Jeb Bush: it's "unbecoming" of Obama to blame W - "This is his economy, this is his government."

[sabra]

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090921/COLUMNIST/909211039/2055/NEWS?Title=Local-Bill-Clinton-event-not-exactly-a-sellout-yet

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is taking umbrage with President Barack Obama for blaming his brother's administration for economic problems the country is dealing with now.

Speaking to the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club via a video conference uplink, Jeb Bush said it was "unbecoming" of Obama to constantly blame former President George W. Bush for current problems, such as the economy.

"He's the president, and many want him to succeed and others don't," Bush told about 100 people who listened to him from the Lakewood Ranch Country Club. "But to constantly to be saying it's because of the faults of the past, that I can't do something or whatever, that isn't going to wash any more. This is his economy, this is his government."

Jeb Bush said he expects his brother to hold his tongue out of respect for a "noble tradition" where former presidents do not openly criticize their successors.

"I would doubt that you'll hear hear my brother be critical," Jeb Bush said.

[Ian David]

1. Jeb Bush doesn't inspect the vehicle before he signs the paper to drive a rental car off the lot. nt

[marmar]

2. It's unbecoming of pig-jowled ex-governors who've wrecked their states to spout BS

n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Unlike his brother, Jeb isn't stupid enough to actually believe one word of that bullshit

But he knows the Freepers and Teabaggers ARE.

[Cha]

48. So "Unbecoming" to only be a leader because a bunch

of idiots are brainwashed into sucking up your lies.

jeb needs to get his head outta his ass and study his brother's+cheney's last 8 years of raping and plundering America.

[bluestateguy]

4. And he and his big brother blamed Bill Clinton for 9/11

and blamed Clinton for the much smaller recession of 2001.

[Johonny]

37. and the recession that started after Bush took office...

so apparently Jeb never paid attention to his brothers presidency?

[NavyMom]

5. Critical about what? W has no room to criticize anyone but

Cheney.

[Swamp Rat]

6. Jeb Bushler is an alien lizard

:D

[tularetom]

7. STFU you fat piece a shit - your worthless brother spent 8 years blaming Clinton

The boy king has forfeited any right he may have ever had to a so called noble tradition where former presidents do not criticize their successors.

Seems to me daddy bush had a few choice things to say about Clinton too. At least until Clinton pulled the plug on the Iran Contra investigation. Then they became buds.

[Zen Democrat]

8. The Economic Collapse of 2008 is to George Bush as The Great Depression is to Hoover.

[CakeGrrl]

9. Yeah, Jebbie, let's just pretend that the financial system just

collapsed for no good reason because if you actually try to figure out WHY, your brother's administration would look like the shitty government stewards they were.

If he's going to use that excuse, then he'll have no problem acknowledging that 9/11 was his brother's failure since it occurred during his presidency. Right, Jeb?

[gratuitous]

15. There's the response

If Obama's responsible for the economic chickens of the last eight years coming home to roost in the first eight months of his administration, how much more responsible is Brother George for allowing the worst terrorist attack ever perpetrated on U.S. soil? Jeb? Jeb!? Jeb?

Nothing. What a surprise.

[Cha]

49. There's no way that 9/11 was not bush+cheney's failure..

But the bush types never accept resonsibility or ownership for Anything.

[hamsterjill]

10. Excuse me, Jeb, but your brother created this mess!

There are some of us who are never going to forget that the budget was balanced when Clinton left office. The Bushes need to all go away.

[unpossibles]

11. I hear freepers saying this bullshit

and I remember how they spent 8 years blaming Clinton for everything from the economy dot.com bubble to 9/11 to the war, and they all said that those things did not happen overnight, etc.

The difference is the economy was sucking hard BEFORE the FUCKING ELECTION you dipshits.

[Cha]

50. Just tell them that they are the Ownership Society and

they need to buck up and quit being so whiny.

They ain't ever going to learn.

[LynneSin]

12. But Georgie was all happy to spend the surplus that Clinton gave him

:grr:

[Political Tiger]

13. Oh course, it was OK when Dumbya blamed Clinton for everything

from 9/11 to the current financial crisis!

[Zoeisright]

34. +1

[lpbk2713]

14. Tell em Jeb ... I want my pony.

It's amazing that in this day people can still give credibility to anyone named Bush. :eyes:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Hey Jeb....it's "unbecoming" to take $190,000 in campaign donations from a polluting cement plant...

Just days after you had a very curious change of heart about granting a permit to build their pollution emitting plant along the most clear and pristine river in Florida.

Didn't stop you from doing it though, you POS.

[bobbolink]

17. And next up... Neil Bush blames the S&L scandal on Obama.

:wtf:

Gotta love these weasels.....

[deminks]

18. Jebby hasn't read the book by W's speechifier yet, has he.

Matt Latimer. His is a portrayal of Smirky as quite critical, of many people.

[blm]

19. That's right - it's Obama's fault Bush and his fascist cronies collapsed the world economy as they

lined their bank accounts with the blood, sweat, treasure and tears of the rest of us.

