“I used to be a conservative”
~Jeb Bush

tee hee hee
Like rats fleeing a sinking ship.

They’re not troubling, they’re hilarious!!

 William Buckley used to say the same thing.

  “I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I’m
wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling”

HAHAHAHHAHHAHA!

The only thing that is troubling about them is how many there are.

Debates are over, Jeb.

The questions are troubling.

 He would be ashamed of NRO.

A good assessment.
http://republicans4freedom.net/tag/william-f-buckley/
Decades ago William F. Buckley worked to marginalize the role of
extremist in the GOP. Today we include them in debates and give them
columns in National Review.

Speaking of intrade, CRAP I knew I should have bought.

Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012 60.3% CHANCE

why doesn’t he like moe,larry,curly and shemp?

I wish Jeb had talked to his bro about not playing on fears with that (now gone) danger rainbow!

No Jeb, they are ENTERTAINING. BTW…you are a statesman compared to these fools!

To say that the GOP debates have been “a little troubling” is like saying that World War II was “a little messy.” It’s been nothing short of a race to the intellectual bottom. And every time you think they’ve found it, they manage to dig a little deeper. The fact that Jeb not only recognizes this but is willing to say so publicly — facing the inevitable screams of “RINO” from Rush Lardball and his ilk — is to his credit.

how cares what he thinks,another bush deadender.

 Past predictions

In 2004, the market odds on Intrade predicted the presidential vote of
every state but Alaska. In 2006, the odds correctly indicated the
outcome of every Senate race.
~John Stossel

2008 Presidential Race
Forecast Obama  364 McCain 174

Actual Obama  365 McCain 173

2010 Senate RaceForecast GOP pickup of 8 seats
Actual GOP pickup of 6 seats
2010 House Race
Forecast Republican gain: 60 seats
Actual Republican gain: 61 seats

It’s a shame his brother ruined the Bush name in politics.  Jeb would have been a good choice for 2012.  So Romney is “damaged”, Santorum is frothy fringe right, Newt is “damaged”  RonPaul is too centrist and Jeb has to wipe the mud off his name before he can even think about it.

GG, GOP!

 Smart play.  Bush is positioning himself for the future.  When this current crop of right-wing screw-ups fail in November he can say “I told you so”.

GWB played on fears with a lot more than a “danger rainbow”.

As for Jeb, he’s right about the GOP being nuts.

However, Jeb isn’t the answer, he’s just wrong in different ways:

24ahead.com/s/jeb-bush

If I understand Jebbers, he’s saying that the debates were like kidney stones. I know when I passed mine it was a little troubling.

I honestly believe that is why Tee-Paw dropped out and Jebbers and Khris Krispy Kreme aren’t running.

Oh don’t get me wrong, the last thing this world needs is another Bushman in power.

Do you ever get the impression that people like Jebbers and Joe Scarborough take off their suits and change into polo shirts and fleece, respectively, right before they go on the tele?

And rino Bush is out of touch..

my my my… Jebbie doesn’t like the nutjobs who have taken over his family’s party!

“extremists” now run the party..  roger ailes, fox, rush limbaugh.. plzzzz there is no one left allowed to speak except the extremists..

rush is now considered to be a major spokesman for the party and YOU ALL know it.. he used to be called an extreme radio jock and nothing more..

You have to love old JB stating “when people are appealing to peoples fears and emotions”,it’s a little troubling.Jeb, where you been buddy, this has been the OFF TACKLE play of the Repugs for the past 13 years.”Looking over the horizon for a broader perspective”,such rhetoric from this group of extremists would most certainly cause bleeding from the mouth with loss of tongue!!!! Gotta hand it to JB though,he’s just waiting for the house to burn down.BLESS HIS HEART!!!!

he’ll take it to his grave but he’ll press that button for obama in november…

I hate to admit this but Jeb, Jeb’s brother, & Jeb’s father would all be far superior candidates compared to today’s crop of GOP degenerates. When the Bush family is frustrated by the Republican Party, you know it’s in complete disarray.

