(CNN) - Five days ahead of his state's primary – an election in which he promises to remain neutral – former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday cautioned the contenders to soften their assaults, avoid a "circular firing squad," and connect personally with swing voters in the most diverse primary yet.
"If we do nothing to try to reach out to voters that believe in our values but feel turned off by the rhetoric, that is the dumbest thing in the world to do," he said in an interview to air on CNN's "John King, USA," when asked if a breach is forming between Latino voters and the GOP.
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His warning to "not go over the top in his attacks" was primarily aimed at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who continued the sparring between himself and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by calling his rival "grotesquely hypocritical." The jabs exchanged between the two leading contenders has only increased as the campaign moved to Florida, with the two-man jousting largely overshadowing attention paid to the two other candidates former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
"I think there's a point past which Republicans and independent voters get turned off by this fierce primary spilling over into personal attacks," he continued, adding "I would hope that both Gov. Romney and Speaker Gingrich would stay away from that."
Both his father and brother were former presidents, but Bush said that if he, too, had been interested in a White House run, this election season would have been the ripest. Earlier in January, former first lady Laura Bush said she wished Jeb, her brother-in-law, would run, saying, "We wanted him to this time."
"Never say never, but in all honesty, this was probably the right time for me, in terms of my age and just the opportunity that existed but there are personal and family reasons that made that impossible," Bush said in the interview. "I hope in 2016 I'll be working on the reelection of a Republican president."
He said he has both spoken with and emailed Romney to express his decision to remain neutral.
The field without him includes "well qualified candidates," Bush said, who must emphasize the relevancy of their messages to Florida's significant and swing Latino voters next Tuesday. He is co-chair of the Hispanic Leadership Network Conference, a co-sponsor of Thursday evening's debate on CNN.
"The growing populations in all of the swing states are Hispanic voters," he said. "This is an over-simplification, but I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party."
While his advice to Gingrich is to tone down the attacks, Bush suggested Romney should connect more personally with voters.
"His challenge is also to show his heart," he said of Romney "He has a great record, and he's been a successful man in every way, and I think people can relate to that if he expresses himself in the right way."
But Bush said he intends to endorse no candidate in the race, instead allowing one "earn" his victory.
"I've already voted, I voted absentee," he told John King, "and thank God it's a secret ballot, John."
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Sorry Jeb, but your family has contributed GREATLY to the disaster of your party and America! And we all understand that you are trying to lay out diplomacy in hopes that there will still be a Republican party to nominate you for a future run. Good luck with that!
avoid a "circular firing squad,"
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But this is exactly why the LSM is having so many of these "debates"!
Blah, blah, blah. The designated neocon elite spokesman has made his announcement. Now get in line and follow orders.
Everytime a voter sees one of the Bush crime family, that voter will remember what those mobsters did to this country. He or she may then decide to stay home or vote for Obama, come November. Good job, Jeb! You are doing your country a favor, at last.
The Royal Family is warning the Court to "get in line" lest they lose their power to the peasants.
No more Bush's in the white house EVER.
Fla. elected a BUSH for gov. They should'nt even be allowed to vote if they are that dumb
Arizona, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia already did the damaged , I don’t think Latinos will go back and support GOP candidate
Mr. Bush does not understand that if there is one thing that Mr. Gingrich does well it is connect with voters. Well, certain voters at least. He does this by pandering to their raw emotion in terms of how the logical, intelligent, tall, slim, educated, charismatic man that currently occupies the white house makes them feel about themselves – in a word, inferior. These are the people that cheer for a man who cheated on at least two wives when asked to comment on the subject. Mr. Gingrich plays them like a fiddle. Thankfully there are not enough of these people to win a general election.
Obama 2012 – Because the founding fathers got at least one thing right – only adults should be president
I keep trying to post things and they never get past the moderator, unless they are critial of one of the GOP candidates. I notice a few conservatives make it through with regularity, Truth and Nothing But, Fair is Fair, Wiredwierd. But it appears they are allowed to comment as targets for the liberal shots.
