Kinda Bullshit Story for Politco: RNC Aides Were Calling CNBC About The Small Amount of Speaking Time They Were Giving Jeb Bush, or, Maybe, They Weren't

I'm just going to throw this up and get another post ready to go.

Earlier Politico claimed that Sean Spicer and maybe others were calling CNBC to complain that Jeb wasn't getting to speak enough; then later, Politico walked it back to say Spicer and others were calling to complain about the speaking time afforded to candidates, generally.

Spicer denied the original story.

Politico has made a hash of this so I don't know if it was 1, bullshit from the get-go, or 2, true from the get-go, but reported contrary to the rules (that is, it was supposed to be off the record or something) so now they have to walk back a true story.

I have no idea.

Jeb Bush's Campaign's Chief Operating Officer Says Hasta Luego: Losing blood, pulse quickened and thready.

Posted by: Ace at 07:00 PM

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1 Jeb Bush smells like old moldy cheese and fail.

Posted by: SomeSay the Strawmarian at October 30, 2015 07:02 PM (yoy3R)

2 First

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2015 07:02 PM (gE2Li)

3 Missed it by ( )that much
Saw this and wasn't sure I was buying. But if true quite a damning charge.

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2015 07:04 PM (gE2Li)

4 Ok back to horror thread, unless this killed it.

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2015 07:05 PM (gE2Li)

5 1
Jeb Bush smells like old moldy cheese and fail.

You forgot flop sweat, or is that included in fail?

Posted by: pep at October 30, 2015 07:05 PM (LAe3v)

6 Why would anyone be reading Politico anyways.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 30, 2015 07:05 PM (xInes)

7 Any bets on how jeb leaves?

Do you think he just goes through and loses contest after contest including his home state?

Or does he withdraw before the end of the year?

Posted by: Coolio at October 30, 2015 07:06 PM (I4PQV)

8
I consider all reports in the media suspect or just plain bullshit. Anything that has "gop insiders say" or "anonymous sources say" is only good to wrap 3 day old fish.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at October 30, 2015 07:06 PM (iQIUe)

9 I think Jeb is going to figure out that for an ADD-addled group of people, conservatives have pretty good memories and focus. Adios, hombre.

Posted by: pep at October 30, 2015 07:06 PM (LAe3v)

10 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2015 07:07 PM (xujhj)

11 7
Any bets on how jeb leaves?

Do you think he just goes through and loses contest after contest including his home state?

Or does he withdraw before the end of the year?

Posted by: Coolio

1) Health emergency
2) Spend more time with his family
3) Pursue other opportunities
4) Do other cool things.

Posted by: pep at October 30, 2015 07:08 PM (LAe3v)

12 People complain all the time about the lack of Bush on TV. Well trimmed, shapely Bushes anyway ... At least, that is what I have been told, by some ...

Posted by: Adriane the TV Critic ... at October 30, 2015 07:09 PM (qOsoH)

13 He's lost the Establishment hacks. They're all saying it's over.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2015 07:09 PM (4ErVI)

14 >>I think Jeb is going to figure out that for an ADD-addled group of people, conservatives have pretty good memories and focus.

Ouch!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2015 07:09 PM (NOIQH)

15 Any bets on how jeb leaves?

...

1) Health emergency
2) Spend more time with his family
3) Pursue other opportunities
4) Do other cool things.

5) Drug overdose in Nevada whorehouse!

Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at October 30, 2015 07:10 PM (k9qR4)

16 How much time does he need to say 'I was gobernator of Florida. My name is Bush.'

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2015 07:10 PM (b+df9)

17 I'm going to go watch Supergirl. She's pretty hot.

Posted by: Jeb! at October 30, 2015 07:11 PM (FkBIv)

18 Bye, bye Jeb ! don't let the door hit You on the way out... Oh and take Christie with You...

Posted by: donna at October 30, 2015 07:11 PM (/dSsq)

19 Will W burst in to Jeb's departure press conference to give him noogies?

Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2015 07:12 PM (DFSWT)

20 Yeb?

Meh. He'll be out soon. I don't recall hearing anything about that "family meeting" he supposedly had, IIRC, last weekend.

