George W. Bush Admits He Might Pose Campaign Problem for Jeb

George W. Bush has identified one potential problem his brother Jeb Bush might experience in a possible presidential campaign: “Me.”

According to Politico, the former president told a Chicago audience this week that his younger brother will be dogged by questions asking him to defend the Bush 43 presidency and would face the challenge of presenting an original campaign after two of his nuclear family members have already been president.

“It’s an easy line to say, ‘Haven’t we had enough Bushes?’ After all, even my mother said, ‘Yes,’” he told the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference.

“That’s why you won’t see me out there, and he doesn’t need to defend me, and he’s totally different from me,” he continued, as quoted by Politico. “The role of family is not to be a political adviser or a policy adviser — there are plenty of those around — the role is to say, ‘Hey man, I love you.”

The advice the elder Bush said he gave his brother, should he decide to run: “‘Hang in there; you can do the job. Will you win? I hope so but I don’t know.’ But if he does he’d be a damn good president I’ll tell you that.”

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