Perhaps this governor is looking down on his fellow Republicans in the race. What? Are they not as good as the Bush brand? "It was the right year for me". Pleaaaase. I would never vote for another bush in my entire lifetime.
Jeb's for sale,he can get ya votes,throw your opponents votes in the dumpster,like he did for his bro against Kerry.Hes got a Latino wife,she can translate for you,great package deals on voters who don't care who they vote for,just for a buck..Ask him,that's why NOBODY in the Bush family has said crap since he left office,except maybe on Faux news.The whole Bush family ingreats,unpure and simple.
"both his father and brother ARE former presidents"...though they've kinda ruined it for him, the brightest star in the bunch.
So my question to the former governor is, SINCE BOTH YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER served as POTUS how do you feel about the attacks on Obama, do you feel they should soften their tone there as well. I have been voting for over 40 years, I get turned off about those who in my old school opinion, regardless how you feel the office of POTUS has to be RESPECTED, the out right bashing for me is in poor taste. Disagree with his policies but that's it. Not to mention that other countries are listening how we American elected official attacks their own leader, very disrespectfull
It's quite absurd to elect the president in this manner. They should be able to host powerpoint presentations with facts and figures to back up their plans to improve the USA. Instead we get a soundbite or talking point, and a couple of jabs that cause the audience to applause after which there is a stead rise in the popularity for one of the candidates.
I mean, geez, this stuff is important, why are we demanding that these so-called leaders show us their visions for our future?
The GOP primaries are no less vicious as the Democratic primaries in 2008 where Bill Clinton was playing the heavy. The attacks on Obama were equally as vicious and yet he won the general election. It seems the GOP establishment calls to tone down the rhetoric are intended more to give Romney a boost in the face of Gingrich's aggressive campaigning. But, how does that old adage go? If you can't take the heat, then stay out of the kitchen.
I m sure yr vote went 2 mitt since rove was n the bush family back pocket 4 yrs and rove is main funder thru super pac 4 mitt now!
I think he voted for Obama.
Too late for the warning. Our minds are already made up.The republican party is nothing but a joke. Full of liars, racist and hypocrits. Bye Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who cares what any Bush thinks anymore? Sadly, JEB's image will be forever tarnished by his insolent and inept little brother who brough complete disgrace to the presidency and this country.
Jeb is smart enough to realize that another Bush running for President may not be healthy. He can say what he wants and keep on breathing but a run for the White House could well be a risk not worth taking. People are mad at his brother in ways that promote violence and unpredictable behavior. Check the secret service files, Sadaam wasn't the only person trying to silence a Bush and several were red-blooded Americans right here at home.
go back in your cave jebbbb
Translation - My brother really f'ed it up for me so you two be careful how you go after each other. You're making it so no one will want either one of you and goodness knows, the American public doesn't want to see the likes of a Bush any time soon.
He says "I hope in 2016 I'll be working on the reelection of a Republican president". Kind of implies that he doesn't think any of the current field has a shot. I'm sure President Obama thanks Jeb for his support.
Who really cares what ANY Bush family member thinks!!!!
That problem will only get worse, under Obama, as he encourages and protects illegal immigration across our border.
somehow those bushes think the own america.
Isn't it amazing how none of these crooks in the GOP cares not to Endorse a candidate? Makes U Wonder?
Taran, you get blocked because you're a redneck. CNN will only alow the afore mentioned rednecks to post because they are so much fun to make fun of.
While I agree the bickering must end....I'm NOT going to marry any of the candidates. I WANT a leader who will make the decisions for America to bring it out of the nose dive were currently in. Obama is NOT the man do this. I'm sure he's a "Nice Guy"....someone you'd like to have a beer with....but I want a fighter in the WH. Obama is not that man....Carter was not that man. Nice guys.....who do you want in your corner....fighting for YOU? Keep focused on the REAL job ahead of each person....and who do you think will be MOST effective.
"This is an over-simplification, but I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party."
Oops!
Jeb, isn't he the father of Grandma Bush's "little brown ones"?
