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appalachiablue

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39. What monsters, little kings of destruction and plunder.

Reply to seafan (Reply #29)

Sun Aug 30, 2015, 08:38 PM

Aug 2015

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The Reason Jeb Looks So Miserable [View all] seafan Aug 2015 OP

Happy to be rec #1. Well done! riderinthestorm Aug 2015 #1

Thanks for posting more from that great piece. Tomasky knows the score. seafan Aug 2015 #10

Michael Bloomberg - that's interesting. Don't know anything about him. Will Google patricia92243 Aug 2015 #23

Bloomberg was mayor of NYC LiberalElite Aug 2015 #34

I hope SO MUCH that you're right about the Bush reign! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #2

I've said from the beginning JEB wasn't interested in running NV Whino Aug 2015 #3

Yeah, me, too. He's been totally uninterested from the very beginning. nt Nay Aug 2015 #11

For me it's been all the shoulder shrugging giving away his disinterest. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #25

I've always thought it was because he was dieting. betsuni Aug 2015 #4

JEB's recent weight loss is very noticeable, esp. compared to photos appalachiablue Aug 2015 #36

How the food smells at State Fairs must torment him! betsuni Aug 2015 #40

Sounds delish! This is what Bill Maher said about Christie and his stomach appalachiablue Aug 2015 #41

They were hoping the Bush fatigue would be over by now Hydra Aug 2015 #5

Energy is important underpants Aug 2015 #6

I seem to remember a family intervention oldandhappy Aug 2015 #7

God, I hope you're right. joanbarnes Aug 2015 #8

Utter Mediocrities shadowmayor Aug 2015 #9

That is what is so confounding. Jeb has been nothing but a bully in Florida. seafan Aug 2015 #12

Let us not forget shadowmayor Aug 2015 #15

Not to worry. We remember. seafan Aug 2015 #31

People thought Trump would be the new Fred Thompson...turns out that's Jeb Bush alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #13

No more Bush...EVER! SoapBox Aug 2015 #14

Yes, and THIS MEANS? flamingdem Aug 2015 #16

My guess is it'll either be Walker or Kasich. Drunken Irishman Aug 2015 #18

Jeb is like Ted Kenendy in 1980... Drunken Irishman Aug 2015 #17

Teddy helped Reagan get elected. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #20

Don't count him out. Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #19

in another time quaker bill Aug 2015 #21

He seems almost painfully shy. alphafemale Aug 2015 #22

Is it possible his handlers are trying to project that difference? Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #24

Here is the thing. Jeb Bush and Dick Cheney pursue the same goals. seafan Aug 2015 #27

A lot of what you say about JEB's 'style' and Cheney & Poppy makes sense. What has appalachiablue Aug 2015 #37

Somewhere on here I read that his donors are also feeling it and backing away. libdem4life Aug 2015 #26

He actually called himself "Veto" Corleone? Beach Rat Aug 2015 #28

Yep, he did. seafan Aug 2015 #29

What monsters, little kings of destruction and plunder. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #39

Nauseator. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #30

"not family duty", no mention of Bush Senior? Babel_17 Aug 2015 #32

The Bush virus has been profiting from death and destruction for generations FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #33

Probably so unfortunately. I knew little about the prolific Walker family bankers until appalachiablue Aug 2015 #38

we have had 12 years of Bushes as Prez, and poppy was vp for 8. that's enough Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #35

I mean no disrespect to anyone with this physical deformity Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2015 #42