“I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that’s kind of where we are!’ Jeb Bush

Isn’t that just the bottom line. Ridiculous…

…Appealing to peoples fears and emotion!

Fixing the vote to elect your brother President is more “troubling.” 

Sorry JEB – It’s way  too late to repair the Bush brand .. . .  Don’t like fear-mongering ? Really ?  That is the Bush family’s stock and trade . Your family has done irreparable harm to this country using the very same type of politics that you say you are concerned about now.
Maybe he knows Obama is going to mop the floor with the GOP in November and he’s trying to lay the groundwork for 2016 . It’s too late for any Bush to offer a moderate view on any topic, but especially politics.
Sorry JEB   –   the country will never forget the damage done by Bush/Cheney .  The Bush and Cheney names are forever tarnished. 

Jeb Bush just removed his name from consideration in a brokered convention.  Who’s left?  Chris Christie?  Mitch Daniels?  Rand Paul?

 I was thinking the same thing, he’s been as much a part of the problem as the rest of them for the last 15 years but now is trying to distance himself from his partners in crime.

It’s like waiting for the temperamental, tired and tantrum children to finally fall asleep so that the adults can have a conversation.

this particular thread has 32 comments and should have 332.. or 432.. you know why it doesn’t?  the gopigs have all run off and hidden under their beds… crying…

Jeb was never a conservative. We know his record in Florida and it’s not pretty and it sure wasn’t fiscally conservative. He cut deals with Police/Fire to allow pension costs to spiral out of control.

The outrageous hosts of these debates were even more troubling, next time Republicans try to get an independent unbiased non-Liberal to moderate these debates

I thought it was the gNOpigs

Excellent. Now I can be the first to call Jeb Bush a RINO!

I love that picture of Jeb.  Looks like he’s saying, “It was a flying saucer. And it landed in my cornfield.”

Democrats are the same way. The far-left Progressives have taken over the reigns

Um Jeb, the GOP was taken over a couple of years ago by the extreme right wing/Fox News tea party. Nobody in the GOP establishment did anything to stop it. We get what we deserve and if that makes us move to another party, so be it.

catfishjuggling?

 Sad but true.

I don’t think that’s 100% true, I think that they are just the loudest voices, they are the ones we see on TV, we see on the internet, on the radio.  I think there is still some control from the establishment as far as Republicans go.  You see it in interviews and they are disappointed in the direction of the party.  I think the extremist flame will burn itself out and the Republican party can proudly return to the way it was actually run during Reagan’s days.

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to the Democrats, but there are so many factions from far-left progressive to conservatives that despite a majority still can’t get anything done and get angry at the President for going against a handful of ideas.  In other words, no one has got the reigns of that party.  (It’s one of the main reasons I left to become an independent.)

Understatement of the election cycle so far.

No more Bush in the white house-ever.

From the mouth of Jeb Bush. Jeb just might be smarted than his brother. Santorum and Romney continue to showcase their shallow brain mass. Arguing over who’s the most conservative and discrediting each other sinks their character into the deepest realm of out-of-touch. Earmarks are not the issue, jobs are the issue. Like the man once said – “It’s the economy stupid”. Sadly, Newton Leroy and Rand Paul’s bigoted father will be sub-notes in history books. A brokered convention. Sarah Palin would like that. Mitch Daniels may be brought back in to run. Romney watching his star dim and wane with Santorum’s deriding every positive effort by the president, while throwing in religious overtones. Newton Leroy still slogging through the baggage straining to keep up. Trashing the president with lies about Islam, these contenders have no clue what the real world is about. There are soldiers in theater, fighting foreign enemies and proudly honoring our freedoms daily. No one asked them if they were gay, black, rich, poor or believed in God. These soldiers have fought, still fight and will fight forever to protect the freedoms we so proudly enjoy. Today we have candidates standing and stroking the fires that will burn down the basis of our separation of Church and State. There doesn’t seem like there’s a bunch of enthusiasm for the current four headless horsemen. It may be a scary primary for whomever wins.

