'Stuff Happens' Comment Creates Firestorm For Jeb Bush

[Liberal_in_LA]

Jeb Bush sparked controversy yet again with his word choice on the campaign trail Friday.

When asked about Thursday's shooting at an Oregon community college, the former Florida governor argued for caution against more gun control as an instant reaction, saying that "stuff happens, there's always a crisis" you have to respond to when in leadership.

"I had this challenge as governor," Bush said of the way government should respond after such incidents. "Look, stuff happens, there's always a crisis. And the impulse is always to do something, and it's not necessarily the right thing to do."

Bush wasn't flippant in discussing the tragedy on Thursday, earlier calling it "heartbreaking." But when asked about the appropriate response to these types of incidents, Bush cautioned that "more government" wasn't "necessarily the answer."

The "stuff happens" part of his remark is what many on Twitter and Democratic opponents immediately zeroed in on.
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/02/445379809/stuff-happens-comment-creates-firestorm-for-jeb-bush

‘Stuff Happens’
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[gratuitous]

1. Hey, it happened to other people

It's not like anyone named "Bush" is likely to be going to a (sniff) community college. So, you, stuff happens. But when the Twin Towers go down, there might be some Ivy Leaguers plunging to their deaths! So, you know, that's reason enough to send a bunch of poor people off to kill and die, especially if it benefits some investors and hedge fund managers.

And you know something? The survivors at Umpqua Community College got free (free!) bus rides to the county fairgrounds. So it worked out very well for them. Why should Jeb! occupy his beautiful mind with anything else?

[No Vested Interest]

2. I'm beginning to think Jeb! is as stupid as his older brother.

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Jeb! is supposed to be the smart one, but you've got to wonder.

[larkrake]

3. ALL THE BUSHS ARE SOCIOPATHIC

oops, caps lock stuck there. Its genetic in that family, such as psycho Barb showing the boys their stillborn sister in a jar- stuff happens. Or Dubya's black preggy girlfriend got suicided.

[hollysmom]

4. couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Yes, I still resent 2K election

[COLGATE4]

5. Should probably be referred to

as the "2K selection".

[smirkymonkey]

6. The sociopathy runs strong in that family.

You just know he doesn't care one bit about the dead or their loved ones, and there is nothing he can say to convince anyone that he does.

[MisterP]

7. basically, "Oh, whine, whine, whine, this is mostly a housekeeping issue: just use some

peroxide on the grout and if you miss your kid THAT much there's always sex. Geez!"

look into the face of your governing class, America