2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJeb Bush Blames GOP Congress, Not His Brother, For Bush-Era Spending
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) suggested in an interview Sunday that the crux of responsibility for out-of-control spending in Washington during the 2000s was in the hands of the Republican-controlled Congress, rather than his brothers initiatives as president.
Appearing on CBS Face The Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked the all-but certain 2016 GOP presidential candidate what he had learned from George W. Bushs successes and mistakes in the Oval Office.
Bush pointed to his brothers inability to keep the reins on spending but suggested that it had largely been the legislative body in Washington that had failed to control costs.
I mean, because of the war and because of the focus on protecting the homeland, I think he let the Republican Congress get a little out of control, in terms of the spending, Bush said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/31/jeb-bush-blames-gop-congr_n_7478826.html
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)You know, the one that sorta started itself, spontaneously, with no help from the president, with no TV appearance by Colin Powell, showing fuzzy blobs in the desert that were supposed to be WMD. Poor GW Bush. He tried his best to avoid that war, but it just jumped up and grabbed him by the throat. Poor guy.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...and privatization of EVERYTHING. That is what his brother pushed for for 8 long years: Deregulation.
Will Jeb deregulate everything from banks to medical care? Will he allow big corporations to become wealthy while average folks suffer in the name of deregulation?
Time to ask REAL questions...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)congress formed a defensive ring around cheney/bush so they could do their dirty work uninterrupted .
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)when going after him. Freakin' liar.
douggg
(239 posts)Bush had a GOP Congress for over half of his time in office.
Obama will have had a GOP Congress for 75% of his eight years.
Jeb just explained that it's not Obama's fault for most of the increase in the national debt.
It's Jeb's own party at fault by Jeb's own words.