The dude's polling down there with lowfat milk. Do us all a solid and give up now while you're behind.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 30, 2015 07:12 PM (LUgeY)

21 I'm assuming he won't be leaving us in a Sonny Corleone type way, but he is going.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2015 07:13 PM (4ErVI)

22 Ace, come to me...

Posted by: The Barrel at October 30, 2015 07:13 PM (LUgeY)

23 Loved his CEO's exit interview.

Reached by phone Friday, Ms Ciccone said" I've got no comment. I've just got to go"

Posted by: Jen the original at October 30, 2015 07:14 PM (Mb+b9)

24 Reached by phone Friday, Ms Ciccone said" I've got no comment. I've just got to go"

The bathroom is down this hall, second door on the right.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 30, 2015 07:15 PM (LUgeY)

25 Jumping up and down with excitement, waiting for the Hound thread........

Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2015 07:15 PM (JSovD)

26 "I'm just going to throw this up and get another post ready to go."

Pre-willowed thread. Brilliant.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2015 07:16 PM (JmGFJ)

27 OT

You've had a request for a "Hound" tonight if you can possibly swing it. Someone is looking forward to it (and so am I) and that poster and I would be home/available tomorrow night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2015 07:16 PM (No/ki)

28 Where's Nip? His boy is a sellout.

I'll leave this.

http://bit.ly/1l03pOe

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at October 30, 2015 07:16 PM (48QDY)

29 By the way, I never voted for heb, but I voted for G.W. every time he ran for office. I switched state of residence from Florida to Texas when I retired from the Navy in '96. So, I suppose I can claim that as a reason heb never got my vote before. And I will never vote for him in the future. Unless, of course, ubama finds a way to run again and heb is the 'republican' candidate. Sound familiar?

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2015 07:16 PM (b+df9)

30 Sorry; "Wouldn't" be available.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2015 07:17 PM (No/ki)

31 Barrel analysis:

This bold-type barrel was caused by ace, who bolded "Jeb Bush's Campaign's Chief Operating Officer Says Hasta Luego:"

but did not add a closing tag.

rickb223, who includes close tags in his sock, automatically put an end to it.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 30, 2015 07:21 PM (E5UB0)

32 Ctrl-U

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 30, 2015 07:22 PM (E5UB0)

33 Good news is - only half an hour till baseball.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:22 PM (dFi94)

34 Any bets on how jeb leaves?
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at October 30, 2015 07:10 PM
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Bizarre pi�ata accident.

Posted by: TJ Camper at October 30, 2015 07:22 PM (AjNTE)

35 grrrr

Posted by: TJ Camper at October 30, 2015 07:22 PM (AjNTE)

36 Give it to me straight, doc...is it my Bush?

Posted by: eman at October 30, 2015 07:25 PM (MQEz6)

37 Any bets on how jeb leaves?

Topiary incident.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 30, 2015 07:25 PM (LUgeY)

38
Whoooohooooo!

Black Diamond!

Dun-dun-dun-dahn-dahnnnnn-dun-dun-dun-dahn-dahhhn!

Posted by: KISS at October 30, 2015 07:25 PM (o98Jz)

39 Any bets on how jeb leaves?
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at October 30, 2015 07:10 PM
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Herpes.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:26 PM (dFi94)

40 The Jebster will probably go out pretty soon. I'm thinking those big money backers are starting to realize that he's a non-starter with the base. They're going to start looking somewhere else to put their money, and I'll bet it goes to Rubio.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 30, 2015 07:27 PM (9iR5/)

41 In short, media splooges self again.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 30, 2015 07:27 PM (oVJmc)

42 The title of the Hillary painting is "The last thing Bill saw"

Posted by: bananaDream at October 30, 2015 07:27 PM (vLk7c)

43 Any bets on how jeb leaves?
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997

on a saudi plane?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2015 07:27 PM (JmGFJ)

44 I'd love to see Jeb! gone. If he could take a few of his buddies out too?

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (bv//4)

45 Any bets on how jeb leaves?

Pays coyote $50,000 to smuggle him INTO Mexico.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (oVJmc)

46 rickb223, who includes close tags in his sock, automatically put an end to it.

FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (xujhj)

47 Jeb will be back as Hillary's VP.

Posted by: eman at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (MQEz6)

48 Any bets on how jeb leaves?

Jumping and waving gleefully from the poop-deck of th good ship "Sodomy".

Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (k9qR4)

49 The COO of his campaign quit?
How do you say "abandon ship" in Spanish?

Posted by: tu3031 at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (YFFpo)

50 They're going to start looking somewhere else to put their money, and I'll bet it goes to Rubio.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 30, 2015 07:27 PM (9iR5/)
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I think you're right. Rubio is going to get the establishment backing plus their $$$$. I don't think Jeb makes it to Thanksgiving.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:29 PM (dFi94)

51 Couldn't Jeb! replace all those campaign workers with $2/hr illegals as an 'act of love?'

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 30, 2015 07:29 PM (oVJmc)

52 How do you say "abandon ship" in Spanish?
Posted by: tu3031 at October 30, 2015 07:28 PM (YFFpo)

I ain't going nowhere

Posted by: Franco at October 30, 2015 07:29 PM (DUoqb)

53 Rubio: He's Not A Bush!

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (oVJmc)

54 Speaking of going nowhere in the polls...

Is Gary (?) Gilmore still running?

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (bv//4)

55 1) Health emergency
2) Spend more time with his family
3) Pursue other opportunities
4) Do other cool things.

Posted by: pep at October 30, 2015 07:08 PM (LAe3v)

5) Incident involving a donkey and midget in Tijuana.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (NaeCR)

56 Mark Steyn's website banned by United Airlines.

http://goo.gl/uXmuNf

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (iQIUe)

57 Speaking of going nowhere in the polls...

Is Gary (?) Gilmore still running?
Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (bv//4)

Will this seat be satisfactory Sir?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 30, 2015 07:31 PM (DUoqb)

58
Rinse the Penis will huff and puff to coincide with his "letter of disappointment", but in the end, he will deliver a case of KY-Jelly to NBC, kiss and make-up with the suits, and agree to almost anything without any measure to ensure NBC promises are kept.

It's business as usual for the RNC, but the obstacle may be the Trump-Carson teams that refuse to go-along to get-along, and the RNC may be forced to accept another alternative.

Trump has produced glittery Miss America and other events, and surely could manage and produce a republican debate. This could be a nightmare for the RNC, but is surely in the cards and possibly in the future.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 30, 2015 07:31 PM (OiFtZ)

59 >>> How do you say "abandon ship" in Spanish?

I bet that bee character on The Simpsons knows.

Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2015 07:31 PM (DFSWT)

60 All seriousness aside, I really do wonder how this will affect the MFM, especially how much panic will ensue. The haven't had the best week so far.

He was one of the anointed ones. They wanted another Bush/Clinton race but they may get neither, which almost starts to warm that dark, dank place where my heart once was.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 30, 2015 07:31 PM (LUgeY)

61 If we're running a betting pool on Jeb, I want the 'goes to the convention and tries to wrangle a deal' thingy.

Sec of Commerce, or Education. Something like that.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 30, 2015 07:32 PM (Dru0V)

62 Speaking of going nowhere in the polls...

Is Gary (?) Gilmore still running?

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (bv//4)
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Gary Gilmore the murderer?

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:32 PM (dFi94)

63 Super 8 is on.Is it any good?

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2015 07:33 PM (8HTq1)

64 58.

I think the other candidates have finally gotten the leverage where Reince is no longer captain of the ship.

The fact that we're having this discussion after the 2012 incidents like Candy Crowley and Stephanopolous shows we have slow learners in charge of the GOP.

Posted by: Coolio at October 30, 2015 07:33 PM (I4PQV)

65 Bush has to play this out for as long as possible. Bushes aren't quitters.

The rest of his family would banish his whole family to the kids table at Thanksgiving in perpetuity.

