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Yavin4

(35,405 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:01 PM Nov 2012

Over the past 24 Years, The Bushes are the only Republicans to win the Presidency

And, going into 2016, the strongest contender for the Republican nomination will be Jeb Bush.

Reminds me of this scene from "Game of Thrones":
(p.s. it's a fake deer.)

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Over the past 24 Years, The Bushes are the only Republicans to win the Presidency (Original Post) Yavin4 Nov 2012 OP
If by winning, you mean stealing putitinD Nov 2012 #1
The Freeper types blame the Bushes for their woes Recursion Nov 2012 #2
Actually, the last year Republicans won Mme. Defarge Nov 2012 #3
Fake ELK maxsolomon Nov 2012 #4
Bush brand still very toxic. Jeb won't be able to shake that legacy. It's his son I worry about smorkingapple Nov 2012 #5
RW will reject him. He's brown. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #6

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. The Freeper types blame the Bushes for their woes
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:07 PM
Nov 2012

Actually the rhetoric of the far wings of both DU and FR are kind of indistinguishable at times: "we didn't attract enough votes, so our next candidate must be farther from the center..."

smorkingapple

(827 posts)
5. Bush brand still very toxic. Jeb won't be able to shake that legacy. It's his son I worry about
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:22 PM
Nov 2012

No way Jeb can rehab the Bush name in only 4 years, especially if economy is humming come 2016.

His son can be a problem though. Will have the Bush name and "looks the part" of Presidential and Hispanic.



Plus he's bilingual.

Watch for him. By 2024-2028, many new voters will have forgotten Bush years.

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