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EarlG

(21,947 posts)
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 11:55 AM Feb 2016

Pic Of The Moment: Jeb Bush Has Amazing New Plan To Bring His Campaign Back From The Brink



George W. Bush to Appear in Ad Supporting Brother


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Pic Of The Moment: Jeb Bush Has Amazing New Plan To Bring His Campaign Back From The Brink (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2016 OP
Oh my god PatSeg Feb 2016 #1
Oh Yes ! The finest that Florida has to offer. We had to put up with this idiot for 8 long years. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #16
Was he always so dorky? Ino Feb 2016 #24
He wasn't an especially strong campaigner in Fla... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #28
And the Terri Schiavo fiasco. hifiguy Feb 2016 #38
Not really his fault. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #40
I've been wondering the same thing PatSeg Feb 2016 #42
oh yeah, that'll help... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #2
Steven Colbert should play Jeb to Will Ferrel's W. Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #3
Ugh! SoapBox Feb 2016 #4
The ONE area Dems and Repubs can agree on, it seems. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #23
If nothing else, PatSeg Feb 2016 #43
I thought Jeb was suppose to be the smart one ??? littlewolf Feb 2016 #5
That myth has been hifiguy Feb 2016 #36
Sure has. He has brought on board many of his brother's neo-con advisers. Midnight Writer Feb 2016 #55
A pro-choice Bush who is grudgingly hifiguy Feb 2016 #56
"Smart" is a low bar in the Bush family. nt dflprincess Feb 2016 #49
One might think they are so out of touch as to believe their own myths... malthaussen Feb 2016 #6
Hillary tapping into Bill = makes sense ejbr Feb 2016 #7
Maybe Babs told him he had to MuseRider Feb 2016 #27
So if Jeb is the Fredo of the family, Cyrano Feb 2016 #8
The J. Fred Muggs of the family, of course. eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #12
Or Cheeta the Chimp. hifiguy Feb 2016 #35
Jeb?....nt global1 Feb 2016 #9
Nope isn't happening Kalidurga Feb 2016 #10
8 gdmf years of that idiot hibbing Feb 2016 #11
Jeb? He wasn't as bad a disaster as pRick Scott,... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #29
W has a ranch . . . with no cattle. He plays cowboy in a pickup truck, 'cause he's afraid of horses. tclambert Feb 2016 #48
Just in time for Year of the Monkey celebrations! Donkees Feb 2016 #13
good idea JEB! Botany Feb 2016 #14
and that's just one reason he's a dickhead wordpix Feb 2016 #32
So, in regards to the Bush family, the answer to the question of NewJeffCT Feb 2016 #15
George has returned to the Tribe. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #17
Whoa! Was George photoshopped? NCjack Feb 2016 #20
I don't think so. I got it from Google images/macaque. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #22
Kim, is that you? Beacool Feb 2016 #53
LOL k&r DesertRat Feb 2016 #18
Advice for "W": Go cold turkey for 7 days before making the ad, but NCjack Feb 2016 #19
Now watch this drive! Initech Feb 2016 #21
Kiss of Death louis-t Feb 2016 #25
OMG MuseRider Feb 2016 #26
OMG! This one really and truly made me laugh out loud. Well done, well done etherealtruth Feb 2016 #30
you've outdone yourself, EarlG wordpix Feb 2016 #31
The American Eagle comments.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #33
What's Chimpy gonna do? hifiguy Feb 2016 #34
I saw this ad earlier today on MSNBC, I think. Grammy23 Feb 2016 #37
I saw that when I was working out at the gym d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #39
"not as dehydrated as Marco Rubio." OMG, great answer lolol wordpix Feb 2016 #63
Brilliant! ornotna Feb 2016 #41
That is one helluva bubble he inhabits! Fritz Walter Feb 2016 #44
"I believe history will be kind to my brother."... czarjak Feb 2016 #45
You know, as much as I have opposed the Bush crime family over the years totodeinhere Feb 2016 #46
Give him a chance. My daddy used to say you don't know a person until he has power over you. Midnight Writer Feb 2016 #54
A couple of rich, drunken frat boys living the good life. jalan48 Feb 2016 #47
Why not just defecate live on stage? 47of74 Feb 2016 #50
Thanks JEB! Lodestar Feb 2016 #51
This toon made me laugh. Beacool Feb 2016 #52
Does George Bush silenttigersong Feb 2016 #57
Hilarious! creatives4innovation Feb 2016 #58
I wish the GOP silenttigersong Feb 2016 #59
"W" was featured in an ad Friday (Feb 6) praising Jeb as a NCjack Feb 2016 #60
Bush Brought His Mother True Blue American Feb 2016 #61
I think her name is Columba and she is from Mexico. Maybe she is shy... CTyankee Feb 2016 #62
Jeb! can fix it! Initech Feb 2016 #64
He's right, he does need a sign... jtuck004 Feb 2016 #65
Governor chump... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #66
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
16. Oh Yes ! The finest that Florida has to offer. We had to put up with this idiot for 8 long years.
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 01:36 PM
Feb 2016

Ino

(3,366 posts)
24. Was he always so dorky?
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 03:14 PM
Feb 2016

I've never had the opportunity to see/hear him giving a talk before. He seems so hesitant, almost apologetic, vague, stoop-shouldered. Was he always like that? I think he looks like Babs.

I read the OP image and gasped. He's going to bring out his older brother to vouch for him! hahaha!

