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Barbara Bush is an abusive mom. You know it. I know it. The whole world knows it.
Calling him "whistleass" was probably one of the nicer things she called him. He was always the idiot one of the family.... and the scapegoat. Whole libraries have been filled with the putrid skank that happened in that household.
As abusive Moms are known to do you know she plays the kids against each other. Can you imagine the absolute swill and venom that has come out of that woman's face into poor Jeb's ear about his dimwit brother? It's only natural on the world stage he'd want to stick up for his brother. It's just part of the dynamic.
I don't hold "He kept us safe." against Jeb. I kind of admire it really. It's a lie of course - the most pitiful kind too. But at the end of the day I'm glad there's some semblance of honor in that family. It's not much, but it's something.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)madaboutharry
(40,185 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)He has to defend his brother or people will think he has no family loyalty. In defending GW, however, Jeb has to maintain what his brother did was essentially correct. "He kept us safe," and other wacky stuff is the result.
malaise
(268,686 posts)There's nothing to admire there
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)No, I don't think there can be any semblance of honor for the Bush family. They are corrupt to the bone.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,818 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)say REALLY?
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)I don't care which of Shrub's relatives does it.
Honor would be one of them admitting the truth about the lying piece of shit war criminal.
That would take integrity. That would require one of them to behave in an honorable manner.
To date - Not a single one of them has shown any honor. Not an ounce of integrity.
That lie ("He kept us safe" is a dangerous lie. It gives cover, albeit a false one, to the lies George W. Bush told and the war crimes he committed. Embracing that lie and repeating that lie allows people to cling to a trumped up, bullshit narrative that is then used to excuse the atrocities and abuses committed by the Bush administration.
Jebbish isn't being honorable. His perceived loyalty to a war criminal brother isn't honorable. It's about keeping the lie as the narrative. Jebbish needs that false narrative to run for President. His only loyalty is to his family and that loyalty comes without any regard to the United States or its people. There's no honor in that brand of loyalty. That kind of loyalty harms the country. We're not talking some unknown family circling the wagons. We're talking about a family that has caused great damage to the country. Their brand of loyalty isn't to be admired.