Question...Why does CNN CHOOSE to have moderators? Why can't you just trust that those participating...will flag any inappropriate comments? I'm NOT a child...but you seem to think we all are. Interesting in that CNN is a democratic leaning company....yes, company...owned by a media company.
Time for a political change....
If your party handles the next 4 years of President Obama's administration like it has the last 3, there will not be a GOP in 2016!
Just a bunch of splinter groups, all howling "teleprompter" and "socialist Kenyan" at the moon.
Wonderful! More of the Bush family should be out in front flapping their lips to remind the country who ruined it.
in other words, it's stupid to admit how you actually feel about Hispanic, women, gays, non-christians and each other. These are all things that, as Mitt says "should only be talked about in quiet rooms". quote end quote.
Your wrong Jeb, its not your time, thanks to your brother. I will say that you want Gringrich and Romney to tone down their rhetoric, for what? So that they whispers their thoughts to those people who do not want Hispanic's on their side?
Let them keep talking so that we can hear them say what is their hearts! Republicans are all about class warfare, the party of NO!
Bush knows good and well that the next Bush to run is R-money. Same spoiled rich brat riding daddy's coattails as GWB, minus the compassion. R-money is the neocons' preferred candidate, which means R-money is the preferred candidate for the elitist Bush neocon family.
Obama 2012
I dunno Jeb, this circular firing squad seems to be the most productive thing these yahoos have done for the American public in a long time. It's good wholesome fun and very entertaining.
Mr. Bush would do well to retire quietly. I think we've had enough of the Bush family.
I wish the Bush Boys had tried a circular firing squad before purchasing their political offices. America would be so much better off today if they had.
I agree with TR. I wish that Jeb had come first. Smartest grape in that 'bunch' and the ONLY civil mind in the GOP has no chance of having a chance. Pity for us all.
Mr. Bush was the best FL ever had.
I think George H.W. Bush is a very noble and decent man. He ran a somewhat clean campaign, in terms of what we say on the campaign trails today, and he meant well for his country while he was a sitting president. He didn't choose his staffers very well, although. When it comes to Jr., I have to say otherwise. His presidency was maured by acussations of cheating and lying to the American people as well as the rest of the world. It was as though he thought being president was an entitlement and the White House a place for him to play with and entertain his friends.
With the Repub corporate establishment being in favor of Bush and scared of Gingrich (for whatever reason) and the base not liking Romney because he's a Mormon, not thinking he's conservative enough and not trusting him because of his flip-flopping, does that leave open a dark horse and/or brokered convention for another candidate?
Et tu, Jeb?
Jebby must be very bitter that his dimwitted older brother ruined his political future forever. He's right, of course, to warn about his party marginalizing itself, but "what values?" I see no moral value in funneling all the nation's wealth into the very few at the top.
After Terry Schiavo's Murder in Florida all Jeb showed,Was he couldn't even Govern Florida or keep a unruley Judge from the most unjust possiblity regaurding human Life..His Brotther as President could have stopped it with a executive order but did nothing..No we will be a much greater Nation with out The Bushes or Clintons we are tired of these two family's..Lets give the Pauls a chance to get rid of the money changers in Washinton and Bring Our Troops home .They don't believe what they are doing..thats why they support Ron Paul!
"I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party."
The GOP isn't the "old white guy party". It's the "RICH old white guy party".
Oh god I thought I'd managed to forget - there's ANOTHER Bush!
Truth and Nothing But the Truth
avoid a "circular firing squad,"
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But this is exactly why the LSM is having so many of these "debates"!
January 26, 2012 04:47 pm at 4:47 pm |
You mean like the ones sponsored by the Tea Party and Fox News? Puh-leese! The candidates were falling over each other for the chance to get free face-time in these debates. For the chance to deliver their carefully-prepared sound-bite one-liners for free.
Pinning it on the "Lame-stream Media" (a juvenile term if i ever heard one) is as disingenuous as it is flawed.
