Conservative Group Calls Bush 'Unelectable'

[DonViejo]

The conservative reform group For America released a scathing new attack video hitting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) for giving an award to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D). The ad, entitled "Unelectable," uses Clinton's handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi to attack Bush. Both Clinton and Bush are potentially strong 2016 presidential candidates.

The video shows a clip of Bush giving Clinton the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10, 2013, just before the first anniversary of the attack on Benghazi.

"I want to say thank you to both Secretary Clinton and President Clinton. Thank you for your service to our country. We're united by love of country and public service," Bush says.

On-screen text reads: "Hillary was responsible for the security of the American embassy in Benghazi…She denied repeated requests for additional security…The attacks occurred on her watch…But on the eve of the anniversary of the attacks…Jeb Bush gave her an award for public service."

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[Gothmog]

1. Jeb has a ton of baggage

I am not worried about Jeb as the GOP nominee in the general election

[whatthehey]

2. That's ok. DU says Hillary is too

That's the thing with groups on the far edges of the political spectrum. The echo chamber effect persuades them that the entire country is full of unyielding purists who will refuse to vote for their generally preferred party's nominee because they compromised at some point, or exhibited collegiality among legislators, or got involved in, you know, politics.

The almost complete absence of POTUS victories by fringe darlings has never seemed to disabuse either extreme of this self-importance. There is a reason we have never had President Huckabee or Kucinich, and despite predictable moaning again on both sides, it's not a media conspiracy to prevent voters from getting whom they really want.