Jeb Bush To GOP: Don't Attack Obama

In an interview with the LA Times, President Bush's brother Jeb explained why he isn't running for Senate and asked Republicans to go easy on the new president:

Still, the former governor said he would continue to advocate for conservative ideas, and he offered a bit of advice to fellow Republicans: Don't target the new president with the same kind of partisan attacks that he said Democrats had hurled unfairly at his brother -- attacks that he summed up as "Bush-hating."

"The opposition should be about ideas, and not what my brother suffered through in the last eight years," he said. "I don't wish that on President Obama."

Bush said he had been impressed so far with Obama's appointments and called the president-elect someone who is "smart, disciplined, not rash."

On Sunday, former President H. W. Bush said that he hoped Jeb would run for Senate in Florida and one day, for president. The younger Bush son announced on Tuesday that he would not run. He said his decision wasn't based on politics, but on his "personal journey."

Comments

[ADinSC]

"Bush-hating", eh? I guess Jebbie was in a coma during the Clinton years. The derision and scorn rightfully heaped on his id i ot brother pales in comparison to the hate that has been heaped on the Clintons by his ilk.

[zest]

Bushies are all about legacy and Jeb is now in charge of Bush Family Policy. His son has his grandfather's sharp features and his mothers dark complexion; beware America, don't fall for this again.

[ADinSC]

Unfortunately, Gore Vidal was correct when he referred to this country as "The United States of Amnesia". Perhaps a third "George Bush" will be the cure for that, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. Give the republicans and their corporate media a dozen years to smear the Democrats, and people will be flock right back to the Bushies.

[Decipherer]

If Jebbie wants to know why people are angry at his brother, I recommend the following:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/08/damage/?source=newsletter

Says it all, doesn't it?

[johnie2xs]

The Repuglican's immediate Instinctual reaction to the failures of GWB, is denial. Why should Jeb be any different. But for him to couch the bad mouthing of his brother as being unfair, on the order of some sort of wild unsubstantiated partisan attack, is ludicrous to the Nth degree.

Let the Bush name become the new Mudd.

[AsianAfricanAMERICAN]

Translation: please don't throw my brother in jail.

[Muskered]

YOu're a funny funny man, Jeb

[dpiyjrtmfr]

I never thought I would agree with another Bush about anything but Jeb is right about one thing. The Democrats were a pretty sorry opposition to Bush.

[darker]

This is Jeb Bush's way of "ingratiating" himself with the public in hopes of reaping future rewards.
Bushes "make nice". That is, AFTER they let their FRAT BRAT G.W.BUSH wreck America!
Where they hell were those Bushes when George W. was CRASHING AMERICA??

Jeb is HYPOCRISY personified.

ALSO, Jeb wants to "pave the way" for his son George P. Bush in politics.
George P. is a "person of color", looks similar to Obama. His mom is Mexican.
Bushes want to push George P. as "the next GOP president". Expect another
Bush to advance the Bush klan's opportunistic, rabid criminal agenda.
http://estrip.org/elmwood/users/joshua/images/0607/Georgepbush0613.jpg

[serena1313]

Advising the GOP not to attack Obama would be commendable if Jeb had not added the "Bush-hating" comment. It was petty, partisan and hypocritical.

Jeb apparently forgot immediately following 911, Bush had national and worldwide support. After he quickly squandered it public criticism and debate began emerging -- albeit slowly.

Karl Rove and/or Rush Limbaugh decided that calling Bush's critics, Bush-haters would shut-up the critics and referring to all forms of dissent as hate speech would shut-down debate. For years thereafter it was repeated ad naseum, but even conservatives have since quit. Jeb must have forgotten that, too.

On day one, Karl Rove set-out to build a permanent Republican majority. He only needed 51%. Deliberately, knowingly Rove purposely began dividing the country using fear, imagined enemies, culture issues, religion and demonizing anyone who disagreed. (Presumably a distracted public would not notice their lives falling apart?) Apparently Jeb does not recall lending voice to the barrage of attacks on Democrats. Jeb was part-n-parcel in Rove's 51% strategy.

Jeb should follow his own advice... but that requires having a memory!

[ObjectiveRealist]

quote:
(Presumably a distracted public would not notice their lives falling apart?)
/quote

When the chickens come home to roost, people begin looking more diligently for the truth.

[maggie94]

When did Jeb Bush Qualify to determine who is intelligent/ smart/ has commonsense. If he had been qualified to determine that, he would also be bright enough to know his brother wasn't, isn't , never shall be smart.

Why then did he not say something before to his Daddy and have his Daddy MAKE Dubya get out of the White House and go back home before he completely ruined everything.

(This is a little like those people who sit and watch the pregnant/ or old/ or blind person standing for 30 stops, THEN offers them a seat on the subway - just as they themselves are standing up to leave the train.

Jeb Bush is full of Doo Doo! He is no smarter than his brother. But watch out for him and watch out for some more chads (or whatever the new crooked coin) in 2012.

[Luca]

Excuse me? WE suffered George Bush. He was fairly criticized because of his stupid policies and bully politics. Look at the Bush world now.

[chronicthroat]

Bush said he had been impressed so far with Obama's appointments and called the president-elect someone who is "smart, disciplined, not rash."



The exact opposite of your *ssh0le brother!!

[chronicthroat]

Conservative ideas = Americas destruction


Im so sick of all this conservatism talk as if it is the saviour of mankind. Give me a break!!

[elimenez]

Jeb Bush is not George Bush, and is using tact. With that said, he has presidential ambitions, I mean that's a given. He's clearly realized the effect of a positive tone in a campaign has an overwhelming ability to subvert a negative tone. As long as Barack Obama remains in favor with the American people (at about 70%) we will keep hearing (painfully difficult for him to vocalize) niceties. I put up with him in Florida for 8 years and while he did a decent job, I know you well Jeb.

[FdeBear]

Frock him!

[GeoLee]

Well, he made one fatal flaw...he was in charge of Florida when the voting fiasco put his brother in the WH in the first place and his policies for voter repression helped do it. Not matter how decent he is, he will NEVER receive my vote nor that of the over half of the population that saw his hand in that 8 years of Bush has wrought onthe public.

[vtlt8]

Jeb's gearing up. I can feel it. I CAN FEEL IT!

[GingerB]

So go into your bedroom, close the door, and take care of that feeling.

[dpiyjrtmfr]

Thanks for the laugh!

[jeg]

Speaking as a Florida resident, I can assure you of two things... 1) Jeb is smarter than his brother. 2) Jeb can't get elected as President.

I think he knows both of those things too-- While it might be George H.W.'s dream to see both of his kids as President, any good will for the Bush name has been wiped out, and will remain so for at least a decade or two.

Getting to be President is all about timing, and the timing doesn't work for Jeb Bush as President.

[raddick]

I WISH BUSH COULDA BEEN PREZ FOR THREE TERMS OR THAT EACH TERM WAS SIX YEARS OR THAT A PREZ WAS ELECTED ONCE FOR 12 YEARS. I WILL MISS BUSH AND ALL THE TALENT AND DEDICATION HE BROUGHT TO THE WH. IT'S AN AWFUL SHAME THAT HE HAS TO GO.

[GingerB]

You can always move to Dallas and sta.lk him. I think you'd be good at it.

[shrimpdip]

LOL, I concur!

[dpiyjrtmfr]

If Bush were elected to a term of 12 years MAYBE the Democrats could have steeled their spines enough to start impeachment proceedings.