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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:15 AM May 2015

“What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe”

As Sunday’s midnight deadline for renewal of key provisions of the controversial Patriot Act approached, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said Senator Rand Paul was “wrong” in his efforts to end post-9/11 surveillance laws used against suspected spies and terrorists.

Paul said on Saturday that he would force the expiration of what he called an “illegal spy programme”.

Speaking at a Tennessee Republican Party fundraiser on Saturday, Bush – unlike Paul, who has declared his campaign for the White House, still only a presumed GOP presidential candidate in 2016 – called for the reauthorisation of the Patriot Act that was enacted under the presidency of his brother, George W Bush.

“What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe,” said Bush, the son of President George HW Bush. “And I believe people will respect him for a long time because of that.”

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/31/jeb-bush-rand-paul-surveillance-nsa-deadline


Hey numbnutz- Tell that to the families of those who died on 9/11 and the families of those who died in your brother's illegal war of aggression in Iraq. And who drowned in Katrina. Somebody needs to throw a shoe at JEB.

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“What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe” (Original Post) n2doc May 2015 OP
Sure thing. I've always had the utmost respect for war criminals. Solly Mack May 2015 #1
... except that thingy on September 11, 2001.... Buzz Clik May 2015 #2
In bizarro world? Or by 'us' does he mean 'the Bush family'? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #3
Ding! We have a winner CanonRay May 2015 #10
Ahem Jeb - he did not keep you safe malaise May 2015 #4
+1000. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #5
I may be sick. MoonRiver May 2015 #6
Here's his brother keeping us "safe" on 9/11 Art_from_Ark May 2015 #7
At 9:15 he was probably curled up in the fetal position yelling davidpdx Jun 2015 #24
Playing president... 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #26
and 36 days prior -- "bin Laden determined to strike within US..using airplanes" GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #29
kept us safe?????? napkinz May 2015 #8
Except for that one time... truebluegreen May 2015 #9
... YvonneCa May 2015 #16
Yooz got it all wrong. Why just last week, I was remarking to my cousin, Hoppy May 2015 #11
He kept the 9/11 perps safe. johnnyreb May 2015 #12
No one on the Kennebunkport or Crawford estates was in danger. Orsino May 2015 #13
911y 9iul1an1 also insisted this MisterP May 2015 #14
how safe were the hundreds of thousands who died because of his ginned up war? spanone May 2015 #15
Except for the small incident, Mrs. Lincoln...? kentuck May 2015 #17
Except for the 8 years your brother was in the White House. undeterred May 2015 #18
What I admire most about Charles Manson..... ZX86 May 2015 #19
Even dumber than W. moondust May 2015 #20
not only did that lying warmongering bastard NOT keep us safe Skittles Jun 2015 #21
Uh huh...shit4brains.. A question regarding bush2.. freaking sociopath. Cha Jun 2015 #22
um, no he didn't bro. magical thyme Jun 2015 #23
LOL, yeah, expect for that September the 11th thingy. City Lights Jun 2015 #25
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! backscatter712 Jun 2015 #27
Yeah, he always kept everybody safe. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #28
"And by 'us' I mean corporate top brass." Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #30
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
2. ... except that thingy on September 11, 2001....
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:20 AM
May 2015

A lot of us died that day.

But we were pretty safe beyond that, well, other than the soldiers he sent to their deaths.

Hey numbnutz- Tell that to the families of those who died on 9/11 and the families of those who died in your brother's illegal war of aggression in Iraq. And who drowned in Katrina. Somebody needs to throw a shoe at JEB.

Indeedy.

malaise

(268,903 posts)
4. Ahem Jeb - he did not keep you safe
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:24 AM
May 2015

and it does not matter how often you or other lying ReTHUGs or the hacks in the media say it.
9/11 happened during his tenure as President. Repeat after me - the United States had its worst attack on the mainland while your brother was President and not one fucking thing you say will change that fact.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
24. At 9:15 he was probably curled up in the fetal position yelling
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:29 AM
Jun 2015

"Mommy I don't want to play president anymore".

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
29. and 36 days prior -- "bin Laden determined to strike within US..using airplanes"
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:35 AM
Jun 2015

and then he attacked Iraq while letting OBL get away.

Heckovajob Dubya!

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
9. Except for that one time...
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:33 AM
May 2015

oh, and in the war he started with lies, and the wars he perpetuated for the profit of his pals, and the perpetual war he launched--surely that will make us safer.... Other than a few minor glitches like that, a spotless record of safety.

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
11. Yooz got it all wrong. Why just last week, I was remarking to my cousin,
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:44 AM
May 2015

we have had no tiger attacks in New Jersey since our hero, George W. Bush implemented his wiretap program.

johnnyreb

(915 posts)
12. He kept the 9/11 perps safe.
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:46 AM
May 2015

When he classified the money-trail chapter of the Joint Congressional Inquiry.

Let me see if I can find an icon to adequately express my anger.... ..ah yes, all better now.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
13. No one on the Kennebunkport or Crawford estates was in danger.
Sun May 31, 2015, 11:00 AM
May 2015

"Us" has a very narrow definition on the lips of a Bush.

spanone

(135,816 posts)
15. how safe were the hundreds of thousands who died because of his ginned up war?
Sun May 31, 2015, 01:58 PM
May 2015

i admire nothing about his fucking brother.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
18. Except for the 8 years your brother was in the White House.
Sun May 31, 2015, 02:06 PM
May 2015

Maybe he kept you safe when you were a kid?

ZX86

(1,428 posts)
19. What I admire most about Charles Manson.....
Sun May 31, 2015, 03:31 PM
May 2015

is he kept us safe. And I believe people will respect him for a long time because of that.

Makes about as much sense.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
23. um, no he didn't bro.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:48 AM
Jun 2015

He made the world a lot more dangerous. All those people he killed had friends and families who hate us now. Not for our "freedoms." For our bombs.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
25. LOL, yeah, expect for that September the 11th thingy.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:04 AM
Jun 2015

And the Anthrax deaths.

John has an interesting way of remembering history.

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