41 would cut him out of the will and the trust fund money would surely be cut off.

No sweet phoney baloney consulting fees and board of directors seats from the donors he hosed by backing out early.

Barbara Bush would still love him of course. Just not as much and more out of pity than anything else.

He's in it to lose it from here on out. Jeb! will show all of us peasants how to squander money on losing causes, HE'S A BUSH BY JOVE!

Posted by: CozMark at October 30, 2015 07:34 PM (BEnbl)

66 JIM Gilmore.
Actually, I forgot he was even still alive...

Posted by: Chi at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (/QyKy)

67 Did annotice that the Dems are down to The Three Stooges?

Wild haired, loud talking idiot Larry -- Bernie Sanders
Dumb as a post, moronic Curly -- What is his name O'Malley
Scheming Bullying, mop haired Moe -- Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (bv//4)

68 Posted by: pep at October 30, 2015 07:08 PM (LAe3v)

5) Incident involving a donkey and midget in Tijuana.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 30, 2015 07:30 PM (NaeCR)

My bad, that happened in '74.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (NaeCR)

69 Are Huckabee and Santorum still in it? Talk about being past your expiration date.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (dFi94)

70 I see the thread started off boldly and quickly degenerated to donkey sex.

Posted by: freaked at October 30, 2015 07:37 PM (BO/km)

71 66 Posted by: Chi at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (/QyKy)

and 62 Grammie.

Thank you! I can never remember his name.

Just like the other 100 million voters.

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:37 PM (bv//4)

72 Yeb steps down and endorses Trump.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 30, 2015 07:38 PM (xInes)

73
Jeb Bush's Campaign's Chief Operating Officer Says Hasta Luego: Christine Ciccone

Projects
Designed and managed the building of a new home.
Team members: Ciccone, Christine M.
www.linkedin.com/in/christinemciccone

"I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house!"

"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 30, 2015 07:38 PM (kdS6q)

74 Are Huckabee and Santorum still in it? Talk about being past your expiration date.
Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:35 PM (dFi94)

Santorum was on Levin last night. He is in Iowa, rallying the troops and reminding us that in 2012, he won Iowa.......

He actually sounded great last night. He just doesn't seem to have any gravitas.....

Posted by: Jen the original at October 30, 2015 07:38 PM (Mb+b9)

75 I really don't know when he'll go, but I hope it looks like the scene in The Jerk with the ashtray, the lamp, the paddleball game, etc.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2015 07:39 PM (4ErVI)

76 Cat People is coming on TCM. Can we have a Cat People thread? It's Friday and I want to partay!

Posted by: freaked at October 30, 2015 07:39 PM (BO/km)

77 >>> I see the thread started off boldly and quickly degenerated to donkey sex.

Again?

Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2015 07:39 PM (DFSWT)

78 Huckabee is the kind of guy that hangs on until he has delegates to wheel and deal with. Santorum won't stay in as long, I think he really is in it for principle.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2015 07:40 PM (39g3+)

79 I see the thread started off boldly and quickly degenerated to donkey sex.
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So...Friday?

Posted by: Old Blue at October 30, 2015 07:41 PM (9iR5/)

80 Saw my first Bernie bumper sticker today. Had I not been on the interstate, I'da pulled up alongside and shouted, "Hey, did you know some asshole put a Bernie Sanders sticker on your car!"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 30, 2015 07:41 PM (LUgeY)

81 Jeb will get out before pat paulsen does

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (DUoqb)

82
I'm sorry Christine Ciccone decided to leave the Bush Campaign, especially because she had the best mustache of all the Bush acolytes. Perfectly symmetrical, trimmed, and colored to match her head hair. Unsure if it matches her pink taco?

Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (OiFtZ)

83 'I think he really is in it for principle'

He's there for the bear.

