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boguspotus

(286 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 09:54 PM Jul 2015

Jeb Bush Whines Because President Obama Uses Big Words He Can’t Understand

Really Jeb?
from Addicting Info:

For years, George W. Bush embarrassed America constantly by demonstrating his lack of intelligence on the world stage and Jeb is poised to be just like his big brother.

During his interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Jeb whined about how smart President Obama is and claimed that his intellect “creates chaos” in the world.

“You don’t have to be the world’s policeman, but we have to be the world’s leader—and there’s a huge difference. This guy, this president and Secretary Clinton and Secretary Kerry, when someone disagrees with their nuanced approach—where it’s all kind of so sophisticated it makes no sense, you know what I’m saying? Big-syllable words and lots of fancy conferences and meetings—but we’re not leading, that creates chaos, it creates a more dangerous world.”

In other words, Bush appears to be claiming that stupid people make better leaders and that’s why America should elect him as the next president.

Read More:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/11/jeb-bush-says-hell-be-a-better-leader-than-obama-because-he-uses-small-words-video/


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Warpy

(111,237 posts)
2. Glory to him, bullshit to us
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 09:59 PM
Jul 2015

We know he understands every word. He's just speaking up for his base and he knows how stupid people have to be in order to qualify as his base.

It's his way of being folksy. It's not going to work for him any better than it did for Romney.

deathrind

(1,786 posts)
3. Here we go again...
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:08 PM
Jul 2015

With the intelligence is bad meme. Bush jr showed just how disasterous it can be having a president who lacks even a rudimentary ability at critical thinking...and now here comes Jeb to reinforce that train wreck.

pscot

(21,024 posts)
4. I thought syllables were small
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:13 PM
Jul 2015

To make it easier for linguistically impaired folks like the Bushies to sound them out.

pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
7. Unfortunately, much of the electorate is at at an intelligence and information level
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:29 PM
Jul 2015

such that he will resonate.

Remember the No-nothing party?

Plenty of Americans think thoughtfulness is equivalent to elitism.

Boomerproud

(7,951 posts)
15. It's worked spendidly for them for eons.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:57 PM
Jul 2015

CNN was Trump Central today. It was like watching a horror movie coming to life. I am as afraid for the future today as I've ever been.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
10. Apparently Jeb is going to give us a stupid Bush quote daily.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:57 PM
Jul 2015

Can't wait to see the stupid Bush quote of the day tomorrow.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
11. By jingo, we Americans is IGNORANT and PROUD OF IT!!!
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:24 PM
Jul 2015

We don't need no ed-um-eck-ation. And we don't need no gummint help! We is gonna pull us-selves- up right by them bootstraps!!!

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
12. I think I know what happened now...
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:28 PM
Jul 2015

GW might be fairly intelligent, but then this interloper comes along and he puts a waste basket on his head and everyone oohs and ahs and laughs and talks about how funny the baby brother is. So, GW gets to thinking that people like it better if you act like a fool. Only problem is GW got to be way too good at acting like a fool.

3catwoman3

(23,970 posts)
13. Aawwww- poor Jeb is not a sesquipedalian.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:33 PM
Jul 2015

I once knew a dating relationship was over when the guy in question told me I would have to stop using such big words. When I asked what words, the one he could come up with was ambivalent. I had been a bit ambivalent about this guy, but after that, I no longer was.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
18. "America need strong, simple, direct leader. Me am that leader."
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 01:06 AM
Jul 2015

"Why bother talking to other countries when you can just wave your dick in their face? And we spend trillions on the military to make sure we have the biggest dick." Which is just the sort of foreign policy his brother had. (And look how that turned out.)

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