Jeb Bush: So When I Run For President, I Promise That I Will Not Pander to the Conservative Wing of the Party

In related news, Jon Huntsman vowed that if he runs for president again, he'll make himself as unappealing to the party as possible.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida was blunt Monday night: If he runs for president in 2016, he will not pander to his party’s conservative base in the primaries.
Mr. Bush said at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council in Washington that Republican candidates must be willing to "lose the primary to win the general, without violating your principles."
"It's not an easy task, to be honest with you," he added.

I wouldn't worry too much about Jeb Bush. This is a vanity run. This is going nowhere. He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

Posted by: Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 A new SCOAMF?

Posted by: some guy at December 02, 2014 04:31 PM (q177U)

2 Don't be too sure. See McCain John

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:31 PM (P//TQ)

3
Wait. What?

If you lose the primary, you won't be in the general.

Common Core ftw!

Posted by: alexthechick - who wants to see what's on the other side at December 02, 2014 04:31 PM (mf5HN)

4 Why would anyone vote Democrat Lite when they could vote for the real thing? That's a losing strategy.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 02, 2014 04:31 PM (Lqy/e)

5 Just doing a little nic change, don't mind me.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 02, 2014 04:31 PM (mf5HN)

6 The Jebinator....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (LA7Cm)

7 Shorter Jeb: Fuck you. Now vote for me, asshole.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (R1mDg)

8 Are you positive Ace? Isnt he the establishment's favored?

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (5ekTt)

9 Which party's nomination is he hoping to get?

Posted by: the Butcher at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (fUjxW)

10 A Sumo-sized Cunt-mouthed of a Massive Fecalization...

OK, it needs work, a lot of work.

Posted by: some guy at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (q177U)

11 Just doing a little nic change, don't mind me.

The changing rooms are over there Maam.

Posted by: Now making 13$/hour at Chicago Macys at December 02, 2014 04:33 PM (DL2i+)

12 Fcuk you Jeb. That is all.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 02, 2014 04:33 PM (2Ojst)

13 "He will not pander to the conservative base..."

Because that worked so well for Romney. Great plan, there, Jeb. You run with that.

Posted by: chiefjaybob at December 02, 2014 04:34 PM (+rx1r)

14 Getting laughed at by an entire state won't be too good for his vanity.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:34 PM (MDgS8)

15 what the fuck is happening to our party's politicians? Jeb used to be the competent conservative Bush. I understand Saudi Arabia bought most of UK's labour party, who is pickling the GOP's brains to be squishy open border nut jobs.

And yes, Huntsman's 2012 run based on "my party hates science and I will be the one to provide sound bites for democrats as proof of that fact" did tend to piss off the base...but at least he wasn't a member of the Lutheran faith that requires Michelle Bachman to be loyal to her husband. what weirdos.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:34 PM (kso21)

16 I'm all Bushed out, thank you.

If that's the best we've got then get ready for SMOD, new and improved with ©Retcin

Posted by: some guy at December 02, 2014 04:34 PM (q177U)

17 Common Core supporting Amnesty loving Big government pushing asshole.

Posted by: buzzion at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (zt+N6)

18 Corgi whistle sounded.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (knoK7)

19 We've tried this and failed the last two cycles but the third time is a cinch I tell ya!

Posted by: GOPe at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (LA7Cm)

20 Ace,

While it seems reassuring, being told that this is a vanity run without any actual evidence to support that claim is a little chilling.

There is big money waiting to line up behind Jeb, who is every corporatist's wet dream.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (Zu3d9)

21 he honored hillary clinton shortly after BENGHAZI......i voted for his father, i voted for his brother.....i will NEVER vote for him

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 96 days until Spring Training at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (u8GsB)

22 Why won't these fucks pander to us? We could use some pandering after all these years of eating warm shit sammiches.

Posted by: Smaulz at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (dkjIa)

23 In return, I promise that I will not pander to Jeb Bush by voting for him.

Posted by: Rolling Stone at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (MMC8r)

24 It's only pragmatic if it could actually work Jeb.

Posted by: DaveA at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (DL2i+)

25 I thought the same thing with Juan McLame too.
On the positive side, he's a Bush and I think people have had enough Bush (Yes, feel free to insert your jokes here) He also hasn't "paid his dues" that the establishment likes to see.

At least dear old Jeb had the courtesy to tell us to fuck off right out of the gate.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (P//TQ)

26
The takeaway here for me:

Jeb,and by extension mainstream GOPe,sees being anti-conservative as a winning strategy. And are fighting to get that label.

Posted by: tbodie at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (Z2OIC)

27 A big FU to Jeb, George, George, and their ladies.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (XzRw1)

28 Mr. Bush said at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council in Washington that Republican candidates must be willing to "lose the primary to win the general, without violating your principles."

This is the kind of thinking that will makes you a titan in the lobbying trade.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (rwI+c)

29 He is flogging for something. Obviously NOT a serious run.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (0FSuD)

30 Why won't these fucks pander to us? We could use some pandering after all these years of eating warm shit sammiches.
***
every gop pol who wants to be Cantored, please stand there with Jeb.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (kso21)

31 I'd totally vote for Teh Jebster if he promised to seal the Mexican border, cut Fedzilla down to size, get the economy going, tell the UN to take a hike, and start conducting our governmental affairs in strict accordance with our Constitution as it's written and basically tell the rest of the world to fuck off if they don't like the way we do things.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (0HooB)

32 It's patently offensive to say that you can't address the concerns of conservatives while being positive and practical. There are a slew of conservative politicians with positive messages, and Jeb Bush is incredibly small-minded to so flippantly dismiss them.

Posted by: Jonathan Ellis at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (9wPDi)

33 I wouldn't worry too much about Jeb Bush. This is a vanity run. This is going nowhere. He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.
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Just where is the evidence for this? No matter how much Romney pandered, he still wouldnt get the base. He got some idiots here but not a lot. He's just going to split the base when the other conservatives run.

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (5ekTt)

34 Since when does France allow Americans to run for office?

Posted by: NYC Parent at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (HEo6y)

35 I, for one, welcome our new fake conservative overlords.

Posted by: flounder at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (sDapq)

36 He should sell cars, or polish turds, or something more worthwhile than run for office. Then I'd give him a quarter to shine my fucking shoes.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (scgac)

37 Posted by: Smaulz at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (dkjIa)

Fine.

We'll chill the shit to decrease the aroma.

Posted by: The Republican Party at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (Zu3d9)

38 All descendants of GHW Bush, in the Barrel.

Yes I'm packing the damn Barrel. I'm planning a physics experiment. I want to see how much BS can be packed in the Barrel before it becomes a singularity of stupid. (Morons I banished in previous thread, you're excused so long as you abjure Marx and all his works.)

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (DT3rQ)

39 Won't even make it to SC. He'll be laughed out by the Iowa Straw poll.

Posted by: Memories at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (mwcEF)

40 "The changing rooms are over there Maam"

Er, we're not quite finished installing the, er, ahem, "security" cameras, 'k?

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (/jpU8)

41 Bush vs / Clinton 2016

Because, fuck it.

Posted by: Lauren at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (BPMYx)

42 Multi-dimensional chess layers.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (rwI+c)

43 Shorter Jeb Bush: Fuck the people who vote GOP anyways! MOMMY LOOK AT MEEEEEE! I CAN HAZ ELECTION?

Posted by: Ragin' Dave at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (rsDl7)

44 At least his brother had some conservatism (cloaked in compassion) and is not common cored with condescension...No better than 4th place in Iowa caucus in 2016...

Posted by: Tony253 at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (PryWG)

45 Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida was blunt Monday night: If he runs for
president in 2016, he will not pander to his party's conservative base
in the primaries.

Piss on the RINO SOB. I as a conservative will no longer pander to the liberal wing of the Party and vote for the lesser of two evils.

But I seriously doubt if this worthless cockholster can win a primary anywhere but NH.