Jeb Bush has always been the yin to his brother's yang. He's a lot more diplomatic, and apparently a lot smarter. And of course hasnt got a chance in the GOP because he would rather do what he thinks is right than toe the party line.
Sigh. When will they learn?
We all know Romney will be the candidate and Bush One endorsed Romney so who cares about Jeb. Jeb will never be president because his brother and father ruined the family name. Bush One turned into a theocrat and Bush II was only a puppet of neocon Cheney and his Halliburton war profits.
Why in the world would we elect another Bush.
For a guy who claims to be Reagan incarnate, Gingrich constantly breaks Reagan's "11th commandment" of Republicans don't criticize each other ...
Jeb Bush is a creep.
He was responsible for the vote rigging in the 2000 that put his brother in power. He has no legitimacy whatsoever. He needs to stay out of primary politics and let these clowns shoot themselves in the foot like they always do.
The truth is that the Republicans want to leave Obama in the Whitehouse. This way they can blame him for the economy and the long drag out of the Bush tailspin in an attempt to regain the presidency in 2016. They told Jeb to sit still and wait it out til then. This is the only way to explain the miserable string of contenders they are fielding this year.
Truth and yada yada: "But this is exactly why the LSM is having so many of these "debates"!
The GOP requested all these debates; the media broadcasts them because of the ad revenue. What's laughable is the GOP thought all these debates would be a way to keep their candidates and all their lies about and slams against President Obama in the headlines, hoping to keep their ignorant, hateful base all fired up to vote Republican come November 2012. Instead, all these "debates" have revealed what a silly bunch of nasty, thin-skinned, lying jerks the GOP considers to be "their best."
America has seen loud and clear what a pathetic bunch of losers the GOP thinks should lead our country, offering nothing but economic, military and foreign policies that are PROVEN FAILURES, along with anger, fear, hatred and division.
Obama/Biden 2012
ronpaulfreedom1: "After Terry Schiavo's Murder in Florida ..."
She was BRAIN DEAD; the autopsy proved this conclusively. Her husband was trying to honor her wishes; nothing more. And for a guy who supposed believes in freedom, why would you ever think the GOVERNMENT should make this kind of private decision?
You're a hypocrite of the first order – and too dim to realize it.
Liberals....I hear all of this whining about how disrespectful people are to Obama and that they should respect the presidency but all you have to do is mention a Bush name and all of the liberal hipocrits step forth and spew hate and insults towards two other presidents and in my recollection, Bush got treated WAY worse by the liberal media and Bush haters than Obama ever has. Comparatively speaking OBUMMER has had a cake walk...
BREAKING NEWS!! No one is listening to you Mr. Bush! I remember a Monty Python sketch from the 1970's wherein the Commander of the Regiment calls in all his men, and is told there all here except the one company. "Which one is it?" he inquires. "It's the Scottish Suicide Company, Sir. They're practicing..."
Or to quote a famous person of insight: "We have met the enemy and they are Us!"
Dole is a hardnosed SOB and since he is too old to run why not just screw with someone. The reason Dole is mad, a Congressman up staged him, told him no and got better press. Bob's retired and all these years he has shut up tells me someone got to him in the last couple of days because Newt is on a roll. So dirty Chicago politics has broadened its base??? Super now the idiot in charge is looking better and better for a 2nd go around you clowns! Shut speak to the issues and stop beating each other up. Remember, and it seems you guys cannot, BHO was never vetted ever??? 1st question to BHO at the 1st debate is we want 'a see all the papers everyone else has to provide or the debate is off. Enough said!!!
Ask if any candidate would sign into law a bill overturning Roe vs. Wade and end a womens right to choose. Yes or No.
Why is it that republicans (or "Conservatives" as they wish to call themselves) in these blogs hate the truth when told? The republican party as an organization that is dying off. Slowly, but is fading away. The people who think thery are repugs are just acting in anger because the president is black and nothing more.