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
28. He wasn't an especially strong campaigner in Fla...
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 04:11 PM
Feb 2016

...but better than he's showing now. He was helped by FDP running their usual lineup of DLCorporatist DEms that weren't particularly inspiring. As Governor, he was wonkish....even if his policies were bad, the govt ran smoothly mostly. Only real hiccups were Hurricane Andrew, when he was slow getting help to Miami/Homestead, and the 2000 election fiasco. He did seem smarter than W...idk what happened to him.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
40. Not really his fault.
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 06:39 PM
Feb 2016

Her parents and the bible-thumpers created a media circus. Jeb kind of stayed out of it at first, just sending in Fla State Troopers to retain order. Then finally he was under pressure to do something and ordered her feeding tube kept on. That was quickly overturned by the courts, as I suspect he knew would be. After that he just told the bible-thumpers there was nothing more he could do. I don't think they've ever forgiven him, which might be part of his problem now.

PatSeg

(47,430 posts)
42. I've been wondering the same thing
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 07:17 PM
Feb 2016

He comes across as very weak and unsure of himself. He also has that awful "shrug" thing that GW does - drives me nuts.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
4. Ugh!
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 11:59 AM
Feb 2016

The Great Artist crawls out from under a rock, to remind America...

NO...More...FUCKING...Bush...EVER!

PatSeg

(47,430 posts)
43. If nothing else,
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 07:20 PM
Feb 2016

Jeb's campaign will be a reminder to those with short memories................No more Bushs!!!

Midnight Writer

(21,765 posts)
55. Sure has. He has brought on board many of his brother's neo-con advisers.
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 04:40 AM
Feb 2016

More "trickle down" tax policies, more cuts in social spending, more Patriot Act government spying, more military intervention in nations across the world. Remember, W. made privatizing Social Security a center piece of his second term.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
56. A pro-choice Bush who is grudgingly
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 04:51 AM
Feb 2016

willing to tolerate our GLBT brothers and sisters and a bit of reproductive rights. War and trickle-down forever. What a bargain. Barf.

malthaussen

(17,195 posts)
6. One might think they are so out of touch as to believe their own myths...
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 12:06 PM
Feb 2016

... except if that were so, why wouldn't they have used the Shrub's popularity earlier in the race? As an act of desperation, it makes no sense.

-- Mal

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
11. 8 gdmf years of that idiot
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 12:48 PM
Feb 2016

Go back to your mansion in your gated community and your enormous trust fund.


Peace

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
29. Jeb? He wasn't as bad a disaster as pRick Scott,...
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 04:20 PM
Feb 2016

I'll give him that.
If you were referring to W, I agree. Epic fail.

tclambert

(11,086 posts)
48. W has a ranch . . . with no cattle. He plays cowboy in a pickup truck, 'cause he's afraid of horses.
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 11:53 PM
Feb 2016

Remember all those photo ops showing him clearing brush with a chainsaw? That's how he communes with nature, by taking a chainsaw to it. Crawford, Texas as I recall. You may remember he spent half his presidency on vacation there.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
15. So, in regards to the Bush family, the answer to the question of
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 12:57 PM
Feb 2016

"Is our children learning?" is a resounding NO.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
19. Advice for "W": Go cold turkey for 7 days before making the ad, but
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 02:03 PM
Feb 2016

to clear your head and steady yourself, drink 8oz of vodka + 8oz V8 Juice just before going on camera. Remember, it worked for you for 8 years -- it will work this time. Fools the people every time.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
37. I saw this ad earlier today on MSNBC, I think.
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 06:23 PM
Feb 2016

I am in the northwest Fl area so obviously they are going beyond South Carolina. Help us all. If JEB thinks this strategy will help him, he needs someone to fill him in on the facts.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
39. I saw that when I was working out at the gym
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 06:37 PM
Feb 2016

The people there thought I was a crazy person when I started laughing hysterically. Someone asked me if I was dehydrated and I told him not as much as Marco Rubio. Afterwards I had to explain to him the gist of the jokes since it went over like a lead balloon.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
44. That is one helluva bubble he inhabits!
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 07:34 PM
Feb 2016

It boggles the rational mind how this tactic would work. Are they that insulated from reality that they cannot see how this will fail, almost as disastrously as:
>9|11
>Anthrax
>Hurricane Katrina
>Operation Iraqi Freedom
>the 2008 Recession
>Citizens United?
...To name but a few.

It will all end in tears... Their tears, which will bring no succor to the lives that the Evil Bush Family Empire have destroyed.

Regardless, I'll have a whole rack of shoes ready to throw at whatever screen upon which their dry-drunk faces appears. (Yes, Jeb has a drinking problem, too!)

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
46. You know, as much as I have opposed the Bush crime family over the years
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 08:46 PM
Feb 2016

I almost feel sorry for poor Jebbie this time. And say what you want about him he certainly isn't as loathsome as his dunce of a brother.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
60. "W" was featured in an ad Friday (Feb 6) praising Jeb as a
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 09:24 AM
Feb 2016

uniter, not a divider -- a quality not found in all the other Republican candidates It's the old "W" 2000 campaign ad reworked to serve Jeb. Apparently, the two bros have forgotten that "W" legacy is "divider, not a Uniter".

I'm looking forward to more "W" reworked ads touting Jeb, especially:
-- A safer world and more hopeful America.
-- A tested leader.
-- Compassionate conservatism.
-- Leave no child behind.
-- Moving America forward.
-- Real plans for real people.
-- Reformer with results.
-- Steady leadership in times of change.
-- Win one more for the Gipper.
-- Yes, America can.

Old "W" ad that probably can't be worked for Jeb:
-- America's Top Gun.

Hard to see how the Jeb! Campaign can survive. Jeb has no vision (it's a Bush genetic deficiency) and no original core values.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
61. Bush Brought His Mother
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 10:28 AM
Feb 2016

Out on a walker. That did not help. Now his brother. I am waiting on Pa to show up in his wheel chair.

BTW,where is Jebs wife? I can not even remember her name. Or,his handsome kids?

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