Posted by: Vic at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (u9gzs)

46 I wouldn't be so sure of a loss. He's got the Bush machine and he will win both Texas and Florida.

Probably won't take SC but I can see him carrying NH and Iowa.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (g1DWB)

47 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (0HooB)

Now THAT'S a RINO I could get behind!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 02, 2014 04:37 PM (Zu3d9)

48 you know, you guys could just move to mexico or somalia if you're so eager to be their president.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (kso21)

49 We've tried this and failed the last two cycles but the third time is a cinch I tell ya!

Posted by: GOPe at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM

That's what's so cunning about it! Doing the same thing we've done 100 times before is the last thing they'll expect us to do this time!

Posted by: Governor Melchett at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (knoK7)

50 I've never seen a guy so eager to get his father and brother's hand-me-downs.

Posted by: --- at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (MMC8r)

51 You said it, Jeb.

We also refuse to pander to our conservative base. #StandWithJeb

Posted by: NYTimes at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (1CroS)

52 Dang, Jeb, just go ahead and switch parties. You know you really want to cause a stir and get out from under the shadow of big brother and daddy. Issues much?

Posted by: no good deed at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (w3a0Z)

53 Figuratively speaking, the Jebster is the Teddy Kennedy of his family. No charisma and no real leadership skills. I know the Dems are trying to make it look like they are scared of his appeal to Hispanics. The one they are really scared of is Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (Lqy/e)

54 Republican candidates must be willing to "lose the primary to win the general, without violating your principles."

This would have worked for me.......... if I had had any principles.

Posted by: Mikey Castle, the smartestest man in Delaware (God help us) at December 02, 2014 04:38 PM (Spluw)

55 Fill-In-The-Blank Bush has zero chance. He's going to owe us all money for wasting our time by the point he drops out of the race.

Posted by: MTF at December 02, 2014 04:39 PM (LISuA)

56 Of course, this is the NY Times, so take it with a grain/spoon/truckload/railcar load of salt. Or you could just wait to read it in Rolling Stone...

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 02, 2014 04:39 PM (/jpU8)

57 >>He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

And most of the other states too.

Posted by: Aviator at December 02, 2014 04:39 PM (3rrMW)

58 " He's got the Bush machine and he will win both Texas and Florida. "

Texas votes too late in the primary season to matter.

Posted by: Lauren at December 02, 2014 04:39 PM (BPMYx)

59 Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Herbert Q. Bush, a previously unknown Bush at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (hKA/9)

60
must be willing to "lose the primary to win the general..

I am still head scratchy over this.

I thought if you lost the primaries you don't get to run in the general. Or is he saying lose *a* primary, you know, on principle?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (JtwS4)

61 Jeb Bush would be a disaster of a nominee.

Posted by: Common Sense at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (+YNzP)

62
You want Scott Walker or Ted Cruz.
You'll take Rick Perry or Rand Paul.
You'll get some RINO retread.

Posted by: LibertarianJim at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (XMDuf)

63 Ya know it's about time this party nominated someone who's a moderate RIN0 squish. It's worked really well the last two presidential election.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (P//TQ)

64 I wouldn't worry too much about Jeb Bush. This is a vanity run. This is going nowhere. He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

Uh.... he will have the MEDIA, and the GOPe money, behind him...

The Media, because they REALLY don't like TEA party types...

GOPe, for the same reason...

In 1852. the forerunner of the Repubs, the Whigs, put up this guy for President...

Winfield Scott... known as 'old fuss and Feathers'....

It destroyed the Whig party, because they did not listen to their Base...

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (f0pWu)

65 Nip. Who do you suppose Thom supports for Prez in 2016?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (wVWRM)

66 You can't get rid of RINOs by voting for them.

Posted by: eman at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (mR7Es)

67 I was gang-raped by frat boys at a political party.

Posted by: --- at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (MMC8r)

68
Y'know Jeb, I'ma... I'ma... I'ma not feelin' the love.

Putz.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (/dvmK)

69 Texas votes too late in the primary season to matter.

***

because we hate you.

signed, xxoo

the cantor GOP

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (kso21)

70 If Jeb gets the nomination, that's it. No more voting. No more being a good citizen. No more. I'm getting close that even now.

Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (IXPIt)

71 I'm convinced all this Jeb Bush nonsense is a headfake by the party to divert Democrat resources. Surely, no one seriously believes that Republican voters are lining up to welcome Bush III. Especially when we have a whole stable of perfectly viable alternatives without that baggage. But the Dems buy it because it's how THEY operate. By dynasties.

Posted by: Df82 at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (d6Wn7)

72 63 Ya know it's about time this party nominated someone who's a moderate RIN0 squish. It's worked really well the last two presidential election.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (P//TQ)

They failed because they were not moderate enough!

Posted by: Karl Rove at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (f0pWu)

73 You want Scott Walker or Ted Cruz.
You'll take Rick Perry or Rand Paul.
You'll get some RINO retread.

I want Pinochet.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (rwI+c)

74 If Jeb would switch parties we could team up! Yeah, that's the ticket! If Reilly calls tell her I'm not here.

Posted by: John Edwards at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (LhMb4)

75 I will give Jeb points for honesty at the least.

Hopefully he, Romney, and Christie kill each other's chances, as we don't need freaking Dem Lite as our candidate.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (bVtr0)

76 Coming to FoxNews Winter 2016: Jabbering with Jeb !!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (s9AKD)

77 You want Scott Walker or Ted Cruz.
You'll take Rick Perry or Rand Paul.
You'll get some RINO retread.

Perfect.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (MDgS8)

78 FU too.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (XzRw1)

79 Condescendingly speak to us in Spanish, Jeb!

Posted by: Head Huntsman Strategist at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (KG1MP)

80 So, let's drift left, piss on our base, andrun a white guy with the name of bush. Because you haven'tlost until you've lost to a shriveled blonde 1% fake indian.

Posted by: Top men in the GOP at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (Spluw)

81 Hey, I was raped at a fraternity once too, you know!

I went to UTA, you know, so I'm pretty sure it was by a cow. The male kind, you know?

Hey, I speak Spanish!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 04:42 PM (DLu2s)

82 "I want Pinochet."

Fine. I want Charles James Napier.

Not gonna happen, sadly.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 02, 2014 04:42 PM (/jpU8)

83 Jeb can french kiss my hairy ass.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 04:42 PM (xWW96)

84 Jeb Bush promises to chain himself to every GOP crony and launch himself into Sun.

Along w/ sidekick Jon Huntsman.

News at 11.

Posted by: Kirk at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (GBnWt)

85 I've always thought it would be easier for conservatives to take over the GOP than to get a third party started. What I hear in this speech from Jeb is that he sees it happening. And, along with Romney, McVain and Christie, he's desperate.

Posted by: MTF at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (LISuA)

86 Fredo Bush is smart and wants respect.

Posted by: --- at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (MMC8r)

87 3rd look at Bob Dole?

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (P//TQ)

88
Our kind of ~~guy~~ person.

Posted by: The GOP at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (dBK22)

89 Hey, wingerz, vote for me! I hate conservatives and think they are mostly a bunch of racist, white, jesus freak paranoids.

Jeb 2016!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 04:43 PM (ZPrif)

90 73 You want Scott Walker or Ted Cruz.
You'll take Rick Perry or Rand Paul.
You'll get some RINO retread.

I want Pinochet.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 04:41 PM (rwI+c)

I want George S. PATTON!

Posted by: Wolf, Big Bad, 1 ea. milpers# R13 at December 02, 2014 04:44 PM (f0pWu)

91 Another Bush vs. Clinton race, perhaps? Then again, Russia is rebuilding its nuclear arsenal. Every problem invites a solution.

Posted by: Arctic Fox at December 02, 2014 04:44 PM (hOJkE)

92 Jeb Bush promises to chain himself to every GOP crony and launch himself into Sun.

We have the technology!

