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avebury

(11,122 posts)
22. Just Another entitled boy from a wealthy family
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jan 2014

Remember when Jeb's wife got into trouble with customs?

http://www.sptimes.com/News/62299/State/Gov_Bush_says_his_wif.shtml

Monday that his wife misled U.S. Customs officials about $19,000 in new clothing and jewelry she brought into the country because she didn't want him to know how much she had spent on her five-day Paris shopping trip.

On Friday, the Bushes disclosed that Columba Bush had paid a $4,100 fine and was briefly detained by Customs agents for failing to declare merchandise when she arrived at Hartsfield International Airport. With that, the low profile enjoyed by the governor's quiet wife ended. "Shop 'til you drop," read a headline Saturday in the Bush's new hometown paper, the Tallahassee Democrat.

Then there is the illegal alien they employed:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/04/that-all-but-missing-detail-about-jeb-bushs-life/

She was almost like a member of the family. An employee, but almost one of them. For three years, Maria Magdalena Romero had tended to the suburban Miami home of Jeb and Columba Bush, had helped to raise their three children, had twined into the fabric of their lives.

Then, with lurching swiftness, she was yanked away. On a mild winter morning in 1991, two immigration agents appeared at the door of the family home looking for the woman Bush’s younger son and namesake, then just 10 years old, remembers as “a super nice lady.” They carried deportation orders.

It didn’t matter that Bush’s father was president of the United States at the time or that a Secret Service agent had answered the door. Romero, who was in the country illegally but had a work permit, wasn’t getting a reprieve.


Other issues:

Jeb haunted by Sandals

http://reno4governor.tripod.com/index-85.html


Bribery scandal

http://www.progress.org/tpr/shameful-scandal-will-jeb-bush-resign/



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Excellent! n/t defacto7 Jan 2014 #1
He's a guy who never had to work for anything in his life TlalocW Jan 2014 #2
Thank you for the recap tularetom Jan 2014 #3
was utterly unfit even to be running for the highest elective office in the country. AlbertCat Jan 2014 #4
They just keep getting worse and worse.. Cha Jan 2014 #7
Let's examine GOP presidential choices, shall we? AlbertCat Jan 2014 #14
I won't be seeing "mitt".. I can't stand to Cha Jan 2014 #5
Actually I didn't think I could get through 5 minutes of it, but found it fascinating. grantcart Jan 2014 #19
No question this country dodged a huge bullet in 2012. Drunken Irishman Jan 2014 #6
The scary part is how this idiot was allowed to get this far. SmittynMo Jan 2014 #11
Any person that carelessly threatens Unknown Beatle Jan 2014 #8
Three words for Mr Mitt "I'm human" Romney.. Cha Jan 2014 #9
It's very interesting hearing your point of view on the movie davidpdx Jan 2014 #10
I just finished reading it last weekend. avebury Jan 2014 #12
I'm glad to hear a few DUers read it davidpdx Jan 2014 #15
There is only one Republican candidate who provides any realistic chance of winning grantcart Jan 2014 #18
Just Another entitled boy from a wealthy family avebury Jan 2014 #22
Jeb is a much smarter guy than the rest of the Republican field grantcart Jan 2014 #23
It may not matter how smart Jeb is. His main avebury Jan 2014 #24
If we run Clinton then Jeb's association with his brother will be irrelevent. grantcart Jan 2014 #25
I am not sure that Hillary is the best candidate for 2016. avebury Jan 2014 #26
I prefer she doesn't run. grantcart Jan 2014 #29
Thanks because I'll never waste my time watching. Titonwan Jan 2014 #13
Seems like an accurate review. Romney is quite disturbing TheDonkey Jan 2014 #16
I watched it. Mz Pip Jan 2014 #17
Agreed Freddie Jan 2014 #28
What disturbs me about the Romney Family is... MarianJack Jan 2014 #20
Thanks for the excellent review NV Whino Jan 2014 #21
Thanks for biting the bullet on this Little_Wing Jan 2014 #27
I finally got to watch the documentary davidpdx Feb 2014 #30
I'll probably watch it Hawaii Hiker Feb 2014 #31
wonder how much he had to pay Netflicks to list Sunlei Feb 2014 #32
The film made Mitt look very isolated, though needlessly so CreekDog Feb 2014 #33
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