You claim ridiculous things about the current president without facts, just because your inbred friend told you, or you heard it from Faux. You don't care to learn anything, read and research facts and make your own decisions. You repugs keep posting stupid baseless comments, and I keep wondering; If you claim to be the a superior class in this country, that believes and upholds these great "values", why can't you learn to read and educate yourselves?
Republicans have lost credibility in this country very fast, not because of the growing number of non-white voters, but becuase your ideology is no longer valid. Your pary leaders are nothing more than the angry white farmer who hates minorities but loves cheap labor. The party are represented by uneducated well-dressed criminals with no class. Think of Gov. Brewer's disrespectful PMS trantrum towards the POTUS.
If she FAILED to recognize the highest figure of authority among her rank, why should the people of AZ be represented by such mandril?
Wow, our ignorant little feces spreader, "Truth" really stepped in it this time with his big whopper about the "LSM". It's almost like there's been a programming or wiring malfunction among the extreme right wingnuts. Karl Rove had everything so carefully planned and choreographed, with all the right propaganda and trigger words, when suddenly it all fell apart. The old lies are failing, so they spew new ones while flailing around in a fact-free bubble of words they twist to mean the opposite.
Jeb is smart not to endorse anyone at this point. He is likely the smarter of George H. W. Bush's son because he didn't choose to run for president. I don't know his full record, but I am glad that he is staying out of the race.
The Republicans planned a long string of debates to show that their party is full of good candidates and ideas. It has done just the opposite.
Jeb Bush is wrong! This is a debate and not a love fest. Candidates owe it to the electorate to show their mettle and character. Those who can't stand the heat should leave the kitchen!
People are sick of the Bush family brand and the world is moving away from them.
This is the kind of republican that makes the party undesirable
Rick Perry= Bush 3.0
Rather a good deal watching two-of-a-kind has beens' kicking each other down like little boys fighting over a girl-true integrity and leadership. No womanizing president ever went "into" the Oval Office w/that "credential"; leaving is a horse of another color; Romney is just another Bernie Madoff ponzy scheme under the guise of good Governor but look at Massachuetts during his tenure; running his moth is all he's running!
And hey, if that doesn't work we can always have hanging chads.
Really Wolf... Which wife would make the best First Lady?! I always thought that Nancy Reagan was the best First Lady. At least her and Betty Ford tried to get people off drugs. Or Jackie Kennedy. At least she knew the history of the White House. (There is no "dish room", by the way.) "Those doors that your camera just came crashing through were donated by..." Ah yes; the First Family Album. A classic in its own time! Unlike that most erratic of questions... This is NOT a beauty contest. I was hoping for more in the way of Talent, instead. Mr. Santorum has all the makings, and the best answers so far. But what do I know! I've never met his wife, and that may disqualify my opinion...
Jeb and his brother have set education in America back 40 years with Jeb's love for tests and Bush's No Child Left Behind.
A poster said that it was the media that is making them debate? Huh? No, they are the ones to go eagerly to the stage. They offer nothing of substance, but to me that's a good thing. Let the American people see these repubs who are so compromised that it's a shame we can't vote for Obama now.
Warns voters, oh great. They also should be warned the vote can be fixed in FL, otherwise we would not have suffered through 2 terms of his brother at the helm.
Jeb Bush???.....What does he have to do with anything. I was voting in W Palm Beach, in 2000 when he arranged for his brother to win the election. The country went downhill thereafter. NO MORE BUSH not even a word.
Jeb, being the best of the Bushes, is like being the thinnest kid at fat camp. You are still in fat camp.
Funny reading all the comments from the left wing libs. Jeb isn't running for anything so why are you all so afraid of him?
I wish he had pointed out the hypocrisy of Mitt Romney. This man has gone from claiming to be a liberal Democract – more liberal than Ted Kennedy to being an Independent , then gradually trying to convince us he is a conservative.
As I'm sitting here reading some of these comments on hereone thing comes to mind. Wake up! Are you serious? Obama a good president? REALLY??? Look around at everything, since this man has come in to office the situation has got worse. WELFARE is a good example, JOBS is another good one, oh yea, and this cap OBAMACARE???? Who in their right mind would think that is a good idea? If this is the way people think they get to think about re-locating to another country!
its not his brother running – so why not be honest this time.....