Posted by: freaked at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (BO/km)

84 He actually sounded great last night. He just doesn't seem to have any gravitas.....

Posted by: Jen the original at October 30, 2015 07:38 PM (Mb+b9)
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He's got his good points. I actually voted for him in the last Presidential primary cycle. At that point, he was basically the last Not-Mitt standing. But it seems you only see him out there when there's an election. I have no idea what he does during the off-season.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (dFi94)

85 *surveys 'the road to the White house'*

A baseball bat, some bricks, a pantsuit, a soggy cigar, an nfl cheerleader (or two), a billion dollar tower, a 6 day old universe, a micro-yacht, a forgotten sponge, an argument before the US supreme court, more redistributin', and Jeb - pulling up the rear.

I think I'll call it a night.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 30, 2015 07:43 PM (7v/r5)

86 Put me in, Coach!

Posted by: Neil Bush at October 30, 2015 07:43 PM (TEt6C)

87 Ace, I love you but PLEASE start spell checking the titles of your articles.

Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at October 30, 2015 07:44 PM (OlRlT)

88 Huckabee is the kind of guy that hangs on until he has [strike]delegates to wheel and deal with[/strike]a TV show deal.

Maybe some pardoned rapist will take a shine to Teh Huck's kiester.

Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at October 30, 2015 07:44 PM (k9qR4)

89 15 minutes till baseball. Get your adult beverages and your various snackages while you can.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:44 PM (dFi94)

90 Mark Steyn's website banned by United Airlines.

http://goo.gl/uXmuNf
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!
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The big mystery is, what sorts of people make these decisions, and why? Do they do this sort of thing unilaterally for personal reasons and assume they'll get away with it? Are they afraid people who disagree with Steyn will access his website and then complain to them that people are able to access his website on a plane? I can't see that it would occur to them that the airline could block arbitrary sites, so I'm guessing it's the former. I wish we could get a handle on this outbreak of corporate censorship, like with Amazon and Ebay and the CBF.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 30, 2015 07:45 PM (E5UB0)

91 78
Huckabee is the kind of guy that hangs on until he has delegates to
wheel and deal with. Santorum won't stay in as long, I think he really
is in it for principle.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2015 07:40 PM (39g3+)

___________________________________
Huckabee is working a book deal so he has to stay in to max out the advance. Running for POTUS is the Santorum family business. Seriously, what other source of income does he have to draw from?

Posted by: CozMark at October 30, 2015 07:45 PM (0bOZe)

92 I have no idea what he does during the off-season.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (dFi94)

Bailing the kin out of jail?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 30, 2015 07:45 PM (NaeCR)

93 Put me in, Coach!
Posted by: Neil Bush

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Slogan: 2016: Neil before Bush!

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 30, 2015 07:46 PM (E5UB0)

94
Stay out da bush, vote da vag!

Posted by: Jessie Jackson at October 30, 2015 07:46 PM (OiFtZ)

95 Huckabee is the kind of guy that hangs on until he has delegates to wheel and deal with. Santorum won't stay in as long, I think he really is in it for principle.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2015 07:40 PM (39g3+)

I think a lot of candidates are remembering 2011. Tim "I have No Charisma" Pawlenty dropped out in August 2011. By March 2012, we were down to Mitt!, 999, "I divorced my first wife while she was in Chemotherapy," some other forgettable people, and the Huckster.

They think they might have a slim shot if it is like 2012.

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2015 07:47 PM (bv//4)

96 Read than Monty Python Dead Parrot parody quoted in the PJ media article. A donor is complaining Jeb! is dead, but the SuperPAC manager claims he's alive. Jebby is just pining for the Everglades.

Pining for the Everglades. I like it.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 30, 2015 07:47 PM (dvuhZ)

97 Jeb! steps down hours before a doughy, dull, mustachio'ed 'Ramone Espinoza,' a mysterious figure from out of the West, announces his candidacy for President.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 30, 2015 07:48 PM (oVJmc)

98
Jeb is jonesin for black beans and rice in Cuban Miami, and the opportunity to speak Spanish! Ole!

Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 30, 2015 07:49 PM (OiFtZ)

99
The family Bush will replace Jeb with a little known contender with great credentials named Lazarus Puthy.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 30, 2015 07:50 PM (OiFtZ)

100 Forgot it was at Shea tonight. A volcano needs to pop up right quick and bury the Mets in ash-laden lava.

Billy Joel is still alive?

