeb pivots (Original Post) cali May 2015 OP
Kick and R. BeanMusical May 2015 #1
Jebbie "pivots" PearliePoo2 May 2015 #2
"knowing the instant backlash now that i didn't know then, of course i'll flip-flop." unblock May 2015 #3
He's in trouble. louis-t May 2015 #4
Jeb is NOT his own man ... napkinz May 2015 #5
What else should you expect from a Boosh? lpbk2713 May 2015 #6
He was for it before he was against it. n/t prayin4rain May 2015 #7
Jeezus. How many years has this dumbass had to craft his response to this question? Arugula Latte May 2015 #8
Sorry, Count Jebbula, no do-overs. City Lights May 2015 #9
Can you imagine the debate about the Iraq war between Clinton and Jeb? LOL nm rhett o rick May 2015 #10
K&R. What a "maroon," as Bugs would say. nt Ilsa May 2015 #11
Didnt realize Jebby was such a baffoon. DCBob May 2015 #12
Didn't Know? ProfessorGAC May 2015 #14
LOL Oilwellian May 2015 #13

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
2. Jebbie "pivots"
Thu May 14, 2015, 02:30 PM
May 2015

and steps on his dick..again.
This guy's pathetic and he's supposed to be the smart one.
Not off to a great start are ya genius?

louis-t

(23,292 posts)
4. He's in trouble.
Thu May 14, 2015, 02:32 PM
May 2015

And it won't get better for him as long as W. is around. Not one of the GOP clown car passengers is any good at campaigning. Rand Paul can't even win his own state right now.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
6. What else should you expect from a Boosh?
Thu May 14, 2015, 02:39 PM
May 2015



"Tell em what they want to hear. If that doesn't work tell em something else."





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