Fri Feb 24, 2012, 09:26 AM

kpete (38,896 posts)

Jeb Bush: "I used to be a conservative..."

"I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed, but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that's kind of where we are."

-- Jeb Bush, quoted by Fox News, on the rhetoric of the Republican presidential candidates
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/02/23/jeb-bush-2012-gop-field-appealing-peoples-fears

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Jeb Bush: "I used to be a conservative..." (Original post)	kpete	Feb 2012	OP
Under the bus with you, Jeb!	The Velveteen Ocelot	Feb 2012	#1
It also looks like he took himself out of the 2012 brokered convention draft...	GoCubsGo	Feb 2012	#5
Nah he's throwing them under the bus	Johonny	Feb 2012	#18
Exactly..	sendero	Feb 2012	#20
Savior Jeb.	aquart	Feb 2012	#27
When another Bush is lining himself up to save the party...	sellitman	Feb 2012	#117
Positioning himself between Santorum and Paul is a wise move*	didact	Feb 2012	#30
EXACTLY. This is a set-up. Let the crazies burn out then 'sane' Jeb can step in. Now or Later.	cyberpj	Feb 2012	#76
You got THAT right!	Raksha	Feb 2012	#128
That's really cynical, Johonny!	Democrat18	Feb 2012	#97
Happy Birthday my fellow Aquarian! And welcome to DU!	cyberpj	Feb 2012	#130
and they said he was the smart one...	Drahthaardogs	Feb 2012	#104
Wow nt	abelenkpe	Feb 2012	#2
" . . . .but now I'm a FASCIST!!"	HughBeaumont	Feb 2012	#3
+1!!!!!!	Auggie	Feb 2012	#6
hoping for that 'brokered convention' so that the party will turn to 'safe and sane' Jeb!!	WI_DEM	Feb 2012	#4
The last thing Jeb Bush wants is the 2012 presidential nomination.	bornskeptic	Feb 2012	#44
Jeb as VP's a scenario I have thought is possible, w/ either Rmoney, Christie, or Petraeus	stockholmer	Feb 2012	#91
Expect a woman in 2016	The Doctor.	Feb 2012	#119
Obama and their misogyny?	DonCoquixote	Feb 2012	#124
The subject of the sentence is 'Republican "Recovery"',	The Doctor.	Feb 2012	#125
depends on the economy at the time of the convention	magical thyme	Feb 2012	#120
Who cares	libtodeath	Feb 2012	#7
Funny how the current crop makes Bushes look almost reasonable.	TwilightGardener	Feb 2012	#8
scary isnt it?	Marrah_G	Feb 2012	#10
Makes you wonder whether it was intentional	saras	Feb 2012	#48
Not me. I haven't forgotten the power of the BFE -or- Republican long term goals.	cyberpj	Feb 2012	#77
Jeb Bush Sounds Like Jon Huntsman	DallasNE	Feb 2012	#93
whoa. That's quite a turn in American political discourse.	Schema Thing	Feb 2012	#9
And the delicious part is	guitar man	Feb 2012	#50
lol, true true	Schema Thing	Feb 2012	#79
Well Jeb, they got plenty of practice from your brother	quinnox	Feb 2012	#11
My thoughts exactly....	Yooperman	Feb 2012	#116
But were you a "compassionate conservative"??	Major Hogwash	Feb 2012	#12
Okay. That's the first intelligent thing I've heard come out of a Bush.	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#13
Actually the First Were "Voodoo Economics" from Bush I	AndyTiedye	Feb 2012	#57
Not intelligent, just "tactically clever".	Crunchy Frog	Feb 2012	#84
Or something random he heard on a radio commercial.	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#95
Bingo! Let's remember - this is a bush. tThis talk is coming from a bush.	calimary	Feb 2012	#109
Mmmm... that sounds to ME like a throwing of a hat into the ring	vanlassie	Feb 2012	#14
My first thought as well. n/t	BadgerKid	Feb 2012	#29
++	mopinko	Feb 2012	#43
It's like you were reading my mind	Lucy	Feb 2012	#45
Yep....first thought in my mind, too. Maybe hoping for a brokered convention	tpsbmam	Feb 2012	#47
I would tell him to keep looking we need no more Bushes in office. 2 was enough to	southernyankeebelle	Feb 2012	#15
Well I wondered when a Republican would speak up.	Kalidurga	Feb 2012	#16
He'll take it back	warrior1	Feb 2012	#17
Actually, he's the opposite side of the coin from Romney	lark	Feb 2012	#106
and he'll always be a criminal.	BlueToTheBone	Feb 2012	#19
The Family that Preys Together	Octafish	Feb 2012	#21
Thanks for this info. nt	cyberpj	Feb 2012	#78
Just like Grampa Prescott doing business with the nazis.	muntrv	Feb 2012	#85
This is the GOP establishment attempting to	sufrommich	Feb 2012	#22
He's going for the alienated GOP moderates and rightish independents	Richardo	Feb 2012	#23
What's his DU handle?	Romulox	Feb 2012	#24
And what is he now?	Arkansas Granny	Feb 2012	#25
This is part of a RW debating trick that I started noticing........	socialist_n_TN	Feb 2012	#105
being a bush, he'll do/say anything...sounds like posturing for a brokered convention to me	spanone	Feb 2012	#26
majority of the comments	warrior1	Feb 2012	#28
Jeb apparently has just announced his bid for 2016 n/t	hootinholler	Feb 2012	#31
Exactly.	Iggo	Feb 2012	#33
Agreed BUT...	TlalocW	Feb 2012	#35
I seriously doubt it.	Major Hogwash	Feb 2012	#39
Jeb trying to look like a moderate to gain back the independents.	FSogol	Feb 2012	#32
