LOL...."I USED to be a conservative...." Good one, Jebbie!

[senseandsensibility]

So he admits that he's no longer a conservative now. Of course, principles mean nothing to these people. Republican has been a negative for a long time, hence the "tea party", but now, even "conservative" is something the heir apparent to the Bush dynasty is running away from.

By the way, I'm referring to the quote from Jeb Bush today denouncing the clown car crew. I don't have a link, but I've seen the text posted several times on MSNBC.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. He used to have a last name he could utter in public without people laughing or throwing up

or both.

[zappaman]

2. Beware this fucker in 2016

People have short memories and love brand names.
"Oh, wasn't he the smart one? What a nice man. The kind of guy you could have a beer with."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. I don't know about 2016 - you could be right

but in 2008, the Bush name was never mentioned at the Republican National Convention and Bush wasn't asked to appear, which is a remarkable thing regarding a former outgoing President. And in 2012, it's even worse. The Bush name has been conspicuously unmentioned in the GOP debates. Rick Santorum was a Senator who helped Bush pass a lot of legislation and he's running away from the Bush name and any achievements in the name of Bush as though it were the Black Death. No one is using Bush to any extent whatsoever as an example of a solid agenda by any of the candidates. The Tea Party in general does not like Bush.

[jmowreader]

11. One of the reasons for the tea party...

is so people of the Republican ilk who don't like Bush can call themselves something besides "independent."

[malaise]

3. I can't help but wonder if the entire clown show wasn't to make Jeb look electable

Just the word Bush should be enough to vote against ReTHUGS

[senseandsensibility]

4. I'm as cynical as the next person, but I think the public

is still going to remember chimp in 2016. I hope so anyway, and of course, it doesn't matter if we don't have fair elections.

[rurallib]

9. maybe he'll change his last name to Arbusto

[senseandsensibility]

10. Si, the Latinos would love it!

I can't find the sarcasm thingee, but I trust it's not needed.

[ZM90]

6. Jeb: I used to be a conservative like you but, then I took an arrow to the knee.

Don't hate me it had to be done

[Firebrand Gary]

7. What the fuck ever Jeb! n/t

[sudopod]

8. Let me guess

Arrow to the knee?

[jmowreader]

12. If you look at the difference between Jeb Bush and Santorum or Gingrich, he's right

The people who are calling themselves "solid conservatives" today are so far to the right of Benito Mussolini, people who used to be the very model of the modern conservative like Jeb Bush and Ronald Reagan are now center-right moderates.