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seafan

(9,387 posts)
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:03 AM Dec 2015

Jeb Bush: "I'm not sure I would have gone to the climate summit if I was president today."

Doesn't this bold, all-knowing leader-ish proclamation just spell 'Mr. President'?



via SaintPetersblog


CNN, December 1, 2015


..... former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush cited potential economic impacts of environmental regulations as a reason why he would have considered skipping Paris were he currently president.

"I'm not sure I would have gone to the climate summit if I was president today," Bush told reporters in Waterloo, Iowa.

"I worry about the economic impact for our country," Bush said. "I worry that, put aside intentions, that this, these proposals could have an impact on the here and now, on people that are really struggling right now. So I'd be uncertain whether I'd attend a meeting like that, where it seems like the movement is towards policies that would hurt our economy."



Add this to the list of bold statements by King Jeb.


Wonder where Jeb! will move when his Coral Gables, FL home is underwater....



Hat tip to EyeOnMiami


ThinkProgress


The stupid. It burns.





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Jeb Bush: "I'm not sure I would have gone to the climate summit if I was president today." (Original Post) seafan Dec 2015 OP
It's not like his freakin' state... Docreed2003 Dec 2015 #1
And, because...FRANCE BeyondGeography Dec 2015 #2
That would be called "harm reduction" 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #3
yes, you're not a scientist so shut the fuck up spanone Dec 2015 #4
If he feels strongly about this, why wouldn't he go to defend his viewpoint? . . . Journeyman Dec 2015 #5
i feel strongly that dumber than dubya rbrnmw Dec 2015 #6
As bad as Trump is, and he's saltpoint Dec 2015 #7
That's my line of thinking too, saltpoint. seafan Dec 2015 #15
We're maybe on the same page on this. saltpoint Dec 2015 #16
The Establishment's candidate will always be Jeb Bush in this cycle. seafan Dec 2015 #17
I'd say your comments were fair, taking into saltpoint Dec 2015 #19
Tell you what, Jeb! gratuitous Dec 2015 #8
Hear that argument quite a bit these days. raouldukelives Dec 2015 #9
It's "...if I were President..." asshole malaise Dec 2015 #10
Yeah. We know. "Binding agreement" vs "national sovereignty". Doofus. pampango Dec 2015 #11
If a meteor hit the Bush compound while all the Bushes were there, I'd start believing in god. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #12
Sez the guy from the state where seawater comes up from the Miami Beach storm drains hatrack Dec 2015 #13
that's one reason he'll never be president. bushes are done. Cha Dec 2015 #14
Don't worry, Jeb! will fix it! Initech Dec 2015 #18
. Egnever Dec 2015 #20

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
1. It's not like his freakin' state...
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:07 AM
Dec 2015

Will be under water in 20 years or anything!!! Wow the stupidity on the right is just amazing!

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
5. If he feels strongly about this, why wouldn't he go to defend his viewpoint? . . .
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:31 AM
Dec 2015

If he's correct, then reductions by other nations would have an impact on U.S. economic growth. As President, doesn't he feel an obligation to defend the U.S from poorly positioned arguments (as he so clearly sees the Paris Accords before they've even begun). Or does his belief in his ideas and the future of the nation he wishes to govern extend only to a mushy ("I'm unsure". . . "I'd be uncertain&quot , myopic attempt to bury his head in the sand.

He'd best be careful with that attitude: Pick the wrong sand to stick your head in and you may (if it's in lowland Florida) quickly find your head underwater.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
7. As bad as Trump is, and he's
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:43 AM
Dec 2015

quite bad indeed, he's at least served the purpose of blowing Jeb's campaign out of the water.

Jeb may have struggled for traction without Trump in the race, but with Trump sucking all the oxygen out of the room, Jeb remains in single digits with only 2 months left until Iowa.

seafan

(9,387 posts)
15. That's my line of thinking too, saltpoint.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 12:03 PM
Dec 2015

Donald Trump is the only firewall we have against Jeb Bush forcing his way into power, dragging all of Granddaddy Prescott's, Poppy & Co's baggage, Nazi ties, CIA buddies, W's neocon wolves, and all other assorted family fascists back into command. If that happens, it is truly over for all of us.