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:44 PM (MDgS8)

93 "He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina."

You mean like Mitt was when he lost there to Newt?

Given that Florida usually comes shortly after SC, I don't think SC is the anti-Jeb firewall you're looking for.

Posted by: DrewM. at December 02, 2014 04:44 PM (KTXxI)

94 Or is he saying lose *a* primary, you know, on principle?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (JtwS4)

No, I think the smarmy little bitch is saying, "lose the primary in support of the larger goal of electing a Republican, no matter what kind."

Of course, this idea was thought by no politician ever in the history of politics.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 02, 2014 04:45 PM (Zu3d9)

95 Even if Jeb were the perfect candidate, his last name is Bush. The dynasty is dead.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 02, 2014 04:45 PM (L2xDv)

96 Bob Dole thinks Jeb should wise up and take up painting.

Posted by: Bob Dole at December 02, 2014 04:45 PM (DLu2s)

97 Bush?
I'm voting for hardwood.

Posted by: Fool me 23 times, shame on you at December 02, 2014 04:45 PM (3rrMW)

98 See, thats why I hated Mitt, he was thinking what Jeb is saying. Same shit sandwich, only with ingredients left off the wrapper.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (xWW96)

99 I got Cochran elected. The skies the limit!11!

Posted by: Rove at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (XzRw1)

100 Posted by: DrewM. at December 02, 2014 04:44 PM (KTXxI)

And he will have plenty of money.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (Zu3d9)

101 Bravo, Gov. Bush! Any candidate who is courageous enough to reject the extremists deserves strong consideration.

Posted by: Susan Olivia Cuthbertson-Klein at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (Ks4nX)

102 Hands Down Ass Up! Jeb 2016!!!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (P//TQ)

103 Yeah, Jon Hunstman is a douche, but his wife is hot. At least she was when she was in the news more about 6 years ago. If Huntsman had won (yes, more improbable than the Jets winning the Super Bowl this year, but play along), it would've been the first time massive numbers of men fapped over the first lady.

Posted by: Brass Bancroft at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (RHLfG)

104 That's right. You tell 'em Jeb. I told thoserepubs in 2008 that they would never win Congress back unless they became libs like me.

Posted by: David Frum at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (PvZ8F)

105 95 Even if Jeb were the perfect candidate, his last name is Bush. The dynasty is dead.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 02, 2014 04:45 PM (L2xDv)

Texas Dynastys NEVER die!!!

Posted by: J. R. Eweing at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (f0pWu)

106
Bush?
I'm voting for hardwood.

Wow. It took until #97.

I am ashamed of all of us.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (JtwS4)

107 Think of me like a fat, white version of Obama!

Who speaks Spanish!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (ZPrif)

108 You'll all come back to me. Cause i'm the only one you know can deliver results.

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (Spluw)

109 In other news, the #1 baby name in the UK is Muhammad.

Yay.

Posted by: Lauren at December 02, 2014 04:47 PM (BPMYx)

110 AVVVVVEEEENNNNGE ME!!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Molly Ivins at December 02, 2014 04:47 PM (DLu2s)

111 97 Bush?
I'm voting for hardwood.

Call me old fashioned but I'm still nostalgic for bush.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:47 PM (MDgS8)

112 Jeb go home. You're drunk.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 02, 2014 04:47 PM (I9oW4)

113 "his is going nowhere. He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

Posted by: Ace at 04:30 PM

Care to wager on that?

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 02, 2014 04:47 PM (RQ2Z6)

114 His brother and dad, both poor presidents, beat him to it.

Posted by: ejo at December 02, 2014 04:48 PM (rsGj7)

115 When Jeb met Hillary at the no tell motel, Hillary was on the top.

Posted by: nanny hag at December 02, 2014 04:48 PM (Queum)

116
What would be the point of a vanity run?

To remove all doubt that he can't achieve what his father and brother did?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (JtwS4)

117 Notsothoreau: "I know the Dems are trying to make it look like they are scared of his appeal to Hispanics. The one they are really scared of is Ted Cruz."

The Dallas paper has been not-so-subtly trying to squash Cruz and his slow but sure ascension. They're embedding stories about how he's so radical that "Jew money" (barely paraphrased there) and other large financiers won't back him (which is a perversion of its own coverage) and that he's still too conservative for sensible people.

Yeah, the MFM (which is to say the Dems) are afraid of Cruz.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (1CroS)

118 Would you vote for me? I'd vote for me. I'd vote for me hard. I'd vote for me so hard.

Posted by: Jeb! at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (XMDuf)

119 When Jeb met Hillary at the no tell motel, Hillary was on the top.
Posted by: nanny hag

Who knew that the worst image of the day would NOT appear in the two (count 'em, two) rape threads?

Posted by: Acme brain bleach at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (Spluw)

120 102
Hands Down Ass Up! Jeb 2016!!!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:46 PM (P//TQ)

Threadwinner!

Posted by: flounder at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (sDapq)

121 If Bush ends up being the nominee, it won't matter who the Democrats run--that person will win in a landslide that will dumbfound the Republican Establishment.

Posted by: Null at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (xjpRj)

122 Someone explan to me how we can change the GOP from the inside again?

Posted by: Paladin at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (mCOPv)

123 When I am in your mouth, I definitely will do that thing you think I will.

Posted by: Jeb Bush 2016 at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (Dqsg6)

124 I wonder when the GOPe is going to start getting serious about running for office, especially the preezyship. They seem to revel in losing and with their weak pandering to everyone except Americans, they'll lose again then blame it on us.

Teh Jebster did OK down here as guv. Crist basically weakly carried on and gave us Scott (twice now). However, in the ensuing years, the country's lost a lot of ground: we're much poorer and far less free than we were even one decade ago.

Maybe it's just me, but it seems there's a big win waiting for someone with the balls to stand up to the Leftards who've driven us into the ditch. As Rush is fond of saying, "Conservatism wins every time it's tried," but the GOPe mysteriously refuses to even try that (thus ignoring the Reagan landslide wins), preferring instead to stick to their proven losing strategy of running a squish.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (0HooB)

125 I'm a Republican.

I kinda hafta to be cuz by Dad and bro were.

Kinda sucks, but whatevs.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (ZPrif)

126
>>>What would be the point of a vanity run?

Book sales?

Posted by: LibertarianJim at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (XMDuf)

127 No, really, I'll vote for McCain again, just not Jeb, okay?

Posted by: --- at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (MMC8r)

128
125I'm a Republican.

I kinda hafta to be cuz by Dad and bro were.

Kinda sucks, but whatevs.

I know that feel, bro.

Posted by: Meggy Mac at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (XMDuf)

129 121If Bush ends up being the nominee, it won't matter who the Democrats run--that person will win in a landslide that will dumbfound the Republican Establishment.
Posted by: Null at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (xjpRj) Dumb-founded is their normal state.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (xWW96)

130 Ace, you're underestimating both Jeb's popularity and his skill as a politician compared to other candidates.

Compared to the previous two GOP *nominees* he is light-years ahead in the charisma department, not to mention that as governor he was more conservative than Romney.

I hope Jeb's not the nominee, but if he runs...watch out.

Posted by: Doug at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (La9bv)

131 "When I am in your mouth, I definitely will do that thing you think I will. "

Damn. That is one f'ed up Yoda impression. Or something.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (/jpU8)

132 Oh poor Jeb, he thinks he really has a chance. I'm embarrassed for him.

Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (oDCMR)

133 If Bush ends up being the nominee, it won't matter who the Democrats run--that person will win in a landslide that will dumbfound the Republican Establishment.
Posted by: Null

You overestimate us. We're the stupid party, remember? We can kep fucking (up) all night babe.

Posted by: Top men in the GOP at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (Spluw)

134 "This is going nowhere."

Yes, but 20% of the Stupid Party(TM) want their nominee to be.......Romney!

