Jeb Bush skipping own brother's Convention

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Blame it on Charley. What's Jeb doing? Shoveling shit?

Gov. Jeb Bush To Skip GOP Convention
Bush Says Charley Recovery Too Important


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he won't attend the Republican Party Convention in New York later this month, where his brother will be re-nominated, because of the importance of the Hurricane Charley relief and recovery effort.

"There will be a role later on for me to play," in the presidential race Bush said while speaking to reporters before a Cabinet meeting. "The recovery phase of this is important to get started and ... being up in New York is inappropriate.

"It's appropriate for others but not for me," the governor said.

Bush said he had planned to have a limited role anyway, saying he doesn't really like the national political scene anyway.

"I just don't like all that big dog, big foot national stuff," said Bush, who attended the 2000 Republican Convention in Philadelphia.

"I'm going to help my brother and we've got a great team in place and they're working really hard, but being on the Today Show to talk about inside political stuff is not who I am and that's kind of what you do when you're at these national conventions."

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