[butterfly77]

33. Ditto..

[spanone]

20. jeb's right, we never heard a word about the Clinton's in all of junior*s years.

:sarcasm:

[Golden Raisin]

21. OK Jeb. Let's re-write (lie about) some

more history. Since we all know that the economy Obama inherited was absolutely superb, strong and robust, I guess it's also "unbecoming" to blame Dubya for the horrendous and disgraceful government response to Hurricane Katrina, or the largest terrorist attack EVER on U.S. soil (9/11) or for publicly spitting on and raping the Constitution for 8 years. Jesus effing Christ. The Bush Family (and the rest of the Republicans) will look you straight in the eye and swear that up is down and the sky isn't blue.

[Winterblues]

22. Well we know they would never have blamed Clinton when they arrived..

One thing the Republicans excel at by leaps and bounds is unadulterated gall.

[WI_DEM]

23. like I give a rat's ass for what any member of the Bush family thinks.

[izquierdista]

24. They found 100 people to listen to him?

Was is a "memory care" facility?

[Arugula Latte]

25. Shut your fat face, Jeb. And I mean FAT face.

Fat head.


You and your family are a scourge on this nation. Too bad Poppy didn't shoot blanks when he knocked up that evil sea hag mother of yours. A pox on the Bush family.

[blue_onyx]

26. I guess the 2012 rumors may be true

I didn't think Jeb would run in 2012 but it looks like he's gearing up for it. I thought he would wait until 2016. I guess Jeb hopes if he can blame the economy on Obama, America will elect another Bush to the presidency.

[Deja Q]

27. Gee Jeb, the President is only continuing your brother's policies and staff choices...

What's really to complain about?

[AllentownJake]

28. +1

[SammyWinstonJack]

43. +1000

:thumbsup:

[Cha]

52. Oh, yeah, that's all the President is doing..

too bad you have nothing but fucking clueless dissing.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

29. How "unbecoming" would it be to see your brother

sitting in a prison cell where he belongs. Jeb Bush is a cockroach.

[LeftinOH]

30. However- eight months into his brother's first term we had 9/11, which the RW blamed in Clinton-

So, what Jeb is saying is that a shitty economic situation which lingers 8 months into Obama's administration is Obama's fault. On the other hand, a massive terror attack 8 months into W's administration was ....*not* W's?

[no_hypocrisy]

31. That's rather inconsistent.

Bush Still Peddling Myth He Inherited a Recession
http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001358.htm

Steele: Bush inherited recession
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc-zpp2b3Ug

Originally Posted by saltybrain
HANNITY: "First of all, this president -- you know and I know and everybody knows -- inherited a recession...it was by every definition a recession" (11/6/02)
HANNITY: "Now here's where we are. The inherited Clinton/Gore recession. That's a fact." (5/6/03)
HANNITY: "The president inherited a recession." (7/10/03)
HANNITY: "He got us out of the Clinton-Gore recession." (10/23/03)
HANNITY: "They did inherit the recession. They did inherit the recession. We got out of the recession." (12/12/03)
HANNITY: "And this is the whole point behind this ad, because the president did inherit a recession." (1/6/04)
HANNITY: "Historically in every recovery, because the president rightly did inherit a recession. But historically, the lagging indicator always deals with employment." (1/15/04)
HANNITY: "Congressman Deutsch, maybe you forgot but I'll be glad to remind you, the president did inherit that recession." (1/20/04)
HANNITY: "He did inherit a recession, and we're out of the recession." (2/2/04)
HANNITY: "The president inherited a recession." (2/23/04)
HANNITY: "The president inherited a recession." (3/3/04)
HANNITY: "Well, you know, we're going to show ads, as a matter of fact, in the next segment, Congressman. Thanks for promoting our next segment. What I like about them is everything I've been saying the president ought to do: is focusing in on his positions, on keeping the nation secure in very difficult times, what he's been able to do to the economy after inheriting a very difficult recession, and of course, the economic impact of 9/11." (3/3/04)
HANNITY: "All right. So this is where I view the economic scenario as we head into this election. The president inherited a recession." (3/16/04)
HANNITY: "First of all, we've got to put it into perspective, is that the president inherited a recession." (3/26/04)
HANNITY: "Clearly, we're out of the recession that President Bush inherited." (4/2/04)
HANNITY: "Stop me where I'm wrong. The president inherited a recession, the economic impact of 9/11 was tremendous on the economy, correct?" (4/6/04)
HANNITY: " did inherit a recession." (5/3/04)
HANNITY: "e got out of the Clinton-Gore recession." (5/18/04)
HANNITY: "We got out of the Clinton-Gore recession." (5/27/04)
HANNITY: "We got out of the Clinton-Gore recession." (6/4/04)
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?p=59863321

[hileeopnyn8d]

36. Dang,

who needs paid operatives when Hannity does all the heavy-lifting for them. That was stunning. and frightening.