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (HBAcW)

135 Yeah, Jon Hunstman is a douche, but his wife is hot.

His daughters are telepathically fappable.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (rwI+c)

136 Romney dissapeared 4-5million 'R' votes in 2012

guessin Jeb can dissapear 12-15 million plus 'R' votes in 2016

Posted by: big mick at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (W6iIX)

137 But hey, if you don't vote for the guy who thinks we need to raise taxes, is pro common core, pro amnesty, and loves giving the base the finger, it's all gonna happen with Hilary anyway. So really, vote Jeb. He hits you because he cares, not out of malice.

Posted by: Kenway at December 02, 2014 04:51 PM (YbPEz)

138 111,

Blonde or red haired landing strips, pls.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (bVtr0)

139
We'll play nice with Jeb Bush for a while and make him sound reasonable.
Once he gets the nomination then we'll promptly fuck him over on the behalf of our Democratic nominee.

Posted by: The MFM at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (dBK22)

140 Bush 2016

Because George Washington was wrong about that no monarchy thing.

Posted by: Bush 2016 at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (78TbK)

141 Hey, Jeb, I'll be honest with you.

No. Fucking. Way.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (Rx8ML)

142
It rubs the moderation on its skin or it gets the Mitt again

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (/dvmK)

143 Just get some hillybilly cutie pie as your VP to draw in Fly Over Country and your in like Flynn.

Posted by: John McCain, political strategist at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (eJ7Sb)

144 I never thought I would type these words. I don't like Bush.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (P//TQ)

145 When will the preezy campaign really kick in? A year from now? I'm with Ace. Jeb is setting his hook shallow to see if anything takes the bait. He'll probably still be sitting there watching the bobber well into 2017.

Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (IXPIt)

146 From Fox.... Bonehead caves without a fight...

House Speaker John Boehner announced plans Tuesday to effectively push off a looming battle over President Obama's immigration policies until next year, while potentially averting a partial government shutdown later this month.

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (f0pWu)

147 I've always said that the problem with Jeb is that he just loves to lecture the base.

I think, of all the RINOs (McCain, Graham, Christie), Jeb is the most disdainful.

Giuliani is more liberal, but he never expressed hatred for the base, that I can remember.

And what is the deal with Jeb and Common Core? Is he invested in it, financially, or something? He's absolutely batshit on the issue.

Pretty hypocritical for a guy who majored in Hispanic Studies to say anything about education.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 02, 2014 04:53 PM (L2xDv)

148 Damn hick.

Posted by: Huckabee at December 02, 2014 04:53 PM (XzRw1)

149 31 I'd totally vote for Teh Jebster if he promised to seal the Mexican border, cut Fedzilla down to size, get the economy going, tell the UN to take a hike, and start conducting our governmental affairs in strict accordance with our Constitution as it's written and basically tell the rest of the world to fuck off if they don't like the way we do things.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 04:36 PM (0HooB)

There's that fag conservative talk we talked about!

Posted by: Jeb! 2016 at December 02, 2014 04:53 PM (bHnlE)

150
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 02, 2014 04:52 PM (/dvmK)
Heh. Good 'un.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 04:53 PM (xWW96)

151 ugh
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
That top five explains so much. (Some good ones, but a distinct minority).
cc @20committee pic.twitter.com/EBRS4fER4n

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (ZPrif)

152 House Speaker John Boehner announced plans Tuesday to effectively push off a looming battle over President Obama's immigration policies until next year, while potentially averting a partial government shutdown later this month.

**

he is not a war-time consiglieri

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (kso21)

153 I OWN South Carolina and Jeb Bush ain't welcome.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (R5UOB)

154 I genuinely think the Bushes are good people. I think W did a decent job considering the hand that was dealt to him.

But there is no way in hell I'm voting for Jeb Bush in any primary. Common Core + Immigration Reform + Obamacare = political suicide.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (wtvvX)

155 142
It rubs the moderation on its skin or it gets the Mitt again

There killin me Whitey. There killin me.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (MDgS8)

156 Fuck Jeb, the fat faced fuck.

Posted by: Killerdog at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM (5P6Lv)

157 146
From Fox.... Bonehead caves without a fight...

Yeah, big surprise.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (XzRw1)

158 119
When Jeb met Hillary at the no tell motel, Hillary was on the top.

Posted by: nanny hag

Who knew that the worst image of the day would NOT appear in the two (count 'em, two) rape threads?

Posted by: Acme brain bleach at December 02, 2014 04:49 PM (Spluw)

SFW
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lrcs4xa

Posted by: flounder at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (sDapq)

159 I never thought I would type these words. I don't like Bush.

Hardwood FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (YOw0M)

160 With apologies to Larry Correia:

Jeb Bush. Because you suck. And we hate you.

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (whJHe)

161 Renob proves to be a limp dick once again.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (xWW96)

162 I'm a lifelong Republican, but if my party nominates an extremist in 2016 I will seriously consider voting with the Democrats. Especially if they choose a more centrist nominee like Ms. Clinton.

Posted by: Susan Olivia Cuthbertson-Klein at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (Ks4nX)

163 130 Ace, you're underestimating both Jeb's popularity and his skill as a politician compared to other candidates.

This might be my favorite comment of the year. Whenever I get gloomy I can read this and know I'll get a laugh.

Posted by: MTF at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (LISuA)

164 House Speaker John Boehner announced plans Tuesday to effectively push off a looming battle over President Obama's immigration policies until next year, while potentially averting a partial government shutdown later this month.

**

he is not a war-time consiglieri

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 04:54 PM
...........As I said about Bush, but thinking about it more I do believe the new Republican slogan should be Hands Down Ass Up.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 04:55 PM (P//TQ)

165 146 Boehner caves

----

At this rate he's spelunker of the month

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 02, 2014 04:56 PM (R5UOB)

166 Oh good a hate thread. Can't people disagree anymore without going straight to hate mode. Jen Bush is about last on my list of who I would vote for but I believe he is an honest man who loves his Country. I ain't going to hate on that.

Anyway I probably was in the first group of people who ruled out Jeb back in his heyday of success as Governor based on his EO to ban offshore drilling.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 02, 2014 04:56 PM (U/b2O)

167 January 2016: Jeb Bush can bring the Repulican Party back to sanity.

September 2016: Did Jeb Bush personally run his brother's torture prison at Abu Ghraib?

Posted by: MSM at December 02, 2014 04:56 PM (nFdGS)

168 152,

Someone send Fredo off to manage the family investments in Vegas and bring in Luca Brasi.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 04:56 PM (bVtr0)

169 "Conservatism wins every time it's tried," but the GOPe mysteriously refuses to even try that..."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 04:50 PM (0HooB)

Actual governance by the people is anathema to the GOPe. It would interrupt their gravy train.

They hate us more than they hate the Dems. At least the Dems will join in shaking down the citizenry.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 02, 2014 04:56 PM (HBAcW)

170 Ugh. No. Just no.

Posted by: PaperworkNinja at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (J991N)

171 Jeb is an extremely severe conservative.

Posted by: Mitt Romney at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (ChY2Q)

172 people, stop and think first! if Jeb Bush is the nominee, he can bring back to the fold people like Charlie Crist! That settles it for me!

Posted by: mallfly at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (bJm7W)

173 Pale Fuming and Ready!

Posted by: Juan McCain at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (P//TQ)

174 @Minnfidel

to the 'ettes:

Stomach in! Elbows out!

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (R5UOB)

175 Next thing, Jeb claims Indian ancestry.

Posted by: West at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (1Rgee)

176 73 You want Scott Walker or Ted Cruz.
You'll take Rick Perry or Rand Paul.
You'll get some RINO retread.

I want Pinochet.

I just want a chainsaw with knives for eyeballs and a toso made of a diesel engine roaring cusswords and pumping smoke in the shape of bald eagles tearing hippy's throats out while machine guns swivel on its shoulder mounts.