Examples, please. Healthcare reform was based on Republican approaches. The tax cuts are Republican. Just where has the Democrat party become more left?

How did you forget about Sara? Especially with your moniker..

 The only “Bush” that I’d be okay with being in the White House would be Duke. (The dog from the Bush’s Baked Beans commercial)

So it was the questions and not the answers?  Is that what you are going to go with?

You know how republicans are constantly victimized by the press! After Sara showed how effective the victimization card was, they all started using it on a constant basis.   

jeb bush is a nwo troll.

The modern day GOP is embracing an extremist right-wing minority and in the process diminishing it’s role in the two party system.  

This is a great opportunity for another party to step forward and challenge them for the number two spot. Ironically, that third party could even be a progressive party along the lines of the Green Party.  It would cast the Democratic Party as the “moderate” party and move the American political spectrum to the left. 

The right-wing and it’s failure to produce and promote QUALITY leadership might very well be committing political hari-kari. The results of the 2012 Presidential election will be very telling for the future of the GOP.

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

The only “Bush” that I’d be okay with being in the White House would be Duke

 We will read the exact same post after the general election.  President Obama’s victory will be credited to the media bias.

The “troubling”part of the debates has more to do with the moderators than the candidate.  Why aren’t the moderators asking more relevant questions?

Jeb Bush made the right decision not to run. I believe he looked at the landscape and determined that he was not going to please the crazies on the right. Because, while he would have crticized Obama for failed presidency, he would not have compared him to Hitler and Stalin and would say that he’s the worst president in history, and this is exactly what the crazies on extreme right want to hear.

Jeb was never a conservative-  crooked, banker ( Silverado Savings Bank)  OWG follower like the rest of the Bush family YES  conservative NO

I’d back that 100%… I’ve actually contributed to that dog’s Super PAC via many cans of his maple & bbq beans. Let’s make this happen!

Message to Jeb and all the Bush GOP establishment RINO’s - 

#1, if you do not know if you are a conservative, then you are not a conservative. #2, just because you are a Republican, does not mean you are a conservative.  The Bush’s have all been standard GOP Republican Party RINO establishment bearers, starting with their father GHW Bush, to George W Bush, and you Jeb Bush.

The only reason you are all in the Presidential White House picture, is because of Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Conservatives, not because you are a Republican. Why, let me tell you why- The “connection” to a real conservative, President Reagan.

If it weren’t for Ronald Reagan choosing GHW  Bush as his VP, the Bush’s would never have been elected President, period. This connection is the only reason they were selected by conservatives over others in the 1988 election, as well as the 2000 election. American conservatives do not love, nor have they ever loved the Bush’s. 

No one ever calls themselves a Bush Republican, a Nixon Republican, a Ford Republican, but plenty call themselves Reagan Republicans and Goldwater Republicans.

It’s the Reagan conservative connection stupid.

Republican and conservative are not mutually exclusive. One can be a Republican, like the former Chairman of the Republican Party, who later became President as did his son and not be a conservative. The same can also be said for several elected officials from New England, California and lots of other places. Conservative may be in vogue now, but it’s difficult to see how everyone who is not (including the former party chair) are “in name only”.

It’s not hard to distinguish between a real Conservative and a GOP establishment RINO.. Reagan compared to GHW Bush, GW Bush, Jeb Bush, and Romney, are all quite distinct, if one were to look at their records of action, not rhetoric.

Conservative principles and values are either implemented. as evidently shown in their records, or they are fake and contrived, as shown in Romney’s record.

It’s not hard to see if one bothers to look with an intelligent and unbiased objective mind.

really? There has been some speculation about a setup for Jeb to step in at the last minute as the final “Not Romney” candidate.

I have to wonder how many people would elect another Bush so soon,  but it wouldn’t be much of a shock.

AW…forget it, Jeb.  Join with the rest of the family and guzzle some more booze.

A little? How about a lottle.