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:51 PM (dFi94)

101 The 'stablishment told us Jeb! was the Michael of the Bush family. No, he's Fredo, turns out. (Now, who does that mean W. was?)

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 30, 2015 07:51 PM (dvuhZ)

102 >>> down hours before a doughy, dull, mustachio'ed 'Ramone Espinoza,' a mysterious figure from out of the West, announces his candidacy for President.

He'll be thrilled to hear about Hector Elizondo Camacho.

Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2015 07:52 PM (DFSWT)

103

$FIRSTNAME Bush 2020: Don't Worry - We've Got Plenty Left

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 30, 2015 07:52 PM (kdS6q)

104 Yall be nice to Jeb he's a good boy who's just misunderstood and would also make a crappy president but who cares about that when we are so totally screwed anyway?

Posted by: freaked at October 30, 2015 07:53 PM (BO/km)

105 Billy Joel is dead?!?

Posted by: Chi at October 30, 2015 07:55 PM (/QyKy)

106
Billy Joel is dead?!?
Posted by: Chi

"Well, it was coughing up blood last night."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 30, 2015 07:56 PM (kdS6q)

107 But it seems you only see him out there when there's an election. I have no idea what he does during the off-season.

Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:42 PM (dFi94)

Well, he's a lawyer and a former Senator, with lots of Washington connections

He is a consultant to Consol Energy and American Continental Group and is on the BOD of Universal Health Services. He is also a member of the Ethics and Public Policy Center think tank, and gets paid for being a columnist for different newspapers. He makes somewhere around $1.5 M a year according to papers he's filed in conjunction with his campaign.

None of these guys starve when they leave public life. Doesn't matter if they lose elections, resign, etc.

Watch for the big bowl of jello that Boehner lands in. I'm sure it was waiting before he resigned. He will rake in millions.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 30, 2015 07:56 PM (Mb+b9)

108 Or does he withdraw before the end of the year?

Posted by: Coolio at October 30, 2015 07:06 PM (I4PQV)

#twoweeks

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at October 30, 2015 07:57 PM (yxw0r)

109 105
Billy Joel is dead?!?

Posted by: Chi at October 30, 2015 07:55 PM (/QyKy)

Joel Osteen thinks God wants to give me a Maserati?

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at October 30, 2015 07:58 PM (yxw0r)

110 Running for POTUS is the Santorum family business. Seriously, what other source of income does he have to draw from?
Posted by: CozMark at October 30, 2015 07:45 PM (0bOZe)

See my post above. Santorum is a practicing lawyer and worked as a consultant to the energy industry and the health care industry, where he was on a board and received $350, 000 plus as a director. Think tank consultant, etc.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 30, 2015 08:01 PM (Mb+b9)

111 Billy Joel is still alive?
Posted by: grammie winger, uff da at October 30, 2015 07:51 PM (dFi94)

******

It gets worse than that. He is on....Broadway.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 30, 2015 08:02 PM (gdiBW)

112 "Well, it was coughing up blood last night."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
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"Alright then. I'll have the dead, unjugged rabbit fish"

(BTW, "The name is Dalton" - 9pm, CMT)

Posted by: Chi at October 30, 2015 08:04 PM (/QyKy)

113 Sooooo what's the over/under on Kasich going third party? If you paid attention to his opening statement and took in his bizarre behavior, it seems patently obvious he was setting himself up to be perceived as the disgruntled republican. It's the GOPe's plan B for when Bush implodes (which he has).

I'd expect Kasich to pull a Murkowski as soon as the primary season ends. Bush can go third party because of his family's history. But, Liberal and disgruntled Kasich can pull off the "I don't fit in either party" nonsense.

Posted by: OrsonSnow at October 30, 2015 08:44 PM (G5chr)

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