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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Fri May 2, 2014, 04:01 PM May 2014

So it looks like Big Money is shifting from Christie to Jeb Bush..

My question is: Wont Jeb have to come out and publicly state his position on the Iraq War, Torture, Extradition, etc? Will this be an almost impossible task for him.. Cause essentially he will have to tread all over his brother’s legacy..

Am I wrong, cause this guy scares me a little.. His expression of an “act of love” to describe illegal immigration will be quickly forgotten if he makes it past the primaries.. And thats my hope..

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/us/politics/jeb-bushs-2016-flirtations-test-loyalty-of-christie-backers.html

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So it looks like Big Money is shifting from Christie to Jeb Bush.. (Original Post) busterbrown May 2014 OP
good because old Bush has bigger baggage to hold all the republican loots! Sunlei May 2014 #1
He sure does.. Like that.. busterbrown May 2014 #2
His wife's smuggled furs jumped out at me. nt WhiteTara May 2014 #9
The GOP donor class need their own candidate Gothmog May 2014 #3
Flawed Yes.. But if makes it past the primaries.. He will be dangerous.. busterbrown May 2014 #4
The tea party base will hate Jeb and may stay home Gothmog May 2014 #6
I agree about him being more articulate then his brother davidpdx May 2014 #14
Mainstream Republicans are panicking. The Hillary Train is about to leave the station. yellowcanine May 2014 #5
Jebbie would lose Florida to Hillary to all polls HockeyMom May 2014 #7
The SCOTUS would just flip FL for Bush, again. blkmusclmachine May 2014 #10
. ChangeUp106 May 2014 #8
Just what the American people want, another no good Bush in the B Calm May 2014 #11
As I predicted.... Yavin4 May 2014 #12
I’ve always feared Bush.. busterbrown May 2014 #13

Gothmog

(145,130 posts)
3. The GOP donor class need their own candidate
Fri May 2, 2014, 04:21 PM
May 2014

Christie was going to be that candidate but now the GOP donor class has to find someone else. Jeb is a very flawed candidate but he is less flawed compared to Christie

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
4. Flawed Yes.. But if makes it past the primaries.. He will be dangerous..
Fri May 2, 2014, 04:25 PM
May 2014

He is so much ore articulate than his brother... I find him dangerous despite his past..

Gothmog

(145,130 posts)
6. The tea party base will hate Jeb and may stay home
Fri May 2, 2014, 04:40 PM
May 2014

Jeb is a better speaker than W but he has a great deal of baggage due to W. I have a feeling that the tea party base will stay home if they do not get a "true" conservative on the top of the ticket.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
14. I agree about him being more articulate then his brother
Tue May 6, 2014, 09:00 AM
May 2014

I honestly think had his brother not ran and won, that Jeb would probably have a good chance of winning in 2016. Bush fatigue is going to play a hand in how far he gets through. His father was one thing, but his brother was a nightmare.

Personally I hope neither Jeb nor Hillary run.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
5. Mainstream Republicans are panicking. The Hillary Train is about to leave the station.
Fri May 2, 2014, 04:26 PM
May 2014

And they have no credible candidate who matches up with her. Jeb is the Great White Male Republican Hope after the Christie implosion.

ChangeUp106

(549 posts)
8. .
Fri May 2, 2014, 05:09 PM
May 2014

I saw a truck driving down the highway with a sticker on the back of his truck saying, in GIANT letters, "I FEAR HILLARY"

I'm no Hillary fan (at least for a Presidential run) but it's fun to see them scared over what they falsely believe about Hillary.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
13. I’ve always feared Bush..
Sun May 4, 2014, 09:42 PM
May 2014

His looks, charm and ability to articulate.. I don’t care what kind of Garbage he carries, if he gets passed the primaries, the whole right side will forgive everything..except perhaps Iraq..

He’ll have a tough time with that one..

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