Jeb Bush Throws His Brother Under The Bus At McCain Town Hall

During a Florida town hall event with John McCain, Jeb Bush appeared to throw his brother George under the bus. Bush gave a rousing talk about throwing the bums out of Washington. Perhaps he forgot that his brother is the chief bum? Read more here. See the excerpt below:

"Reform becomes contagious," former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of the current president, said at a McCain town hall meeting this week in Orlando. "If you start to dream bigger dreams and you start challenging the basic assumptions, you can change how things work, and we've done it in Florida, and the Good Lord knows we need to do it in Washington, D.C., and John McCain is the right guy at the right time to make that happen."

Katharine Zaleski can be reached at [e-mail].

Comments

[MBryant]

Is anyone else tired of "throwing under the bus" (three Huffpo headlines currently use this phrase) "off the bus" and other bus allusions? Let's find some new phrases for headlines please....

[kasinca]

Since 1980 we have had a Bush Crime Family member in the White House all but the eight years of Clinton. I would say the Bushies have had their hands in all the deregulation and disassembling of the nation except the Clinton years. When Clinton left office we had a surplus. Granted the congress was republican but the White House had a democrat.

[gwismyhero]

So much for "Family Values."

[elcojonu]

Dems should start using the line:
Sure they want change, from one incompetent to another. Is that the type of change you want ?

[sueno]

Jeb just proved that he is "worse" than his brother.
Remember, Jeb was supposed to be running in this election-
Is he setting himself up for 2012?
The GOP will do anything to win,
including throwing your own brother under a bus
to get there.

[Lisette]

Maybe Jeb will get thrown in when they ditch Sarah-just before voting day!

[nastyvirus]

Why does it have to be a bus? An armored truck would be more appropriate these days.

[peterg76]

Zaleski meant a metaphorical bus. Yes, I was disappointed too.

[RevDr]

It seems to me that Jeb could be angry that lil bro threw Jebs chance at being president under the bus by being such a horrible president, and so he would not mind throwing his brother under the bus. Just a thought.

[pahpah25]

POOR JEB! HE HAS NEVER RECONCILED TO THE DUMBER BROTHER BEING SELECTED TO RUN FOR POTUS.....­.....MOSTL­Y BECUASE JEB! HAS A MEXICAN WIFE......­A 'BROWN' WOMAN.....­.JEB! NEVER GOT THE MESSAGE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL NEVER VOTE FOR A BROWN OR BLACK PERSON IF A WHITE ONE IS AVAILABLE.

[javaman]

it's been long known in that family that water is thicker than blood.

[Okieborn]

The Bush Boys are Finally History "THANK GOD" !!
I would call that a pure event of CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK !!!
I always figured Geogre W. was on Drugs I guess the whole family has joined in !!!

[bliss0027]

ERRRRRR...­..I can't stand this "change in washington" rhetoric from McCain anymore

who is he planning to throw out?

who is it that he think needs cleaning up?

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME???

has he ever actually described who it is he's after?

[macracan]

It's the republican party that became so corrupt and out of touch, that even their nominee feels the need to run against it. Don't know about the rest of the people in this country, but I do find this at most amusing...

[kfdan]

Jeb Bush ~ " ... gave a rousing talk about throwing the bums out of Washington. Perhaps he forgot that his brother is the chief bum?"

The GOP and it's supporters are blind, deaf and dumb if they think that the American people will shallow the garbage being spun into a trashed economy, a failed war and fascist administration running Washington! Get rid of these traitors!

[JDHART]

I enjoy watching them eat their own.

[GhiaccioPronto]

Bush family throws country under the bus, legal nihilism and kleptocracy rule. Bush doctrine is Yeltsinism for America

[SEQUOIABISON]

You would think the Republicans were not in charge these last 8 years.

Believe me if the economy were going Great they would be shouting from the roof tops taking credit for it, but when the economy collapses on their watch they want to distance themselves from the disaster they created.

With the power of the veto pen, and the 60 vote threshold in the senate, Bush still controls the executive and legislative branches of government, to now claim the catastrophic deterioration of our economy is Congress's fault or Wall Streets over exuberance is ludicrous.

Be a real man Jebby boy and say it like it is, your brother messed up big time.

Obama/Biden

[ignorantwillyharper]

It's nice to know, a year from now, or a hundred years from now, history will not blame Wall St., not blame Congress, won't remember any Senator, or Congressman's name, but this whole thing will be layed at the feet of Bush/Chene­y...as well it should be!
Now let us all get our guns and go out and hunt a Hoover Hog for lunch, aw but now, it's a Bush Hog !

[athenasword]

This should find it's way into Dem speeches today... Now we can say that even the brother of the president says "throw the bums out" and clean house. We just need to lay it out for people who the bums are.... give them names (hint, they all have an R behind them)

[Donns]

Jebbie bad mouthing the great decider and the unmentionable brother out bankrupting savings and loans and Barbie of the perpetual bad hair day in charge of it all. I bet they have interesting Thanksgiving dinners at their house.

[QuicksilverKW]

I'm sure they say - it's just politics - and then, please pass the potatoes.

[ignorantwillyharper]

Yeah, it want be that bad, as they told Laura just after she married little George, that she had married the dim-witted one in the family. She just smiled and said, he sure shines when he's standing at the bar.