Bush backs his brother Jeb for the White House!!

I know he's said he won't run in 2008, but one can dream. Man, George lives in a fantasy world.

This is laugh out loud funny.....Even Hilyary may actually be able to beat this clown.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_brother_1;_ylt=AnliOerWWelwSI_k6pSF9uaYx7UC;_ ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Yeah well, if he "steals" the election, what does it matter?
If he wins, people will scream foul.
If he loses, people will scream foul.
There is no up side on this

If he wins, people will scream foul.
If he loses, people will scream foul.

Welcome to 21st century politics!

His brother did not go to yale and join skull and bones therefore can not be president.

His brother did not go to yale and join skull and bones therefore can not be president.

OK that made me laugh :)

Jeb has said he doesn't want to run ever...though things could change.

Jeb has said he doesn't want to run ever...though things could change.

Like his idiot brother, Jeb Bush is a liar. Even his ow father says so "But even his own father said no one believes him". Jeb can continue the legacy of rigging elections and Republican lying his family has so honorably maintained.

His brother did not go to yale and join skull and bones therefore can not be president.

I'm sure that can be overlooked if he promises to invade another country while in office.

Set that to two and we have a deal!

I'm sure that can be overlooked if he promises to invade another country while in office.

OMG...ROFL - Can't give any more rep, butthat's damn funny.

I hear Liechtenstein is thinking about developing WMDs...would that count? :o

Man with GW's approval rating so low I doubt the Republican party would have his brother make a run at the office. Unless they want to see if the campain slogan "At least I'm not GW" buys the White House.

It didn't work last time Nanora, I guess it won't next! ;)

Jeb Bush is not the Republican candidate from Florida I'd be worrying about. His chances at the White House are nil.

Katherine Harris in the Senate ftw? After the whole 2000 debacle I can't believe she still holds any office, much less is being considered for the most exclusive club in the country.

The American Public has a notoriously short memory unless it has to do with American Idol...

Sen Kennedy is still in office years after he murdered that poor gal Ainwein....

How can you be suprised after that?

Fandros

Yeah, that was a shitty situation but I see Kennedy as one of the 'untouchables'. We can nail Harris before she ever gets into office.

Anyways, for some good info on Florida politics, specifically during the 2000 election, try The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast. As a registered Republican it was a nice read, and definitely a wake up call.

The American Public has a notoriously short memory unless it has to do with American Idol...

Great point..a lot of slob public will recognize a name and vote for a person before they even realize how they recognize it (i.e. because of some heanous acts commited by the person). Katherine Harris could win just because her name is recognized...and her opponent's is not...frightening.

.....and wtf was up with Idol this week..didn't watch it, but Chris was the best there by huge margin...wait, that's probably why he's gone. :)

Chris is gone for two simple reasons.

1) Every song, despite it's genre, was sang exactly the same way.

2) He's been offered a lead job with a few top hard rock bands and that showed in his last performance. Was really rather....off the shelf.

Fandros

Keith Olberman said on the Dan Patrick show that there's a specific reason that Chris was gone and that he was going to report it on his show tonight. I don't know if he was kidding or not, but he sounded serious.

I wouldn't worry about Katherine Harris. From everything I've read and seen, her campaign has all but imploded, with senior staff leaving and possible issues about fund raising (or bribery, can't recall which). I haven't kept up with it lately, but last I checked she was looked on as something of an embarrassment by the GOP.

last I checked she was looked on as something of an embarrassment by the GOP.

We have a similar situation in Minnesota, where Michelle Bachman was just endorsed by the GOP to be the candidate for Dist 6 Rep, since the current Rep is going to take a run for Dayton's Senate seat. Bachman is a one trick pony, pushing hard core religious oriented issues; i.e., consitutional amendment banning gay marriage, anti-abortion, etc.

While many other conservatives I talk with consider her to be an embarassment, and not someone they want to vote for, the entire nominating process seems to have been co-opted by the religious right and the talk-radio nuts; it is more important to many that the party wins a seat than that the candidate is someone they want to vote for and support, and to the rest it is the issues of abortion and gay marriage.

Because she is constantly getting her name in the paper for her push for the amendment, she has the name recognition others don't. What I found interesting is that even though another GOP candidate was pointing out her tax fraud problems (failure to pay taxes on her 2005 staff salaries) that was seemingly ignored by the folks that had already made up their minds that she had the best shot at beating the democratic candidate, who was not yet known.

I am really gettting sick of the entire mess, heh.

I wouldn't worry about Katherine Harris. From everything I've read and seen, her campaign has all but imploded, with senior staff leaving and possible issues about fund raising (or bribery, can't recall which). I haven't kept up with it lately, but last I checked she was looked on as something of an embarrassment by the GOP.

Precisely. I live in Florida, pay a lot of attention to politics, and actually like Governor Bush just fine (but then I'm one of those dreaded Neocons and a card-carrying member of the VRWC, so I'm probably not trustworthy). I think he's done a better-than-adequate job ... almost, but not quite, rising to the level of "good".

But regardless, he's not going to run for President in 2008. And Harris is a joke.

Barring some disaster that leads to complete political chaos, the GOP will run some combination of Rudy Giuliani, Senator John McCain, and Secretary Condeleza Rice. Probably Giuliani-McCain or McCain-Giuliani, but I myself am holding out hope for a McCain-Rice ticket. That'd be the first pair of candidates that I could get behind wholeheartedly since Reagan-Bush in '84 (at which time I was still too young to vote).


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Hey Sandor welcome to the boards, the neo-cons are going to love you and the rest of us will love/hate to argue with you. :D

Hey Sandor welcome to the boards, the neo-cons are going to love you and the rest of us will love/hate to argue with you. :D

Don't trust Fild, he's just trying to get on your good side....

And welcome to the boards from the resident Libertarian.

Hey Sandor welcome to the boards, the neo-cons are going to love you and the rest of us will love/hate to argue with you. :D

Thanks, Fildien!

I actually use the term "Neocon" pretty fast and loose when using it to describe myself; in truth I live somewhere out in the fuzzy area between neoconservatism and libertarianism. But I'll make a good ally for your resident conservatives anyway. As Heinlein said, "They make better neighbors than the other sort".

:D

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I actually use the term "Neocon" pretty fast and loose when using it to describe myself...
"Neocon" does get thrown around rather wildly, much like "liberal." Nonetheless, welcome to the forums. Sincerely,

-The other sort

Welcome to the boards...stay away from Fandros he'll steal your girlfriend and then make you his houseboy!

But but but Rover, you said you wanted to be my Kabana boy!!

Fandros

I have to disagree with you, Sandor, on Rudy being a worthy candidate. But, McCain has been my choice for some time, and Rice would serve the office of vice president and the country well, and would give us an opportunity to see more of what she is made of prior to her own chance on the stage.

I look forward to sharing opinions, and debating those we disagree on.

Welcome.

I have to disagree with you, Sandor, on Rudy being a worthy candidate. But, McCain has been my choice for some time, and Rice would serve the office of vice president and the country well, and would give us an opportunity to see more of what she is made of prior to her own chance on the stage.

I look forward to sharing opinions, and debating those we disagree on.

Welcome.

Thanks. Just for the record, I never said Guiliani was a worthy candidate. I said he was a likely candidate.


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