Reminds me of an old cartoon I used to have:	lastlib	Feb 2012	#34
Political positioning	taught_me_patience	Feb 2012	#36
Well, he's basically saying the same thing all the others are saying while sounding like a moderate	GusFring	Feb 2012	#37
thank goofness your big brother never ever appealed to people's fears	hfojvt	Feb 2012	#38
BWAHAHA -- "appealing to people's fears" -- was he awake during his brother's administration?	fishwax	Feb 2012	#40
It's scary that the Bushes look like reasonable moderates compared to these clowns.	boxman15	Feb 2012	#41
That's exactly how I feel	SwissTony	Feb 2012	#68
And that is exactly what Jeb and his handlers want you to think.	BlueCaliDem	Feb 2012	#87
Exactly what Karl Rove is counting on. n/t	wandy	Feb 2012	#112
I think I figured out the pug plan.	Whisp	Feb 2012	#42
I think you are right	LiberalLovinLug	Feb 2012	#53
I've been saying the same thing	The Last Democrat	Feb 2012	#70
I don't think any of the rethugs ego would allow for that	Hugabear	Feb 2012	#55
norquist rules them.	Whisp	Feb 2012	#60
You, me, and many many many others. Dems forget Republicans ability to plan years ahead	cyberpj	Feb 2012	#80
I used to be a Conservative just like you.	chrisa	Feb 2012	#46
lol	ZM90	Feb 2012	#56
To paraphrase President Andrew Shepard ("The American President")	SnowCritter	Feb 2012	#49
I'm still wondering what the purpose of Obama's White House meeting with poppy and jebby was about	Dont call me Shirley	Feb 2012	#51
I just assumed it was Obama being the uber-conciliator again...His strategy may be working in	Stardust	Feb 2012	#108
That assumption has no basis whatsoever	dreamnightwind	Feb 2012	#110
piss on jeb bush	KG	Feb 2012	#52
I don't trust anyone in that family including Jeb	totodeinhere	Feb 2012	#54
Jeb and the GOP old guard invited the snakes onto the plane and now they say they're	Monk06	Feb 2012	#58
The People Would Not Vote for Another Bush. The Voting Machinez Might Though.	AndyTiedye	Feb 2012	#59
I'm not so sure about that. People have been dumbed down to think the debt is all Obama's fault...	JNathanK	Feb 2012	#73
Setting up his campaign for the next election	Thrill	Feb 2012	#61
Don't trust this vote suppressing	jsmirman	Feb 2012	#62
The key words are "I used to be a conservative"	golfguru	Feb 2012	#63
Laying the groundwork for 2016. n/t	iris27	Feb 2012	#64
Jeb is right	Renew Deal	Feb 2012	#65
"..used to be a conservative..." and still a nasty piece of crap.	retread	Feb 2012	#66
jeb will be the Veep	thelordofhell	Feb 2012	#67
"...but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears..."	Downtown Hound	Feb 2012	#69
This entire side show they call a primary and now the	EmeraldCityGrl	Feb 2012	#71
Wouldn't it be terrific if Jeb jumped into the race and ran as the moderate?	JNathanK	Feb 2012	#72
there are two bimbo eruptions waiting for Jeb	grasswire	Feb 2012	#74
After Santorum or Romney crashes and burns in the 12 election there will be a backlash	n2doc	Feb 2012	#75
Give me a fucking break	Canuckistanian	Feb 2012	#81
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team)	dsgerhe	Feb 2012	#82
He's not setting himself up to be the GOP's "savior" candidate, is he?	Crunchy Frog	Feb 2012	#83
"it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion"	pacalo	Feb 2012	#86
So?	Zoeisright	Feb 2012	#88
Jeb forgot his brother obviously	nadinbrzezinski	Feb 2012	#89
Gee, Jebbie....	tex-wyo-dem	Feb 2012	#90
Earth To Jeb	DallasNE	Feb 2012	#92
This guy scares me.	DCBob	Feb 2012	#94
Terri Schiavo.	Major Hogwash	Feb 2012	#96
That's because the Republican candidates aren't so much conservative	mmonk	Feb 2012	#98
"....but I'll always be a corrupt a-hole."	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2012	#99
It is imperative to expose Jeb as one of the PNAC idiots that got us into the Iraq debacle.	olegramps	Feb 2012	#100
wasn't jeb governor when the florida pension plan	newspeak	Feb 2012	#101
You never were a conservative... you've always been a fascist	fascisthunter	Feb 2012	#102
So says Marco Rubio's sugar daddy. Kiss my ass you proto fascist jagoff.	Guy Whitey Corngood	Feb 2012	#103
R you kidding me Jeb?	Botany	Feb 2012	#107
Jeb wants to be president, obviously, by his remarks.Trying to say he is	lumpy	Feb 2012	#111
Jeb still is a conservative	jmowreader	Feb 2012	#113
LOL OH PLEASE	Skittles	Feb 2012	#114
Yeah, But. . .	ProfessorGAC	Feb 2012	#121
oh come on	Skittles	Feb 2012	#126
Hardly What I Said	ProfessorGAC	Feb 2012	#132
To use a quote from Super Troopers:	Initech	Feb 2012	#115
Quick! Someone call the DLC! We've got a good "Democratic" Candidate for one of the Florida	Creideiki	Feb 2012	#118
Yeah	DonCoquixote	Feb 2012	#123
Used to be a conservative?	dodger501	Feb 2012	#122
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team)	sfghrtjr	Feb 2012	#127
A Bush would never appeal people's fears....	paparush	Feb 2012	#129
And then, there's this	Art_from_Ark	Feb 2012	#131

