Jeb! Campaign Pulls The Plug On Itself

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/28/1475883/-Jeb-Campaign-Pulls-The-Plug-On-Itself

It seems that Jeb Bush, now reduced to an asterisk (*) in the 2016 Republican Presidential contest, has concluded that the best way to quickly burn through those millions upon millions of dollars in campaign donations he received is to perform a supreme act of self-immolation, by resurrecting the infamous Terry Schiavo fiasco in a new campaign ad, paid for, morbidly enough, by a Bush PAC that calls itself “Right To Rise."

In addition to touting his high score with the NRA , the voice-over in Bush’s new ad celebrates how then-Florida governor Bush “fought time and again for the right to life," with an image of someone leaning over Schiavo, lying in a helpless vegetative state in her hospital bed.

And while the general electorate will likely recoil in horror at this kind of crass opportunism, Bush apparently hopes the Republican base will be shocked and awed as they are reminded of his role in forcing the irreversibly and profoundly brain-damaged Schiavo to cling to life in direct contravention of what her husband explained would have been her own desires, simply to bolster his credentials among the forced-birth crowd of ghouls who demanded that the poor woman be kept resuscitated at all costs, no matter how much pain it caused to others. Because abortion or something.

[napi21]

1. I can't believe even HE is that dumb.

Why woul anyone remind people of that awful time in history? I think he'd have claimed it to be an attack ad if one of the
Dems had brought it up.

[DesertFlower]

3. i agree. nt

[Enthusiast]

9. Jeb! Is all about freedumb.

[DesertFlower]

2. right to life? it was a blessing

when they finally allowed that woman to pass.

the government had no right to get involved.

[malaise]

4. Listen he thought his brother kept America safe

That is all

[NBachers]

5. Maybe he could bring out his friend Miguel Recarey as his campaign spokesman.

http://nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/03/secret-problem-with-jeb-why-another_04.html

[Chakab]

6. Remember folks. This is supposed to be "the smart one" in the Bush family.

[yellowcanine]

7. I would think Jeb! would want everyone to forget about the Schiavo fiasco.

Not exactly a high point of his tenure as governor. I guess he might convince a few RW Christian Taliban to vote for him because of this but it seems he would lose a lot more.

[n2doc]

8. Anything that reminds voters of how loathsome JE Bush is, is fine with me. n/t

[callous taoboy]

10. As my friend's punk band sang long ago:

Terry Schiavo is not dead...