Oh no...oh GOD, NO...Jeb Bush says no to 2012 run, puts Bush dynasty on hold. OH, GOD, heal my pain!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Jeb Bush:' I am not running for President'

by Joe Arnold

WHAS11.com

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Updated today at 3:13 PM

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush tells WHAS11 News he is "not running for President."

The Republican's name has been widely circulated in recent weeks as a potential contender in the 2012 race. A Jeb Bush candidacy would perpetuate the Bush political dynasty which includes the presidencies of his father and brother.

Bush is in Louisville to speak about education reform at the National Conference of State Legislatures. His Tuesday morning appearance is to highlight Florida's success improving students' educational performance, particularly Latino students.

Bush hosted a fundraiser on Monday in Louisville for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, who is a critic of U.S. education policy being directed by the federal government, rather than in local communities and states. While Bush said that Florida's education success is the product of state initiative, he complimented President Barack Obama's contribution to education policy.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Jeb-Bush-I-am-not-running-for-President-99312504.html

[Bitwit1234]

1. Since the public looses interest in things after four or five years

he wants to make sure they don't remember the wimpy cowboy. You know like his grandfather that tried to overthrow the government and helped raise money for the Nazi's even after we went to war with Germany. They forgot and elected him senator.

[roguevalley]

20. don't cry little ones. RIck Santorum is going to run. :-D

www.americablog.com scroll down.

[SteppingRazor]

2. He likes his chances better in 2016, when there's no incumbent to worry about. n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Ironically, that may mean he wants Obama to win.

And you know what they say about motive, means, and opportunity.

[SteppingRazor]

5. I think you're right in that I don't expect JEB! to campaign strongly for the 2012 GOP nominee. n/t

[jobycom]

3. Oh Hell.

Given the Bush concept of honesty, that's pretty much an announcement that he is. :rofl:

[DevonRex]

11. You just had to go and ruin my day, didn't you?

:spank:

[joeybee12]

6. The first Bush stunk, the second was hell incarnate...

and now some people might vote for a turd...I mean, third???? No, I did mean turd.

[unblock]

7. translation: obama will easily win re-election and the republican nominee will be branded a loser

no worries, jeb. we'll be happy to beat you in '16.

[DevonRex]

12. Thank you. I needed that after reading jobycom upthread.

:rofl:

[unblock]

17. check out lichtman's 13 keys. things can change, of course, but obama's got it well in hand.

http://www.american.edu/media/news/20100712_Lichtman_Predicts_Obama_Wins_Reelection_2012.cfm

Outlining the Keys:
• KEY 1 (Party Mandate): After the midterm elections, the incumbent party holds more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives than it did after the previous midterm elections. (FALSE)
• KEY 2 (Contest): There is no serious contest for the incumbent-party nomination. (TRUE)
• KEY 3 (Incumbency): The incumbent-party candidate is the sitting president. (TRUE)
• KEY 4 (Third party): There is no significant third party or independent campaign. (TRUE)
• KEY 5 (Short-term economy): The economy is not in recession during the election campaign. (TRUE)
• KEY 6 (Long-term economy): Real per-capita economic growth during the term equals or exceeds mean growth during the previous two terms. (FALSE)
• KEY 7 (Policy change): The incumbent administration effects major changes in national policy. (TRUE)
• KEY 8 (Social unrest): There is no sustained social unrest during the term. (TRUE)
• KEY 9 (Scandal): The administration is untainted by major scandal. (TRUE)
• KEY 10 (Foreign/military failure): The administration suffers no major failure in foreign or military affairs. (TRUE)
• KEY 11 (Foreign/military success): The administration achieves a major success in foreign or military affairs. (FALSE)
• KEY 12 (Incumbent charisma): The incumbent-party candidate is charismatic or a national hero. (FALSE)
• KEY 13 (Challenger charisma): The challenging-party candidate is not charismatic or a national hero. (TRUE)

[tanyev]

8. Don't worry, they've still got P in reserve.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. Yep, George P. Bush, the fucking tool who did donuts on the girlfriend's lawn in his SUV.

George P. Bush might be a hunkalicious young Republican, but he still seems a bit creepy. So TSG wasn't too surprised to learn that "P" was involved in a troubling 1994 incident described in this Metro-Dade Police Department report. On December 31, 1994, Bush showed up at 4 AM at the Miami home of a former girlfriend. He proceeded to break into the house via the woman's bedroom window, and then began arguing with his ex's father. Bush, then a Rice University student, soon fled the scene. But he returned 20 minutes later to drive his Ford Explorer across the home's front lawn, leaving wide swaths of burned grass in his wake. Young Bush avoided arrest when the victims declined to press charges.



http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/georgep1.html

[tanyev]

15. Oh, you're not a full-fledged member of the family until you've got a police record somewhere.

[Hannah Bell]

19. he looks like a cyborg. jeb probably picked his wife specifically to produce a

hispanic looking candidate for 2020.

the family is into eugenic breeding.

[old mark]

9. Translated, this means,"I want you all to start thinking of JEB! as a candidate

for President...and I get free publicity each time I deny it."

I believe he will be the GOP's golden boy in 2016.

Looking like Mitt the Mutt in '12, but it's way early yet.


mark

[immoderate]

13. But what if the country really needs him?

Could he change his mind? :scared:

--imm

[GreenTea]

14. Jebbie will be there campaigning along with the rest of the republican slime in 2012

Count on it!

Old Jeb would love to take a Dem (Obama) out after one term because Jeb's pappy was taken out after one term by Dem Bill Clinton....Not to mention how all elitist republicans want to take back government for the rich and their corporations to steal even more money and raise deficits in order to gut & privatize all social programs with their wars for corporate profit!

[spanone]

16. grizzly mom is more popular than any bu$h

[lunatica]

18. He wants the economy to be fixed and maybe get a surplus like his brother

That way he can try to trash the country more than George did. I'm sure he wants to outdo his big brother just like his big brother wanted to outdo Poppy.