Damn....F**ker says he is thinking of running.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Breaking News site:
At Wall Street Journal CEO Council, Jeb Bush says he's thinking about running for president, will make up mind 'in short order' @davidmwessel

[okaawhatever]

1. I figured as much. nt

[elleng]

2. Of course he is,

probably has been for years. NO surprise. Dems should watch out for him, as he's probably seen by many as most tenable repug.

[dhill926]

13. you got it....

underestimate at our peril...folks saying that we won't elect another Bush are kidding themselves...

[elleng]

20. Right. WE DUers wouldn't elect another,

but to the populace at large he's a perfectly reasonable, and maybe desirable candidate.

[DrDan]

43. several DUers thought it was laughable that Rand P could possibly be elected

Too many here get all of their news and views from DU - hence become jaded in their views of reality. A stroll into the real world every once in a while is a good thing.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

51. And remember, any republican candidate for US President only needs 46% of the vote in a two way

election.

There is a vast, very well organized infrastructure that steals approximately 5% of the popular vote in every presidential election in favor of the republican candidate, has been since 2000, probably before that.

It gets worse everyday, long list of reasons why, all has to do with voter suppression.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

54. I wouldn't put a Paul candidacy in the same category as a Bush candidacy.

I wouldn't put a Paul candidacy in the same category as a Bush candidacy but your overarching point is well taken. Most folks on the left and right mostly talk to other folks on the left and right and consequently believe everybody thinks like them. When it comed to that phenomenon this website is on steroids.

Some of the talk about what is possible makes my head spin.

[Nay]

21. Agreed. Since he can be marketed as the "smart" Bush, idiocies by the

former WH occupant will be relegated to the dustbin. He'll certainly be able to come across as a decent fellow, esp compared with the competition. You know, those guys in the clown car.

I've been predicting for years that there will be a Bush/Clinton run, and I still predict it. If that happens, I think most of the country will look at that and go "WTF??" Whether they will get out and vote, who knows. It would be a watershed moment -- would people finally wake up and say they don't want dynasties, the same old thing over and over? It'll be interesting.

[BootinUp]

3. Its going to be a battle of goliaths, get ready for 2000 version 2.

I'll wait till the general to bring up the N word.

[shenmue]

4. Thanks for warning me

Now I can start to drink.

[csziggy]

5. If this country elects another f**king Bush

I GIVE UP!

[immoderate]

6. Can they fool us THREE times?

--imm

[blkmusclmachine]

14. Obama fooled us twice. So, yeah...

[FLyellowdog]

27. Opinions are like belly buttons...

yada yada yada.

[immoderate]

30. Fooled you, did he? You might have expected too much.

I like to reserve judgement ... but then he picked his cabinet.

--imm

[pscot]

69. They've been fooling us for 3 decades

Face. We aren't that hard to fool.

[City Lights]

7. He's lying.

He's already made up his mind, and is running.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Here's his slogan: Third Crime's the Charm

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. Hold on to that....

we may need it as a bumpersticker.

[RiverLover]

9. This -mght- be a good thing? He's beatable.

Another Bush would turn off many independents. I think anyways.

[BootinUp]

10. That is called underestimating the competition. nt

[Politicalboi]

16. No, it's called

Misunderestimating according to Little Bush. Isn't that cute, he coins his own words. Nuckular!!!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. They steal elections, don't they?

[blkmusclmachine]

17. The secret black box vote "counters" might...

[madinmaryland]

18. You're right. Know your BFEE.

http://knowyourbfee.blogspot.com/

[RiverLover]

22. That is one depressing, yet scary site!

I thought at first it would be funny.



But it so isn't.

[RiverLover]

23. You have a point there. That is how #2 made it in...

Well, so much for thinking positively.

[Politicalboi]

12. I hope they pry into his wives crimes

Although they're nothing like the Bush family crimes. But if Michelle EVER was accused of ANY crime, the media wouldn't let it die. Bad enough they didn't bring up Laura's deadly DUI. Fuck these people, everything is fair game in 2016. Even a possible drug abusing first lady.

[lunasun]

60. I agree but doubt any reporting will occur anywhere . You can't expect it's only fair

yes imagine if Michelle Obama had been involved in killing someone intentional or not

Fair game at this point since they resort to lies . Not saying to lie like they do , but do present the other facts if you are broadcasting their lies !!!
polite won't make it with the unfair crowd

[still_one]

15. That is no surprise. The surprise would be if he didn't run

[al_liberal]

19. He'll receive the same coronation W did. N/t

[hedda_foil]

38. No, I think the presstitutes will be far more rapturous.

After all, JEB® is the smart one and they'll make sure he's presented as the great white hope ... the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. The knight in shining armor, the true prince. It won't just be a nomination, but a coronation, the return of the king, the rightful restoration of a great dynasty.