That's the kind of candidate I want. Less robotic, though.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (scgac)

177 Yeah guys, be nice to Jeb!

Posted by: Kenway at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (YbPEz)

178 ...and then you can vote for George P. Bush in 2024. He just got nepotism-elected to his first state post in Texas.

Bet Chelsea will be ready to run by then, too

Posted by: brak at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (Tj+s6)

179 Say it with me, wingnuts. Si se puede!!!

Posted by: El Gobernadore Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (8ZskC)

180 Jeb, let me tell you about Scott Walker. A self made man - no inherited money (I know that is a shock). Doesn't have a college degree. He has won as a conservative three times in a dark blue union state and each time withstood an enormous amount of out of state money and agitation. He has spanked public unions, putting them in their place and balanced the state budget and now Wisconsin is running a budget surplus. I know this doesn't compare with your Hispanic relatives, but I'm thinking there are a whole lot of disgruntled former Democrats in the midwest looking for someone new and not a Democrat to vote for.

Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (oDCMR)

181 Common Core supporting Amnesty loving Big government pushing asshole.

Posted by: buzzion at December 02, 2014 04:35 PM (zt+N6)

And those are his selling points, apparently.

That, and the Bush name thingie that goes up.

If he's the nominee, I see a vote for the Libertarian Party in my future.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (owvKd)

182 175 Next thing, Jeb claims Indian ancestry.

Posted by: West at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (1Rgee)

Punjab?

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (f0pWu)

183 1988 - GHW Bush
1996 - Bob Dole
2000 - GW Bush
2008 - John McCain
2012 - Mitt Romney

Damn, the Republican party sure does nominate a ton of right-wing zealots!

Posted by: Beorn at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (dGF4J)

184 I'm going to call him Jebber from now on.

No reason.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (MDgS8)

185 in #176, "toso" = "torso".

I wish we could edit.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 02, 2014 04:59 PM (scgac)

186 joe-impeachin44: "he is not a war-time consiglieri"

He's not even a linguini. Spaghetti is made of sterner stuff.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 02, 2014 04:59 PM (1CroS)

187 Glad you have confidence that this f*cking SOB will be out of the race by the time SC Primary comes about.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 02, 2014 04:59 PM (/GgDU)

188 >>>I just want a chainsaw with knives for eyeballs and a
toso made of a diesel engine roaring cusswords and pumping smoke in the
shape of bald eagles tearing hippy's throats out while machine guns
swivel on its shoulder mounts.

That's the kind of candidate I want. Less robotic, though.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 02, 2014 04:57 PM (scgac)<<<

Think we just found our next commercial.

Posted by: Old Spice Marketing Dept. at December 02, 2014 04:59 PM (Dqsg6)

189 Ted Cruz, the Terminator Republican, or alternately, Trey "shark eyes" Gowdy.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (xWW96)

190 Oh good a hate thread. Can't people disagree anymore without going straight to hate mode. Jen Bush is about last on my list of who I would vote for but I believe he is an honest man who loves his Country. I ain't going to hate on that.

.............Nobody said anything about him hating the country or not being a good man. What you're hearing is absolute and justified frustration that the GOP is constantly ignoring a HUGE chunk of their base and assuming we'll just keep voting for their turd cuz, he's a little shinier than their turd. Thanks, but no.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (P//TQ)

191 >> Jen Bush is about last on my list of who I would vote for

I don't really know who this Jen girl is, but I'd vote for her before I voted for that Jeb fu*ker.

Posted by: Fool me 23 times, shame on you at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (3rrMW)

192
Romney is better than Jeb, which tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (1Y+hH)

193 I once heard G. H.W. Bush told a group of dignataries that "all the stupid people voted for Reagan." Heard Ron pickedBush senior as his VP just to endure he would carry Texas. Not sure if that has been validated.

I do believe the ivy league klan does look down on those who are not apart of their little cult.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (eJ7Sb)

194
Bet Chelsea will be ready to run by then, too
Posted by: brak at December 02, 2014 04:58 PM (Tj+s6

More like a waddle by Chelsea

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (/GgDU)

195 I heard Jeb was part of gang rape at his fraternity at Harvard. No charges were ever brought because they turned off the lights. Its what Harvard boys do.

Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (oDCMR)

196 "House Speaker John Boehner announced plans Tuesday to effectively push off a looming battle over"

Surprises..........no one.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (LA7Cm)

197 Jeb/Lindsay 2016!

The RINOs have practically devoured the Republican party. It seems only a few crumbs remain that are, in any way, conservative in nature. I honestly don't know how the party survives. I sure don't want to be a part of it. And I'd sure as hell would like to be pandered to for once. Jeb...everything that is wrong with the modern day GOP.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (tsGZY)

198 178,

Not gonna worry about that. Chelsea has the political acumen of Caroline Kennedy and the charisma of Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (bVtr0)

199 Honestly, I'm not particularly worried about Jeb Bush either, but it does bother me that the circle in which he and Romney travel think Jeb's just what we need.

I'm more worried about who the totes severe conservative candidate they'll foist on us as some sort of supposed compromise with the base.

Posted by: Y-not at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (9BRsg)

200 Bush 2016: "Because George Washington was wrong about that no monarchy thing."

That's "monopoly" ya' big dummy.

Posted by: Chris Rock at December 02, 2014 05:02 PM (1CroS)

201 I really think this is Romney's time. Mitt 16!

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at December 02, 2014 05:02 PM (P//TQ)

202 I like Mike Huckabee. And, yes, I am mildly retarded.

Posted by: Gritter at December 02, 2014 05:02 PM (qW442)

203 Oh good a hate thread. Can't people disagree anymore without going straight to hate mode. Jen Bush is about last on my list of who I would vote for but I believe he is an honest man who loves his Country. I ain't going to hate on that.

It's not hate. It's disdain for whoever it is that's in charge of picking the GOP candidates.

And if he truly loved his country, he wouldn't be sympathetic to an invasion from Mexico. Somebody's gonna have to 'splain it to me how it's wrong to want our border secure.

Another thing: if he truly loved America, he'd want us all to be free, not under the thumb of the Soros/Socialist/Communist/Progressive New World Odor that seeks our destruction.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 05:02 PM (0HooB)

204 Poor Jeb, He can't help it, He was born with a silver foot in his mouth!

Posted by: Zombie Ann Richards at December 02, 2014 05:03 PM (Queum)

205 When I get angry, I answer the money begging phone calls from the Republicans rather than letting them roll to voicemail. It's amazing how many times you can use the term cocksuckers before they hang up.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 02, 2014 05:03 PM (rwI+c)

206 Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 05:01 PM (bVtr0

And the face of Alfred E. Neuman

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:03 PM (whJHe)

207 I think Newt should try again.

Posted by: Things nobody says at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (XzRw1)

208 Bet Chelsea will be ready to run by then, too

I can't wait for the big Chelsea-Sasha rumble in the 2028 Dem primary. Maybe they can dig up Amy Carter so she can throw her hat into the ring too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (8ZskC)

209 Jeb is Mitt redux.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (xWW96)

210 Jeb - Romney or Ron - Rand

pick your poison

Posted by: The Dude at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (SyKbw)

211 @186 - Scott Walker.

Scott Walker.

PRESIDENT Scott Walker.

Now say it, asshole.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (Rx8ML)

212 joe-impeachin44: "he is not a war-time consiglieri"

He's not even a linguini. Spaghetti is made of sterner stuff.***
he's a tortilla, mexico has no pasta

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (kso21)

213 206,

I'd have said Secretariat instead.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 05:04 PM (bVtr0)

214 Jeb might have been a decent choice back before W got the job. Not anymore. But the money folks will line up quickly behind one moderate and leave the others behind. If we conservatives could shake out our field in advance and back a single candidate, we could kick ass. But alas, maybe the "tea party wing" is its own party of stupid.

