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WhoIsNumberNone

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Sat Oct 24, 2015, 01:07 PM Oct 2015

TYT: Jake Tapper Short-Circuits Jeb Bush On Benghazi



The GOP primary is concerned, now, with one question: Did George W. Bush actually keep us safe while he was president? Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Bush’s weakness on this front was embarrassingly evident in a weekend interview on CNN with Jake Tapper, where he tried to blame Hillary Clinton for the four deaths in Benghazi because “had a responsibility at the Department of State to have proper security” but then denied that his brother had any responsibility for the 3,000 deaths on 9/11, because, “It’s what he did afterwards that matters.”

In other words, if you’re a Democrat, you are obligated to prevent violence, but if you’re a Republican, there is no obligation to maintain security so long as you wear flight suits after thousands of people die horrible deaths on your watch. Tapper pointed out that this is a double standard, but Bush’s response seemed more petulant than somber in the face of so much tragedy.”*

Read more here: http://www.salon.com/2015/10/19/jeb_bush_is_completely_toast_donald_trump_and_jake_tapper_just_ended_all_white_house_dreams/
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TYT: Jake Tapper Short-Circuits Jeb Bush On Benghazi (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Oct 2015 OP
Jeb is a bad candidate Gothmog Oct 2015 #1
Jeb...another member Thespian2 Oct 2015 #2
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