Anybody want to disagree?

[3catwoman3]

24. Words are inadequate...

...to express my disgust at the possibility of yet another Bush in the White House. The only bushes I want anywhere near that building are the ones in the landscaping.

This smiley speaks for me - Listen to your mama, Jeb. don't do it.

[UTUSN]

25. My nightmare n/t

[spanone]

26. you KNOW he is...

[customerserviceguy]

28. He'll have his ass handed to him in Iowa

No matter how much the establishment Republicons stuff into his coffers, and even if Marco Rubio stays out. There are less than 15% of the GOP base who feel the same way about immigration that Jebbie does.

[BootinUp]

33. The puke party will do anything to get the Whitehouse again

mark my words.

[customerserviceguy]

34. Agreed

They think that way, but they don't think that "soft on illegal immigration Jeb Bush" is the way to get there. They're much more familiar with a view that is harsh on the undocumented.

[Efilroft Sul]

59. Anyone who's read the beginning of "Fortunate Son" would agree with you.

The book talked about how desperate the Republicans were to regain the White House after eight years and how they settled on Bush the Dumber to lead the charge back.

You got it right, BootinUp.

[stevenleser]

42. Very true. I don't think people here at DU realize the antipathy in the GOP grassroots towards Jeb

for his immigration position. I am not sure the GOP establishment can overcome that with all the money in the world.

It will be interesting to see them try though.

[customerserviceguy]

44. Sure it will

They can always stuff another Bozo into that clown car.

[Terra Alta]

29. Yeah, that's just what we need

Another fucking Bush.

As if the first two weren't bad enough.

[bigwillq]

31. Bush vs. Clinton. The rematch.

[davidpdx]

41. Well we are inching closer and closer to it aren't we?

I hope to hell it doesn't happen.

[Frustratedlady]

32. I have a very different opinion. I think Jeb is saying he is going to run just to satisfy

his old man...who doesn't look in the best of health. If Senior doesn't pass in the next year or so, Jeb will probably go at it hot and heavy. If Senior passes, Jeb will pull out to oversee the family affairs.

I don't think Jeb's heart is in it and he sure can't be looking forward to all the bad points of the W administration, let alone the ghosts from his dad being brought to light. Some, we don't know about yet. Seeing all that family laundry hanging on the line can't be an incentive to dive into the fray.

On the other hand, the yearning for power overrides common sense so who knows?

[JEFF9K]

35. We don't want a strong Republican candidate, do we?

[arcane1]

37. The collective amnesia of idiot conservatives would be his only strength.

Sadly, their forgetful stupidity is pretty fucking strong.

But they've had almost 8 years to forget anything W did to piss them off. Heck if they watch Fox they aren't even aware of anything that might have pissed them off.

[olddots]

39. can Neil be his running mate ?

[Cha]

40. "What are you fucking stupid?"

[BubbaFett]

45. Saint Reagan hagiography

Bush the Lesser historical revisionism, Bush the Elder rehabilitation/golf buddies with Clintons.

I can see it happening. Americans will twist it into some other kind of "Morning in America" redux that has no truth or reality as its basis.

[Major Hogwash]

58. This is just my opinion, but . . .

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I don't think Jeb will get very far in his attempt to become the next President.

We didn't forget about the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida.
And this time, Jeb can't rely on Katherine Harris, or the Supreme Court, the way George Dubya did.

Jeb is an accomplished liar, much smoother and much more polished than George Dubya ever was.
So, he may fool a lot of people early on, but he doesn't have any credibility left after 2000, in my opinion.
We've already had one too many Bushes in the White House anyway.

Unless the mainstream media gets behind him early next year, I don't think Jeb will be able to raise much money for his campaign.
A lot of things can change before 2016, of course, but I think the Republicans will have to pick someone else to be their nominee.
I think the main reason Jeb will have a much tougher time becoming their nominee is because of the knee-jerk reaction the GOP just had to President Obama's Executive Order concerning immigration reform.

I think the GOP party truly wants to appeal to more Mexicans/Latinos/Hispanics by 2016, but they are just too fucking racist to figure out how to get their votes.