Posted by: VA MK Z (f/k/a Z as in Jersey, not that any of you care) at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (RjkRJ)

215 You want a severe conservative who's already running ads?

Posted by: George Pataki at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (/nR7C)

216 >>>203 It's not hate. It's disdain for whoever it is that's in charge of picking the GOP candidates.----

Looks like the Jebster has disdain for those to the right of Nelson Rockefeller.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (/GgDU)

217 I'm afraid I've used up all my prognosticating sauce on Obama.

I've got no clue where we go from here. The best I hope for is the government equivalent of a drunk trying to find his car in a dark parking lot and who winds up sleeping in the back of someone's pickup truck.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (5fubp)

218 I'd suck his dick for a VPship.

Posted by: Rand Paul at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (XzRw1)

219 I like Mike Huckabee. And, yes, I am ~~mildly~~ retarded.

Posted by: Gritter at December 02, 2014 05:02 PM (qW442)

Edited for accuracy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (owvKd)

220 At this point I'd take Zombie Stron Thurmond. At least you know he's not a pushover

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (whJHe)

221 How are yah?

Posted by: Charlie Crist at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (8ZskC)

222
I do believe the ivy league klan does look down on those who are not apart of their little cult.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at December 02, 2014 05:00 PM (eJ7Sb)

I've had direct evidence of that. I've been to a few of those cocktail parties people talk about. Almost punched out a Ted Kennedy aide at one. Wife did a great job of removing me before it escalated. And he was just a Princeton man.

Wife wanted to slap him too, but didn't want to upset the rest of the partiers.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (1Y+hH)

223 How come nobody is out there calling Bush on the "purity" bullshit?

Don't care that it is draped over your ass, your tent ain't that big, Jeb.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (Rx8ML)

224 Jeb hates me and my ilk. Fuck him sideways.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (xWW96)

225 Does it really matter? By the time the MSM gets through with whoever is the Republican candidate, he/she will be portrayed as a racist, corrupt dolt. They perfected their craft on the "white hispanic."

Posted by: USA at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (m8hf7)

226 Jeb? Cocksucker!!

Posted by: Mr. Wu at December 02, 2014 05:06 PM (sDapq)

227 Go ahead GOP. If we're going to do this, just get to it. Go full squish. Your base will abandon you completely, the Dems will have money and the media. They'll also have millions of newly documented voters along with the FSA and government employees, the unions, Hollywood etc. etc. And you'll be sitting there scratching your tiny balls wondering why you lost? So let's hasten the death of the GOP. Get it over with already.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 02, 2014 05:07 PM (P//TQ)

228 I wonder if Kerry is thinking about throwing his saddle into the ring?

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2014 05:07 PM (owvKd)

229 We have GOT to get rid of boneless boner.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:08 PM (xWW96)

230 "It's not hate. It's disdain for whoever it is that's in charge of picking the GOP candidates.-"

So, that would be disdain for Republican primary voters (along with Dems who cross into open primaries).

Just an observation, not a criticism.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 02, 2014 05:08 PM (1Y+hH)

231
Second look at Ross Perot?

Posted by: YIKES! at December 02, 2014 05:08 PM (dBK22)

232 I wouldn't worry too much about Jeb Bush. This is a vanity run. This is going nowhere. He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

And as the most corrupt and repressive administration in at least 70 years Obama could never get re-elected either.

Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at December 02, 2014 05:08 PM (7YNVX)

233 Punjab?
Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf

Synonym Slap?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2014 05:09 PM (YOw0M)

234 Can we nominate someone who looks like Hillary and has a similar name, something like Hilda Clanton for example. Just think how many LIVs would be stunned in the voting booth, scratch their heads, and vote for Hilda, Bill's wife.

Posted by: Hands Up Don't Cum on My Face at December 02, 2014 05:09 PM (qW442)

235 228,

I wouldn't put it past Kerry to try it.

The only thing he's accomplished is making Hillary seem competent at State.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 05:09 PM (bVtr0)

236 It's not hate. It's disdain for whoever it is that's in charge of picking the GOP candidates.----

Looks like the Jebster has disdain for those to the right of Nelson Rockefeller.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 02, 2014 05:05 PM (/GgDU)

----

Well to be fair.... Jeb doesnt exactly have a lock on that....

Posted by: fixerupper at December 02, 2014 05:10 PM (NaV4z)

237 229
We have GOT to get rid of boneless boner.

Ha! He has too much support. Now shut your whore mouth.

Posted by: Cathy McMorris-Rogers at December 02, 2014 05:10 PM (XzRw1)

238 Relative of Mr. D'oh's knows the Booooshes well. Swears up and down Jeb will not run.

*fingers crossed*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:10 PM (FsuaD)

239 Posted by: Hands Up Don't Cum on My Face at December 02, 2014 05:

Oh honey, you know nothing about fighting the patriarchy.

Posted by: Belle Knox at December 02, 2014 05:10 PM (/nR7C)

240 "And as the most corrupt and repressive administration in at least 70 years Obama could never get re-elected either."

Historically bad economy, corruption rampant, unemployment through the roof.......Mitt just couldn't pull it off.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 05:11 PM (LA7Cm)

241 So, that would be disdain for Republican primary voters (along with Dems who cross into open primaries).

Just an observation, not a criticism.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 02, 2014 05:08 PM (1Y+hH)
---
But it's inaccurate.
Most of this is outside the voters' control b/c it gets decided by where the money and resources (in the form of consultants and campaign teams) go and that's largely decided before the primaries.It's true the voters have a say on who survives the primary, but who ENTERS the primary has very little to do with us, especially with the manipulation of polling data and the backing of particular media types.
Not a criticism. Just a correction.

Posted by: Y-not at December 02, 2014 05:11 PM (9BRsg)

242 Just an observation, not a criticism.

Open primaries need to be closed. There are enough shenanigans going on already in elections.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 05:11 PM (0HooB)

243 Please, no.

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (/Ho8c)

244 Jeb Bush, Crispy Creme or a sharp stick in the eye?

Posted by: NYC Parent at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (HEo6y)

245 Poin-ted sticks to the eye!

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (/Ho8c)

246 I just came back from running a couple of errands, and caught Jesse Jackson on Fox calling the Grand Jury in Ferguson out.

And now I have another headache.

Sorry for the O/T.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (FsuaD)

247 I wonder if Kerry is thinking about throwing his saddle into the ring?

Right after Hillary throws her broom into the ring.

(HT - Michael Barone)

Posted by: VA MK Z (f/k/a Z as in Jersey, not that any of you care) at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (RjkRJ)

248 If we're going to nominate Jeb Bush, then why not go Full Retarded Brother and nominate Billy Carter instead?

Hey -- free Billy Beer at the victory party!

Oh -- he's dead? Same difference. No one will notice.

Posted by: zombie at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (K4YiS)

249 Chris Christie would be a fair and balanced President.
You should vote for him...and buy my new book.

Posted by: Ann Coulter's Throat Apple at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (XzRw1)

250 The Beast would have to throw her walker into the ring these days.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (xWW96)

251 If you don't vote for Jeb you hate the military.

Posted by: Get ready for it at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (YbPEz)

252 *Gazes longingly at Rick Perry sticker in drawer*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (FsuaD)

253 So if Jeb isn't running, why is going around saying dumb shit like this.

I mean, Good Lord, is Rand Paul going around saying "I don't need any damn RINOs around me, and I am willing to lose the primary so I can win the general."

Yeah, I know, we say eff the RINOs a lot in here, but we mean it like a Viking, or something. I guess that doesn't rescue that, but whatever. We can say whatever we want in here. People who are going to run for office need to be a little circumspect.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (Rx8ML)

254 Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:12 PM (FsuaD)

I see he's run out of beer companies to shake down

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:14 PM (whJHe)

255 Romney didn't get the base? Bullshit!

Conservatives held their collective noses and voted for him. So-called "Independents" didn't vote for him and don't forget the margin of fraud.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 02, 2014 05:14 PM (V70Uh)

256
I didn't know until today that Jeb Bush is even dumber than his brother George.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home for Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 02, 2014 05:14 PM (jNMhz)

257 Bush's time has come and gone.
Cobra Commander 2016!

Posted by: Iblis at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (9221z)

258 248
If we're going to nominate Jeb Bush, then why not go Full Retarded Brother and nominate Billy Carter instead?