I have tuned out most all of Trump's stratospheric rhetoric, and have focused entirely on using every implement we have to block any more Bushes from power, and especially this jackal we have come to know so very well in Florida. Imho, Trump is helping us achieve that.

I heard Trump say in some interview recently that he if he lost this race, he would 'just go back to what he was doing before'. That he wouldn't miss a beat in the scheme of things, was my takeaway from that comment.

He's doing some heavy and unimaginably ugly lifting for democracy. To employ an overused phrase... 'making the sausage'. I just wanna make sure he has plenty of coveralls and gloves 24/7, heh.

We must stop Jeb Bush's advance.

It's what keeps me up at night.


saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
16. We're maybe on the same page on this.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 06:23 PM
Dec 2015

which is fun for me, except you put it a hell of a lot better.

I would love to read what more you would have to say on this if you felt like making it a separate post.

Very nicely done, seafan.

seafan

(9,387 posts)
17. The Establishment's candidate will always be Jeb Bush in this cycle.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 03:09 PM
Dec 2015

Imho, there is nothing that will divert their push for that outcome.

5% in the polls after 20+ $Million spent--- won't matter.

Universally despised by the electorate---won't matter.

Part of the most destructive family ever, to wreak havoc on our country and the lives and families of many, many others across the planet---- it's seen a plus.

Secret money gushing into his shadowy SuperPAC---- no accountability is FUN!!


It's about maintaining omnipotent power at any cost. Establishment has decided.


It was never about the people with this family. And it is up to all of us to throw them out of their rigged game.


Thanks for your kind comments, saltpoint.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
19. I'd say your comments were fair, taking into
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:51 AM
Dec 2015

account not only U.S. American lives lost or men/women wounded in Iraq (to cite one disaster), but also as you say -- "the lives and families of many many others across the planet." They were fair and they were very nicely written.

I think that's the heart of it -- the callous disregard for how disruptive and violently the Bush-Cheney administration conducted itself against the citizens of the countries in question.

Here in the U.S. we don't have to know the names of those people specifically, but it's vital to acknowledge that there are a lot of them, and they are owed the same level of consideration and respect as anyone else, anywhere. Obviously the war strategists in the Bush administration don't see it that way.

Peace is hard enough a goal when everyone is striving to achieve it. It's nearly impossible when Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-etc. aim for regime change and use violence to achieve it.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Tell you what, Jeb!
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:47 AM
Dec 2015

Let's just put that one on the list of things you're never going to have to worry about. Right below where your next meal is coming from. Because if your name wasn't "Bush," I think you'd be the guy who makes the coffee run before the big meeting.

raouldukelives

(5,178 posts)
9. Hear that argument quite a bit these days.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 07:57 AM
Dec 2015

Now that we have gotten past the denial to acceptance, well golly gee, it is too late. People like Jeb, you know, they just really worry about others and their economic prosperity, today.

Just like our past generations that defeated human slavery or Hitler. Right Jebbie? They did it by ensuring economic prosperity for themselves first, cause you know, sacrifice for the greater good is for suckers.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
10. It's "...if I were President..." asshole
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 08:05 AM
Dec 2015

Go Cheney yourself Jebusenoughfuggingbushes!
Half the climate change mess in Florida is because of his fugging ignorance on the subject.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
11. Yeah. We know. "Binding agreement" vs "national sovereignty". Doofus.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 08:12 AM
Dec 2015

You don't solve global problems like climate change with each country going its own way and looking for maximum short-term, national advantage.

hatrack

(59,442 posts)
13. Sez the guy from the state where seawater comes up from the Miami Beach storm drains
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 08:27 AM
Dec 2015

Fuck you, Gov. Blivet. Just fuck you.

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