[butterfly77]

32. WTF!!

You can forget that brother because, everyone I know will be making damn sure that no one forgets who messed up this country while the media ignored what was really going. He's got to be kidding..
;

[samsingh]

35. jeb is kidding right? ha ha. Good one Jeb you asshole

[LaPera]

38. Shit-Bush & the republicans were blaming Prez Clinton for everything & all of Bush fuck-ups 6 years

into Bush's 2nd stolen term...and they still blame Clinton....

Obama has been in office all of nine month's after Bush's full eight years of corporate give aways, deregulation, tax cuts for the rich, subsidies (welfare) for the corporations, out-sourcing American jobs and putting zero restrictions on Communist China, as the trade imbalance has grown & soared every year the idiot Bush was in office.

It certainly will take longer than nine month's or a year to fix the greedy republicans stealing of everything that wasn't nailed down for eight years...while raising our domestic & trade deficits to unheard of levels.

Now, after Bush & the republicans stole everything the republican say they are worried about the deficit. bullshit they are worried about the corporations and the American workers getting health care with a public option with the workers tax dollars instead of the workers tax dollars going to the insurance corporations...slimy fucking corporate republican fascist!

[seafan]

39. Jeb has been quite opinionated lately.

Jeremy Wallace writes:


September 21, 2009

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had plenty to say about a whole lot of different issues on Friday when he spoke to the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club.

I’ve already told you about his change of heart on oil drilling and his frustration with Barack Obama blaming his brother’s administration for problems the country is having now.

Here’s more of what he had to say via a video conference link.


On Obama’s foreign policy:

Bush said he’s confused with Obama’s plan to scrap the long range missile defense program in Europe for a different system relying on a network of sensors and interceptor missiles based at sea, on land and in the air.
“I don’t understand the alternative he is proposing,” Bush said.

Bush said America’s relationship with some allies in eastern Europe could be diminished because of the move, which could be seen as a capitulation to the Russians.
He said he’s concerned with Obama’s foreign policy in general.
“I would argue that its creating quite a bit of uncertainty. (Uncertainty) creates problems. History is a pretty good judge of what is going to happen in future. Friends begin to doubt you and your enemies start to think they can take advantage of you.”


On Senate candidate Marco Rubio:

Asked if he had a favorite in the race between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate, Bush said he did not.

“I admire both of them,” Bush said.

But Bush then went on to praise Rubio as having a great life story and is being very articulate. Bush said national party leaders should not be trying to push Crist as aggressively as they have. He said Rubio deserved a fair shot against Crist in a primary.
“I think he should be given a chance. I think that the idea that the national party would pick a winner a year and a half before an election is the wrong way to go.”


On his running for office again:

Bush told the 100 people at the event that he’s focused on “making a living” not running for office.
Bush said he has been happy to travel the nation and promote his education reforms from when he was governor.
“I want to take my experiences and apply them in a place where I have passion, which is making sure children learn; to take conservative principles and apply them in this most important area. So I’m going to focus on education reform.”


On Bill McCollum for governor:

Bush praised Republican candidate for governor Bill McCollum as a person “who I think is a fantastic guy and is worthy of your support.”


On ACORN:

Bush said there should be investigations into ACORN.
“This is an incredibly corrupt group of people,” Bush said of ACORN. “They were incredibly active politically and I think corrupt.”

Just for the record, Marco Rubio, the rigid extremist conservative ideologue running for US Senate, is Jeb's trainee. Don't be fooled by Jeb's obfuscation about whether he *supports* Rubio.





Just keeping an eye on Jeb here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.


The constant stream of Bush corruption never abates.

[Javaman]

40. fathead jeb is desperately trying to wipe the stink off of himself so he can run for prez. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

41. Jeb is blaming his brother's economic disasters on Obama

"This is his economy, this is his government." Obama needs to keep speaking the truth so as to make sure that the usual RW historical revisionism- that always accompanies their administrations- isn't successful this time around.
Eight months into office, the Republicans and their "teabagger" associates are already laying the blame for the entire deficit on Obama, as though he were President during the last eight years and ran up that tab entirely on his own.

[kentuck]

42. Right!

?? huh? W left a clean slate for his successor? He left nothing to clean up? He is not responsible for any of the present conditions of war or economy? Sure Jeb!

[MiniMe]

44. He can't possibly be talking about his "we inherited a recession" brother can he?

W blamed the clenis for everything.

[Cha]

45. Another Big Whine from the toadies who make up the party of

ABSOLUTELY NO OWNERSHIP.

Buck up, ya fookin' bush..quit yur whining and lyin' and take responsibility..

[malaise]

46. Fuck you Jeb

That is all

[dysfunctional press]

47. jeb is gearing up for a run in 2012.

it's going to be a wild ride, this next decade.

[Cha]

53. Yeah, like the

last one!

[Raschel]

51. " I can't do something or whatever," . "HE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING"? "OR WHATEVER?"

Wow. They don't even make an effort to make up a good lie anymore.