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 09:29 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (34,727 posts)

1. Under the bus with you, Jeb!

I guess he just disqualified himself for 2016 - the mouth-breathers that control the GOP won't touch him after a comment like that.

Jeb Bush: "I used to be a conservative..."

1. Under the bus with you, Jeb!

5. It also looks like he took himself out of the 2012 brokered convention draft...

18. Nah he's throwing them under the bus

20. Exactly..

27. Savior Jeb.

117. When another Bush is lining himself up to save the party...

30. Positioning himself between Santorum and Paul is a wise move*

76. EXACTLY. This is a set-up. Let the crazies burn out then 'sane' Jeb can step in. Now or Later.

128. You got THAT right!

97. That's really cynical, Johonny!

130. Happy Birthday my fellow Aquarian! And welcome to DU!

104. and they said he was the smart one...

2. Wow nt

3. " . . . .but now I'm a FASCIST!!"

6. +1!!!!!!

4. hoping for that 'brokered convention' so that the party will turn to 'safe and sane' Jeb!!

44. The last thing Jeb Bush wants is the 2012 presidential nomination.

91. Jeb as VP's a scenario I have thought is possible, w/ either Rmoney, Christie, or Petraeus

119. Expect a woman in 2016

124. Obama and their misogyny?

125. The subject of the sentence is 'Republican "Recovery"',

120. depends on the economy at the time of the convention

7. Who cares

8. Funny how the current crop makes Bushes look almost reasonable.

10. scary isnt it?

48. Makes you wonder whether it was intentional

77. Not me. I haven't forgotten the power of the BFE -or- Republican long term goals.

93. Jeb Bush Sounds Like Jon Huntsman

9. whoa. That's quite a turn in American political discourse.

50. And the delicious part is

79. lol, true true

11. Well Jeb, they got plenty of practice from your brother

116. My thoughts exactly....

12. But were you a "compassionate conservative"??

13. Okay. That's the first intelligent thing I've heard come out of a Bush.

57. Actually the First Were "Voodoo Economics" from Bush I

84. Not intelligent, just "tactically clever".

95. Or something random he heard on a radio commercial.

109. Bingo! Let's remember - this is a bush. tThis talk is coming from a bush.

14. Mmmm... that sounds to ME like a throwing of a hat into the ring

29. My first thought as well. n/t

43. ++

45. It's like you were reading my mind

47. Yep....first thought in my mind, too. Maybe hoping for a brokered convention

15. I would tell him to keep looking we need no more Bushes in office. 2 was enough to

16. Well I wondered when a Republican would speak up.

17. He'll take it back

106. Actually, he's the opposite side of the coin from Romney

19. and he'll always be a criminal.

21. The Family that Preys Together

78. Thanks for this info. nt

85. Just like Grampa Prescott doing business with the nazis.

22. This is the GOP establishment attempting to

23. He's going for the alienated GOP moderates and rightish independents

24. What's his DU handle?

25. And what is he now?

105. This is part of a RW debating trick that I started noticing........

26. being a bush, he'll do/say anything...sounds like posturing for a brokered convention to me

28. majority of the comments

31. Jeb apparently has just announced his bid for 2016 n/t

33. Exactly.

35. Agreed BUT...

39. I seriously doubt it.

32. Jeb trying to look like a moderate to gain back the independents.

34. Reminds me of an old cartoon I used to have:

36. Political positioning

37. Well, he's basically saying the same thing all the others are saying while sounding like a moderate

38. thank goofness your big brother never ever appealed to people's fears

40. BWAHAHA -- "appealing to people's fears" -- was he awake during his brother's administration?

41. It's scary that the Bushes look like reasonable moderates compared to these clowns.

68. That's exactly how I feel

87. And that is exactly what Jeb and his handlers want you to think.

112. Exactly what Karl Rove is counting on. n/t

42. I think I figured out the pug plan.

53. I think you are right

70. I've been saying the same thing

55. I don't think any of the rethugs ego would allow for that

60. norquist rules them.

80. You, me, and many many many others. Dems forget Republicans ability to plan years ahead