We'll have to dig him up, but he's probably pretty well preserved.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (FsuaD)

259 Draft Dan Quayle

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (whJHe)

260 246
I just came back from running a couple of errands, and caught Jesse Jackson on Fox calling the Grand Jury in Ferguson out.

That bastard was at Microsoft HQ yesterday telling all the Execs they were not diverse enough. He bought two shares and plans to speak at their shareholders meeting.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (XzRw1)

261 This dog sums up the opinions of most conservative voters these days:

http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/IMG_2453.JPG

"I Crap on Bushs"

Posted by: zombie at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (K4YiS)

262 256,

If W is Sonny and Jeb is Fredo, is there a Michael out there?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 02, 2014 05:16 PM (bVtr0)

263 I'm sick to death of all the Bushes. Grandpa included, God bless him.

Enough.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:16 PM (FsuaD)

264 one of the great things about living in #Failifornia is that it doesn't matter if i vote for the GOPe candidate in November, because they aren't going to win the state anyway.

if they shove this idiot down our throats, not only will i NOT vote for him, even with a gun to my head, but i won't make any calls, etc to help elsewhere either.

fuck the Beltway RINOs: they want him, they can elect him all on their own.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 02, 2014 05:16 PM (jMMCO)

265 : Iblis at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (9221z)

At least he has a straightforward agenda and sticks to it. Plus: World domination!

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (whJHe)

266 He can pander all he wants, he'll never get our votes!

Posted by: Civil War Veterans of America at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (firFk)

267 Jeb is playing fourteen dimensional chess and I find it fascinating.

Posted by: Spork at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (W5DcG)

268 "So if Jeb isn't running, why is going around saying dumb shit like this. "

The GOPe really do want to change "who" their base is. Mean white conservatives are the "in" thing now.

Why they want to trade tens of millions of right wing votes for a few million more Latinos or leftys or whatever I do not know.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (LA7Cm)

269 Jib BUSH!? Jib BUSH!? This ain't no monarchy, teabaggers! Ain't we had enough BUSHES?! What we need right now is someone NEW and FRESH! Someone GENUINE, someone HONEST, someone with a BEAUTIFUL VISION! What we need now is a CLINTON!

Posted by: Sam from Providence, Unemployed Superior Life Form at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (qW442)

270 Step 1: Replace Boehner with Newt. (Speakers of the House do not need to be elected reps.)
Step 2: Contract with America 2015.
Step 3: Newt gets the Republican nod for 2016.
Step 4: He becomes our next POTUS.
Step 5: Liberal heads explode on street corners everywhere.

Posted by: VA MK Z (f/k/a Z as in Jersey, not that any of you care) at December 02, 2014 05:17 PM (RjkRJ)

271 If we're going to nominate Jeb Bush, then why not go Full Retarded Brother and nominate Billy Carter instead?

Talk about a beer summit!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (YOw0M)

272 Next the Bushes will be trotting out Jenna.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (FsuaD)

273 @26-are "not"

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (LA7Cm)

274 Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 02, 2014 05:14 PM (V70Uh

Maybe if the conservative base's support for Romney once he was the nominee was more than telling everyone one they knew ' I'm holding my nose and voting for Romney' maybe the independents and libertarians and Paulians may have considered voting .

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (U/b2O)

275 C'mon we need some fresh blood.

Is Adlai Stevenson still available?

Posted by: zombie at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (K4YiS)

276 244
Jeb Bush, Crispy Creme or a sharp stick in the eye?

i'll take the stick please, and slowly, so it hurts more.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (jMMCO)

277 >> I just came back from running a couple of errands, and caught Jesse Jackson on Fox calling the Grand Jury in Ferguson out.

Yeah, those people on the Grand Jury are as bad a some mistress porking baby daddy, embezzling, shake down artist.

Posted by: Aviator at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (3rrMW)

278 260
246

I just came back from running a couple of errands, and caught Jesse Jackson on Fox calling the Grand Jury in Ferguson out.

That
bastard was at Microsoft HQ yesterday telling all the Execs they were
not diverse enough. He bought two shares and plans to speak at their
shareholders meeting.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM (XzRw1)

F MS. Gates bought I-594, I hope Jackson shakes them down good.

Posted by: Mr. Wu at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (sDapq)

279 Whenever someone mentions the fucking Salamander, I remember the image of his fat stupid ass on that bench with Pelosi. That was it for Newt.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (xWW96)

280 Draft Dan Quayle

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:15 PM

You could do worse than Quayle. A little thought experiment:

Huckabee?

Santorum?

Quayle?

Bueller?

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (KCxzN)

281 Jane D'oh: "...and caught Jesse Jackson on Fox calling the Grand Jury in Ferguson out."

And that's how you know with absolute certainty and zero deviation that the jury nailed it.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (1CroS)

282 I would take another shot at it.....

Posted by: Thomas Dewey at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (32Ze2)

283 : Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (FsuaD)

Jameson? Well, she has private sector experience, I suppose

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:20 PM (whJHe)

284 You tell em Bob, it's wasn't Romney's fault for running a shitty campaign, it was their fault for voting for him.

Posted by: Kenway at December 02, 2014 05:20 PM (YbPEz)

285 >>We'll have to dig him up, but he's probably pretty well preserved.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

Need to keep him away from any open flames.

Posted by: Aviator at December 02, 2014 05:20 PM (3rrMW)

286 Hands up! Don't Rape!

Posted by: ProgMedia Hoax at December 02, 2014 05:20 PM (ZPrif)

287 : AltonJackson at December 02, 2014 05:19 PM (KCxzN)

*Deepthroats .357 magnum*

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:21 PM (whJHe)

288 Right on time....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 02, 2014 05:21 PM (LA7Cm)

289 Heh, the Rapid Evaporator is back.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:21 PM (xWW96)

290 Maybe if the conservative base's support for Romney once he was the nominee was more than telling everyone one they knew ' I'm holding my nose and voting for Romney' maybe the independents and libertarians and Paulians may have considered voting .

It's cute that you think TFG's last win was legitimate.

Even he knew better. Remember his statement to Medvedev that he'd have more flexibility "after the election" when it was still months away? He knew damn good and well his win was rigged.

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 02, 2014 05:21 PM (0HooB)

291 The Banhammer must feed.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:21 PM (FsuaD)

292 "Maybe if the conservative base's support for Romney once he was the
nominee was more than telling everyone one they knew ' I'm holding my
nose and voting for Romney' maybe the independents and libertarians and
Paulians may have considered voting ."

maybe if Mittens the RINO hadn't been such a gutless POS obviously intent on throwing the race the independents and libertarians and Paulians might have bothered throwing away their vote on him as well...

he's certainly the last GOPe squish i'm ever voting for.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 02, 2014 05:22 PM (jMMCO)

293 How about Dick Cheney. With his new heart he's good for another 20 years.

Posted by: @votermom at December 02, 2014 05:24 PM (cbfNE)

294 5
Just doing a little nic change, don't mind me.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream.

You know the rules, pics or it didn't happen.

Personally, I'm gonna work on a resurrection serum and dig up Goldwater and Reagan. A ticket so conservative the GOPe would pee its pants while it ran screaming into the night and Democrats would faint at the mere mention of them. It would be a 48 state cakewalk.

