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."

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Comments

[Lpeter]

Good things in Florida!!!????

He is death to anything good, Jeb.

He got rid of emmissions!!!!

Tried to pave the Everglades!!

His wife got busted for smuggling.

These Bushs will have their day. The law of Karma will get them.

[RockySoldier]

yeah, ok, keep believing in fairy tales. karma hasn't done squat. the bushes have been aristocratic ignoramuses for generations and will continue to be because money rules.

let's just get them out of washington and a new direction for our country before it goes off the cliff for good.

[GrainOSand]

RS:

Do not discount Karma. We may not be aware of when it makes it appearance upon the lives of those who have done wrong but I believe it does visit (I allow for being wrong for who am I). It may not even visit the people who did the crime, but their offspring or their best friend. Cosmic justice is real and it takes its time, but it always visits the guilty as well as the innocent to punish and reward respectively.

We humans are impatient where it concerns justice. Justice for leaders of nations and nations themselves can span hundreds of years. Wars being fought today and suffering experienced today, may have root in karma sown yesterday. This is why the process of living is more important than the goal.

[useyourbrain]

the bushes are rich enough to buy karma

[Richcelt]

I don't want the "law of KARMA" to get them, I want the law of the UNITED STATES to get them! History demands that the truth finally be told and that justice is finally served.

[UnderdogSRD]

It's the surreal cheney logic. "How dare you let us screw you over, how dare you!!! You should be ashamed of yourself for letting someone do that to you. You should hire us and let us fix it, you poor ignorant F'''s."

[TullyMars]

Hey, they even eat their young if they have to.

[BluebirdofUnhappiness]

LOL That's what I was thinking. I'm guessing he's ticked cause brother George screwed up his chance at the White House.

[Heavenhelpusall]

For sure. America has learned to stay out of the Bushes.

[greentipcove]

HaHaHa...t­his is too funny.."to get the bums out of the White House"...h­e means the Republican­s...that why Obama/Biden will WIN in November

[LeftLeftLeft]

ROTFLMAO!

[alguien]

priceless!

[ghardcastle]

I love all these "outraged" republicans talking about shaking up Washington hoping desperately you won't remember that THEY'VE been in power for 8 years.

[hullhouse]

Hey Jeb, what about all the FL state funds you shuttled to Lehman Brothers less than a year before you took a job there, right after you got done being the Governor.

These people must really think we are stupid. I wonder how much the Republican fat cats laugh at us average Americans behind our backs?

[useyourbrain]

Hmmm. So Florida is going McCain after their pension funds and who knows what else is now worthless paper from Lehman Bros?

[gerrylong]

The frustrating part of this is that the democrats, who have been dealing with these criminals in the Oval Office and in the GOP Congress haven't the courage to talk about it, to constantly refer to the crimes of these people who have raped the US since they have been in office. People like Pelosi and Reid must be so tied to the same moneyed interests as the GOP that they roll over and play dead.

Think of this. Dick Cheney never ran a company before he became Sec of Defense under Not-as-Stupid- As-His-Son -- Bush #1. He worked for the government, then became a congressman from Wyoming. When Not-as-Stupid- As-His-Son -- Bush #1 left office, Cheney became CEO of Halliburton, because he had made inroads with all the Middle East Oil Shieks. Now he is worth some sixty million dollars, and no one knows what kind of stock options he'll be given by Halliburton when he leaves office. How do you go from being a government employee to being worth sixty million bucks in eight years?

He would privatize the entire US government if he could, and turn it over to Halliburton.

When will the people wise up and put these leaches in prison where they belong.

[gwismyhero]

It infuriates me to my core that the democrats in congress sit around and let this happen. What the heck happened to our legislative branch? I've been researching ways to bring Bush to justice, and it seems like the average american can't really do it on his/her own. That's what we elected our senators and congressmen/women for and they're looking the other way while Bush and Cheney run amok. It's as if the whole government has lost its mind. I'm all for healthcare and everything else we seem to be fighting for, but first and foremost, I want to punish the "evil-doers" who made this country a mess and made a mockery of the constitution and everything else this country once stood for. If we don't do anythign about it now, what's to stop future leaders from abusing their powers?

[sg096]

It 's going to be a fun Thanksgiving at the Bush house

[GrainOSand]

Tort reform, the GOP says that a litigation happy America is bad for America. Post tort reform what do we see but the GOP joined at the hip with lawyers to beat back any call for transparency, accountability, and honesty in government. We see the Supreme Court slashing judgments against Big Oil with tort reform in effect.

This story reminded me of tort reform for it speaks not to the duplicity of the GOP, but the dumbness of the public who continue to vote these people in. At some point you have to say the patient wants to die, the patient likes pain, the patient wants you to cut off the other leg and rip out the other eye. Stick another catheter in for that felt sooooo good.

Bush's brother says let us change Washington and omits that the biggest change in Washington would be getting rid of his brother and the Party his brother belongs to, there are people in the populace and obviously in that local audience who eat this malarkey up as if it were summer rolls in a Sushi bar.

This behavior no longer causes one to scratch or shake their head, it now causes one to just smile and wait for the boomerang of stupidity to make its return voyage.

http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/214816-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-exxon-valdez-interest-question

[MMIIXX]

Beware of jeb in 2012

[YouDisgustMe]

i wish he would....i­'ll see to it that he's tarred and feathered

[cynthgso]

No one -- Republican or Democrat -- will let anyone named Bush anywhere near the White House again. Jeb is done, which is why he felt free jump on the McCain throw the bums, oh wait! that me bandwagon.

[suekzoo]

LMAO!

This McCain campaign sure is getting entertaining.

[evilzed]

A good Bush is only one thats swinging on a loose at the Hague.
Bush, the Greatest Criminal Cabal Family in history.

[suec03]

I don't think the World Court supports the death penalty. Prosecution and imprisonment would be enough.

[hippynanainblingland]

sueco3: Imprisonment would certainly be more than enough... as long as it's not a ClubMed prison!

[FunkyP]

Only if the imprisonment includes waterboarding (which is NOT) torture!

[jennbeez]

What part of "the US is not a member of the ICC" do you not understand?

[arthur2008]

There has to be an interesting family drama playing out for the Bush klan. George W.'s astonishing corruption and incompetence have made it highly unlikely that anything like a Bush dynasty will really materialize.

[HatingTheGame]

Don't underestimate the American people. Stupid is as stupid does.

[Pupadup4oBama]

They wanted to be the Rethuglican Kennedys.