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Jeb Bush being advised by James Baker. Does this mean (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2015 OP
It means BFEE FOREVER! grasswire Mar 2015 #1
+1,000 malaise Mar 2015 #9
Katherine Harris can't be too far behind. lpbk2713 Mar 2015 #2
+1 blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #4
The son or the dad? Rex Mar 2015 #3
+1 blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #5
The dad. applegrove Mar 2015 #6
Baker still has the playbook on how they stole Florida in 2000. yellowcanine Mar 2015 #7
This demonstrates that H2O Man Mar 2015 #8
Please, do not onethatcares Mar 2015 #10
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
3. The son or the dad?
Sun Mar 15, 2015, 02:02 AM
Mar 2015

If the dad, then I think Jeb is going to run. If the son, then Jeb is getting out of some crime we haven't heard about yet.

H2O Man

(73,506 posts)
8. This demonstrates that
Sun Mar 15, 2015, 11:44 AM
Mar 2015

the "establishment" republicans are backing Jeb. For James Baker represents far more than just one of the good old boys who helped steal the 2000 election.

If you take any given city, for example, you have the political machine that the public is fully aware of. But there are others, behind the scenes, that actually are running the machine. The politicians work for them. They are the industry-owners, the bankers, lawyers, etc.

Every so often, one of them moves back and forth, from behind the curtain into the political arena. A great example was W. Averell Harriman. In the recent years, Baker has been the primary example. He has been involved in literally every republican administration since Nixon's. His roles have officially been different in various administrations, his over-all position has been huge since the Reagan administration.

His joining with Jeb is far more significant than just what he was part of in Bush v Gore.

onethatcares

(16,161 posts)
10. Please, do not
Sun Mar 15, 2015, 01:37 PM
Mar 2015

refer to him as "jeb". He is John Ellis Bush, not some oh shucks nice guy.

Baker/Botts and whatever represents one of the finest crime families in the U.S. of A. in my opinion.

Their name starts with a "b"

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