Jeb Bush’s humiliating plea: I swear I’m smart

[DonViejo]

Jeb's pals are very eager to show the media he's not like George. The problem: He's got bigger worries to deal with

JIM NEWELL

Jeb Bush has a dirty little secret that he wants to tell, and he doesn’t even care who knows: he’s a “geek”! A nerd. He’s so silly like that, caring about policy all the time when all everyone else wants to do in life is have a good time.

Such is the message passed off in a weekend New York Times riff on the former Florida governor. It may be the most comically obvious attempt we’ve seen yet in the 2016 proto-campaign from Jeb’s handlers to show that he’s not an idiot like his elder brother, the former President Bush. The piece is filled with effusive quotes about how bookish and wonky and smart Jeb Bush is. Rarely is an image-crafting piece so indiscreetly dropped by a politician’s handlers. Hell, a reading list is even provided to run alongside the profile to offer even more proof that yes, the rumors are true, Jeb Bush is literate. And the pace in which he devours middlebrow histories and libertarian at-length ranking and Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing ____” books is breathtaking.

The profile is mainly a laundry list of quotes submitted by his supporters.

Friends and former aides have variously described him as a “policy wonk,” an “ideas junkie” and, as Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, called him, “a top-drawer intellect.”…

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http://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/jeb_bushs_humiliating_plea_i_swear_im_smart/

[niyad]

1. "a top-drawer intellect"?? only if that drawere is the junk drawer.

[valerief]

2. He's the guy who an angry mob chased into a subway closet, right?

on edit
Yep, that's the mental giant.
http://www.democracynow.org/2006/10/9/police_shoot_protesters_with_tasers_at

Bet he'll read a "few Shakespeares" this summer.

[hlthe2b]

6. Hmmm... I'd forgotten about that.

I'm betting HE'D like to...

[SamKnause]

3. Just say NO to the Bush dynasty !!!!

Haven't they caused enough destruction to this country and the world ????

P.S. This applies to the Clinton family as well !!!!

[TBF]

4. He probably is the smartest in his party -

and that tells you all you need to know.

[Richardo]

5. "I can handle things, I'm smart! Not like everybody says; like DUMB...."

... I'm SMART, and I demand RESPECT!"



Oh Fredo, the GOP needs you now.

[hlthe2b]

7. Yes, Fredo is the poster boy for th GOP, it seems