Are we EVER going to know the end of blathering from the Bush family? Why can't they shrivel up and blow away in the wind, and stop contaminating our air?
Doc – the "worse" referenced in your post of Jan. 26 at 9:58 p.m. is 1) grossly over-stated, and 2) were products of the GOP "leadership" that declared war on the President and the people of the U.S. on Inauguration Day 2009.
Sad, I believe, how so many in our country are deaf, dumb and blind to the egregious misconduct of the GOPers in Congress. They just don't seem to connect the dots.
Pity!
Wow – that is the wisest thing I have heard a Republican say for a long time – leave alone coming from a guy with the last name of Bush. All sarcasm put aside, that was a good comment Jeb Bush.
Let's see, his father was an utter failure. It is hard to imagine how bush #1 could have inflicted more damage on this country. His son Neil, is a thief, liar and fraud. He cost the US Taxpayers over $2 BILLION dollars to bail out Silverado Savings in Colorado. His brother, bush #2, lost the election but the gangsters on the supreme (hardly) court awarded him the nomination, and we all had to suffer for 8 years with the worst president ever. Now, Jeb is claiming that his father and brothers were losers and caused irreparable damage to our country, but if we give him, the failed governor of Florida, a chance to be president, he will try to do better than his brother and his old man. NOT!
No one in the Bush family should try to give political advice look what the other two Bush's have done to the country
Started expensive unfunded wars we will never get out of and crippled our country financially.
Jeb the smart one?........Remember the Terry Shivo nightmare?????
I bet Santorum's mom gets social security and medicare, 2 things Republicans fought against. Republicans called Roosevelt a communist for doing social security and called Johnson a socialist for doing medicare. Sound familiar?
JEB is the king of corruption from Florida.
We ALL know it down here.
Didn't his brother spread a rumor that McCain, a decorated war hero, had an illegitimate child. Furthermore, and lets be clear, the reason Jeb didn't run is because his last name is Bush.
Jeb Bush is kind of like Billy Carter was back in the 70s. Has a famous brother who was president and has an opinion on everything.
It's hard to get too excited about a Bush trying to discourage the practice of dirty politics.
Jethro should head back to the hills, how any of his family ever got into the white house is beyond me.
Why so much vitriol toward Jeb? So now the sins of the father and the brother are attributed to son and brother? Is this the old testament? Jeb was a great governor and by most accounts is a decent and humane man. Stop hating.
you democrats are disgusting. now think hard....whatwas unemployment at under bush and what is it at under your beloved obama? yeah right all Bush's fault. you all need to grow up. even kindergardeners don' resort to the childish name calling as much as you lot. with you its all the blame game think real hard did everyone blame Carter for years for the state he left the country in? but the again Reagan did get us back on track quickly and had too much class to fiinger point once the job was his. maybe obama should learn form him
Jeb Bush warning Republicans to warm up to Hispanics and Latinos. Sure, the Republicans need illegals to mow grass at their country clubs, clean their homes, perform their landscape work, and wash their cars, for less than the minimum wage, but they do not want to live next to them, or teach them in their native language while they learn English. What an absolute pile horse pucks. Republicans are old white people who cry for the good old days.
No more Bushes!
Make that the rich, old white guy party.
Im a republican with only one thing to say; the BUSH name is toxic.
Jeb is a great improvement over his brother although almost anyone would be...
Who gives a crap what Jeb Bush says? Obama 2012!!!!!!
all of the candidates are unelectable.. one would think they could field better candidates. bottom of the barrel. this country needs solutions not old school players of the system that got us where we are today.
Jeb Bush warns candidates, "Sorry guys, I'm not there to fix the election like i did for my brother is 2000". I don't respect this thug or his family.