Posted by: Gmac- Pondering...something involving rope and a tree at December 02, 2014 05:24 PM (baiNQ)

295 The 2014 elections are the beginning of the end of the Republican party.

Posted by: daninmichigan at December 02, 2014 05:24 PM (2yD4G)

296 I'm throwing my hat into the ring.

Posted by: Pedro at December 02, 2014 05:25 PM (W5DcG)

297 Posted by: Ann Coulter's Throat Apple at December 02, 2014 05:13 PM (XzRw1)

Okay, this sock made me laugh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2014 05:25 PM (owvKd)

298 Fucking scientists are trying to clone mammoths from 15000 year old DNA when we need to clone the Gipper.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:25 PM (xWW96)

299 I'm throwing my hat into the ring.
Posted by: Pedro

Auy carumba!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2014 05:26 PM (YOw0M)

300 At some point I'm hoping for a convention to go Replicator Oversticky and collapse.

Posted by: Help Us Rodney McKay at December 02, 2014 05:26 PM (DL2i+)

301 238 Relative of Mr. D'oh's knows the Booooshes well. Swears up and down Jeb will not run.

*fingers crossed*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:10 PM (FsuaD)

I say bring it on. Let Bush run. Either the conservative will win or the RINO will win. The fate of the Republican party can be determined.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 02, 2014 05:27 PM (/GgDU)

302 *whistles* Come, corgis!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:27 PM (FsuaD)

303 Fucking scientists are trying to clone mammoths from 15000 year old DNA

#HuntMontana

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2014 05:27 PM (YOw0M)

304 You know you want me.

Posted by: Jeb Bush's ingrown toenails at December 02, 2014 05:28 PM (owvKd)

305 Fucking scientists are trying to clone mammoths from 15000 year old DNA when we need to clone the Gipper.
Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:25 PM (xWW96)

Mammoth/Reagan 2016

"What platform are tou running on?"

"A reinforced one."

Posted by: Secundus at December 02, 2014 05:28 PM (whJHe)

306 From 1976 to 2004, a Bush or a Dole ran for the Republican presidential ticket (give me some leeway, GHWB ran for VP in 1984).

Let's say that these people have done enough service for this country.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 05:29 PM (Rx8ML)

307 Next the Bushes will be trotting out Jenna.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2014 05:18 PM (FsuaD)

--------------------------------

Okay. When she announces, will she be wearing a short tight skirt with a slightly see-thru blouse with the top two buttons unbuttoned?If so, maybe I'm being a bit hasty with the no-more-bushes mantra.

Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2014 05:29 PM (IXPIt)

308 Fucking scientists are trying to clone mammoths from 15000 year old DNA when we need to clone the Gipper.

Posted by: maddogg at December 02, 2014 05:25 PM

Damn straight.

I haven't listened to "A Time For Choosing" in two or three days (I've been slacking off). Think I'll go spool that up on the MP3 player...

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2014 05:30 PM (KCxzN)

309 When she announces, will she be wearing a short tight skirt with a slightly see-thru blouse with the top two buttons unbuttoned?

Go on.

Posted by: blaster at December 02, 2014 05:31 PM (Rx8ML)

310 Say what you will about Rand but he can tap into some of that tech company money. His dad didn't have problems raising money.

Just save us all from Chris Christie.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 02, 2014 05:31 PM (Lqy/e)

311 Just got a tip ya'll were talking about me. So I just thought I would pop in and say hi and to let you know I hate you all. Have a great night.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 02, 2014 05:34 PM (P//TQ)

312 Okay. When she announces, will she be wearing a short tight skirt with a slightly see-thru blouse with the top two buttons unbuttoned?If so, maybe I'm being a bit hasty with the no-more-bushes mantra.
Posted by: Soona
---------------------------

* imagines bust of Jenna on Mt. Rushmore *

Posted by: A Pig at December 02, 2014 05:37 PM (l1zOH)

313 Imagine a world where Reagan had never put Bush Sr. on the ticket.

No more Bush's. Ever again.

Pretty simple really.

Posted by: McAdams at December 02, 2014 05:40 PM (4xsOa)

314 70
If Jeb gets the nomination, that's it. No more voting. No more being a good citizen. No more. I'm getting close that even now.
Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2014 04:40 PM (IXPIt)
I beat you to being a poor "citizen." I regularly throw away my jury summons. Nobody is going to allow me on a jury anyway, and I don't care to have my time wasted by the government. I drive pretty much whatever speed limit I want because, trust me, even DRUNK I'm a better driver than the third worlders who have swarmed my state. I pay every person who does work at my house under the table, because I'm damned if I'm going to fill out the 1099's the gov demands if I pay $600 to any one person.
And that's just my skofflaw from this morning!

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 02, 2014 05:43 PM (jPT60)

315 If we don't get Bush, it will have been a close shave.

Posted by: Clint Eastwood's barber at December 02, 2014 05:46 PM (Queum)

316 *poof!*

Posted by: TBK3000 at December 02, 2014 05:47 PM (9BRsg)

317 POW!

Posted by: TBK3000 at December 02, 2014 05:57 PM (9BRsg)

318 "Are you positive Ace? Isnt he the establishment's favored?
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at December 02, 2014 04:32 PM (5ekTt)"

A vanity run and being the establishment favorite are not mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Decaf at December 02, 2014 05:58 PM (3mnNh)

319 I beat you to being a poor "citizen." I regularly throw away my jury summons. Nobody is going to allow me on a jury anyway, and I don't care to have my time wasted by the government. I drive pretty much whatever speed limit I want because, trust me, even DRUNK I'm a better driver than the third worlders who have swarmed my state. I pay every person who does work at my house under the table, because I'm damned if I'm going to fill out the 1099's the gov demands if I pay $600 to any one person.
And that's just my skofflaw from this morning!

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 02, 2014 05:43 PM

It's simple: show up @ the jury screening in a shirt & tie, wearing a NRA hat & carrying a Bible.

In & out in less than ten minutes

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2014 06:01 PM (KCxzN)

320 You're assuming other people will be allowed on the ballot in the primaries. Or that they won't run out of money by South Carolina.

And those specifically are the "failures" of the 2012 election the GOP has been scurrying to correct -- that too many people were on the ballot and opposing The Eventual Nominee for far too long into the election cycle.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at December 02, 2014 06:16 PM (pYEaj)

321 I heard Jon Huntsman does a mean Don Knotts imitation.

Posted by: Baldy at December 02, 2014 06:23 PM (+35FH)

322 A photo of this event last night showed Jebbie, Murdoch, and Valerie Jarrett all sitting next to each other and, get this, SMILING. That tells me all I need to know about any of them.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 02, 2014 06:27 PM (nvq3r)

323 When I run for president, I promise to do that thing in your mouth.

Posted by: jeb bush at December 02, 2014 06:30 PM (9Xu0X)

324 If you haven't realized by now it's the Lao Bai Democrats _and_ the GOPe vs. America, you're not paying attention.

Posted by: A pot of message at December 02, 2014 07:05 PM (LORBg)

325 Jeb Bush, Establishment Party (E).

Not only did you just lose my vote, I'm going to work for whoever can shut you down.

Posted by: Fen at December 02, 2014 07:14 PM (xwzt0)

326 F Jeb ...and his "Dynasty" family.

Posted by: Col. J at December 02, 2014 07:55 PM (bBjHO)

327 He will be laughed out of the race by South Carolina.

Haha, I'm laughing at the asshole now.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at December 02, 2014 08:34 PM (9srI4)

328 Jeb=Another chicken lusting for the DC roost.

Posted by: The roost aint what it used to be at December 02, 2014 09:45 PM (7GI9v)

329 FU, Jeb Bush.

(And not in the "act of love" sort of way).

Clueless, elitist fool.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 03, 2014 07:24 AM (2ruKl)

330 "lose the primary to win the general, without violating your principles."

Yes, because the Bush clan has done more to save the Democrats from themselves than any other clan. They must be part of a conspiracy.

I can imagine it now - 'Dont vote for Ted Cruz, Hillary will beat him, we have to nominate Jeb!'

The bad news of Jeb Bush as candidate is that Hillary will beat him.
The good news of Jeb Bush as candidate is that Hillary will beat him.

Posted by: Keep Calm Cruz On at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (wT9UL)

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