[Cha]

65. First of all..

Nice to see you again, Major!

The gop wants to appeal to Hispanics is because they want their vote.. they want something for nothing.. sound familiar?

P.S. It's Katherine Harris.

[Le Taz Hot]

46. He'll run, he'll win the nomination

and if the Democrats are stupid enough to run Hillary (they are), he'll win the General.

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. Sadly, you may be right.

I dunno what it is about Hillary, but she does not come across well at all.

[Le Taz Hot]

48. Who else are they going to run?

Christie crashed and burned and the Republicans aren't going to let anyone from the Clown Car be the nominee so Jeb's their boy. Hillary's only support is from the Establishment Democrats (read Wall Street) and the Party Faithful. That's it. She won't have the rank and file and she absolutely will not have the independents.

Here's a silver lining though I'm pretty sure I'll be alone in this view but, if Jeb wins the General in 2016 that will pave the way for a Warren run in 2020. Just my opinion.

[deutsey]

49. Bush I (with Reagan) delivered a knockout punch to America

Bush II put us on life support.

Bush III will finish us off.

[dixiegrrrrl]

50. Clinton did not help with NAFTA. n/t

[deutsey]

68. Yes, I agree

I was just keeping it all in the family here, but Clinton's "triangulation" may have helped his career and the Third-Wayers' agenda, but it was really "strangulation" for many of us.

[notadmblnd]

52. Of course, the BFEE is trying to establish a monarchy

They already believe they are royalty, they just need the rest of the country to realize it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

53. It will become a referendum on his brother's presidency whether he likes it or not.

If he wants to be in the position of repudiating his own kin that's his prerogative.

[stevenleser]

55. That plus the antipathy in his own party towards him for his immigration positions and perceived

association with the GOP establishment and perceived excessive centrism and I can't see how he would have a chance.

I strongly doubt whether he can win the GOP nomination.

[appalachiablue]

56. 3 on a match

[TheNutcracker]

57. Well get all of this info out there...now.

So, here's Jeb. His wife can never be a first lady. She lied to the feds about 20K in purchases she was bringing back into the U.S. from Paris. Jeb's been a big philanderer. Two of his children have been in the news in the past years for arrests linked to drug problems, public intoxication, and sex in public. (don't confuse the W's kids).

Then there is the family issue of robbing banks. One, the Silverado Savings and Loan, several ways into which many in the Bush family were involved, and also many politicians still in office today. Jeb, George Sr., and his son Neil Bush have all been implicated in the Savings and Loan Scandal, which cost American tax payers over $1.4 TRILLION dollars, one quarter of our national debt. One also thinks it's polite to take up the Asian hookers when presented.

Their grandfather worked for Hilter, and HW lied about working for the CIA. We were to believe this when he was chosen to head the CIA agency?

The entire family has been an "AMERICAN DISASTER'.

Then there is Jeb's Nigerian water pump bribery scandal back in the courts, just last year! Illegal immigration is an "act of love". (While attacking Obama today for his "overreach&quot

Let us not forget that Jeb Bush defaulted on a $4.56 million dollar loan from the Broward Federal Savings in Sunrise, FL. After federal regulators closed the S&L, the office building that Jeb used the $4.56 million to finance was reappraised by the regulators at $500,000.00, which Bush and his partners paid. The taxpayers had to pay back the remaining 4 million plus dollars, as in the past. This family robs banks and created a drug war to run drugs. Just read Barry and the Boys. Barry Seal flew planes for the CIA and ran drugs for HW and a few others.

So spare me if I'm a little sad to even THINK ABOUT ANOTHER BUSH RUNNING! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? US?

Must we put ourselves through this again? Or will the voting machines Jeb ushered in do it for us?

[hifiguy]

61. Will no one rid us of this troublesome family?

Seriously, the entire BFEE should be extirpated root and branch from this nation's politics and banned in perpetuity ever holding any office at any level.

A THIRD one?

"Mr Bond, once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but three times is enemy action." - Auric Goldfinger

[First Speaker]

62. Is it time to sterilize the Bush family...?

[MoonRiver]

63. I seriously doubt he'll make it through the primaries.

He's for immigration reform, whatever that means to him. But just the words will horrify the teacrazies.

[Octafish]

64. Gee. It's like an Empire of Evil or somethin'.

[dixiegrrrrl]

66. LOL!!! Perfect!! n/t

err..I mean....ouch!

[Initech]

67. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The absolute worst thing that could happen is another 4 years of the BFEE.