Jeb may indeed be the one Bush left with integrity. Unfortunately, his father (GH) and his brother (GW) both exhibited cowardly endings i(and personal arrogance) nstead of courageous ones in those wars that they had the power to influence. Jeb has no credibilty now once you include the "hanigng chad" fiasco of the lorida 2000 election. It is the epitomy of a fixed election. GW was not elected by the people of the US. He was elected by a default of courage on behalf of many elected officals who could have helped to clear the situation honestly. Today, Iowa is the new Florida.
Job's warning to the hatepublican candidates..Be in your best behaviour down there and hide your fakeness are as I'm no longer in control in Florida and I won't be able to steal the elections again like I did with my brother.
Another Bush will never be given an opportunity to ruin this country again
Have the Bushes not done enough damage to this country?
I sure hope they listen to him. I am not a fan, but he had some good advice for the GOP.
Jeb recommends keeping the closet door shut. Don't show the people your true colors until after elected. What a circus our politicians have made of themselves. The have no shame.
From his dealings with Latino voters, Mr. Bush has got it right on with regards to how coolly we regard the current GOP POTUS candidates, but he fails when he insinuates that we may yet change our minds on the matter, because he does not know to what extent we regard their mendacity, sycophancy towards the powerful and dysfunctional, backstabbing and hedonistic double-standards as the most unmanly behavior.
George W. Bush.
eight of the worse years in American history.
Do not let another one anywhere near the white house.
NOT EVEN FOR A VISIT !!!!!!
It amazes me how someone in the GOP has to tell the candidates how to act. They are like little kids and the father (Jeb) is reprimanding them for their actions. What a strange group they are!
Too late Bush, the GOP circular firing squad has already done permanent damage.
I will NEVER vote for another Bush, EVER.
There's an expert for you. What the country needs is another Bush! God help us.
The LAST thing our country needs Jeb Bush, is another Bush running out country. Your family has been a horrible curse upon our nation! We have awful GOP candidates for President too! You say Romney has to show more heart, how can he do that when that is not who he is. Would a man with heart put his dog who is in a kennel on top of his car and drive with him like that for miles? And Santorum, what kind of NUT would take his dead baby home and play with it with his other children. I have lost two babies, I held mine in my lap after they passed away, but to take them home and play with them.............and he wants to take our rights to contraceptives away? No way! Then there is Newt, the SWINGER........They are ALL liars, rich men that have the top 1% best interests at heart, and have their own agenda in mind for our country, like ol' Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a paid employee of the Koch Brothers. I hope my fellow Americans use their heads when it comes time to vote, listen to ALL these candidates have to say, and look at all they have done in the past, because honey, they want to run our futures. And it won't be good if one of them are elected.
Frankly I would never vote for the GOP unless my grandson flips. But if I had to vote for a GOP – Jeb would be the one. At least he knows what it feels like when someone calls someone you love a nasty name. I know he is smarter then the other brother.
Jeb Bush was Florida's governor during economic boom times. He had an easy job, but thinks he was a miracle worker, much as Dubya started life on third base and thought he hit a triple. It is a Bush family trait to inflate their resumes.
After 22 failed ballots at the GOP convention, they will settle on a compromise ticket of Pat Robertson/Phyllis Schafaly.
ALL THUMBS DOWN when it comes to the BUSH FAMILY...ALL THUMBS UP to President OBAMA !!!!!!!!!!! ...and as for 2016 I have a DEMOCRAT in mind to take over when OBAMA leaves in 2016.
"This is an over-simplification, but I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party."
This is perhaps the smartest thing I have heard during the Republican primary season. Too bad it wasn't said by any of the candidates!
Sorry Jeb, after ruining the education system in Florida and giving insurance companies the green light to run rough shot over homeowners, nobody should be wasting airtime on you. Nobody
Why haven't any of the republican candidates hit Romney on his past support of TARP? It's like they aren't even trying. I don't think Obama will be so kind. How will Romney criticize Obama on TARP, the auto bailout, the stimulus when he has been FOR all of these things in the past. Obama is going to tear him to shreds in the debates and make him look solo flaky and unreliable and people do not want someone that can't make up their mind as president.