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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 08:41 AM Apr 2015

George W. Bush:" Jeb has a problem: 'Me'"


George W. Bush: Jeb has a problem: 'Me'
By ARTHUR ALLEN 4/15/15 8:11 PM EDT

CHICAGO
— Jeb Bush’s candidacy has a problem, says brother George. “Me.”



“It’s an easy line to say, ‘Haven’t we had enough Bushes?’ After all, even my mother said, ‘Yes,’” the former president told an audience of 7,000 health IT experts here on Wednesday.

“That’s why you won’t see me out there, and he doesn’t need to defend me, and he’s totally different from me. The role of family is not to be a political adviser or a policy adviser — there are plenty of those around — the role is to say, ‘Hey man, I love you.’

“The president needs people around him who are there to say they want to help. Imagine if instead Laura had been saying to me, ‘What the hell did you get us into this for?’ You’re living in a museum. It’s cold. It’s not your furniture. It’s Jefferson’s furniture.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/george-w-bush-jeb-bush-2016-117020.html#ixzz3XTXVu51r

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/george-w-bush-jeb-bush-2016-117020.html#ixzz3XTXE7wQz
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George W. Bush:" Jeb has a problem: 'Me'" (Original Post) kpete Apr 2015 OP
Quantity is not the issue, George, it's the Quality. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2015 #1
Don't be so self-centered, George. Jeb has plenty of his own problems, too. merrily Apr 2015 #2
I wonder if Jeb would pardon W Gman Apr 2015 #3
Who knew the goofy little fucker was that self-aware? 11 Bravo Apr 2015 #4
LOL Cha Apr 2015 #6
lmfao RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #7
He's a spoiled little rich boy. trotsky Apr 2015 #8
He's not, really. He's playing the Clinton card Xipe Totec Apr 2015 #10
So he's admitting that he SUCKED as President? Frank Cannon Apr 2015 #5
George W. Bush was a problem for the entire coutry. democrank Apr 2015 #9

Gman

(24,780 posts)
3. I wonder if Jeb would pardon W
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 08:47 AM
Apr 2015

and even Cheney, et al much like Ford did Nixon.

They'd all still be wanted criminals elsewhere.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
10. He's not, really. He's playing the Clinton card
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 07:40 PM
Apr 2015

He's not saying the problem is that he royally fucked up while president. He's saying there's been too many Bushes in the presidency. Just like there have been too many Clintons in the presidency also. So he's trying to use this against HRC.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
5. So he's admitting that he SUCKED as President?
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 08:53 AM
Apr 2015

Well, the first step in recovery is admitting that you have problem.

The second step is never to pick up again.

democrank

(11,094 posts)
9. George W. Bush was a problem for the entire coutry.
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:27 AM
Apr 2015

No, make that the entire world. Jeb will be lucky if his candidacy is all that`s ruined by his war criminal brother. Maybe Jeb should pay a visit to Walter Reed, then watch the latest Iraq segment of the evening news tonight to get a better idea about his brother`s disastrous presidency.

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