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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:19 AM Original message |
Why didn't the GOP run Jeb in 2000? |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly |
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Kikosexy2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Without the Stupid One... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. B/c Jeb might have ideas of his own. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. We have a WINNUHA!!!! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. to sew up Florida |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Jeb lost his first gubernatorial race. Gee Dubya didn't. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Looks like he learned something from that. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That's the impression I had too... |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. W was more of a blank slate. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. It think it was supposed to be chimp, then Jeb... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Gosh, let's hope so! nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. Imho, because he got too dirty to soon. n/t |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. thats the reason, he's smarter |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Wrong--Jeb Bush WAS the PNAC cabal |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You're so right |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That's all right |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Most likely, |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Smarter, yes, but also much, much worse |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. A good link re: Jeb's dealings on the Ichetucknee River |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Jeb was supposed to be the nominee... |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Uh... that's the reason. He's smarter. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Actually with Jeb, there would have been no need for a Dick Cheney |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've read somewhere that jeb was the chosen one at some point, |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. Because his ugly old hag of a mama |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. The simple reason: because Jeb lost the GOV race. Same as why George Allen isn't running for prez. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. He had only been serving as Governor for less than two years while his brother |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. Because Jeb would not have allowed Cheney to be president behind the scenes |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. I always thought it was because Smirk had a bigger appeal to the Religious Right |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. They ran with W because he was easier to manipulate. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. Maybe because Uncle Karl, Uncle Dick, and Uncle Don could control W better? |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
30. 'Probably wasn't down with their nefarious plans... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. because Jeb lost in FL in '94 and chimp was in his second term in TX |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. Jeb is too smart to be a compliant puppet, though he is sufficiently |
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