Jeb Bush: Obama's diplomatic policy too 'sophisticated', uses 'big-syllable words'

[eridani]

From the candidate who (for obvious reasons) refuses to use his last name in his campaign.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/13/1401884/-Jeb-Bush-Obama-s-diplomatic-policy-too-sophisticated-uses-big-syllable-words?

Jeb Bush, wealthy banking consultant and Florida ex-governor birthed from one of America's foremost modern political dynasties, tries to cornbread himself up a bit.

“You don’t have to be the world’s policeman, but we have to be the world’s leader – and there’s a huge difference. This guy, this president and Secretary Clinton and Secretary Kerry, when someone disagrees with their nuanced approach – where it’s all kind of so sophisticated it makes no sense, you know what I’m saying? Big-syllable words and lots of fancy conferences and meetings – but we’re not leading, that creates chaos, it creates a more dangerous world.”

I'm not sure it's wise for Supposedly The Smarter Brother to carp about the nuanced approaches and big-syllable words and fancy meetings used by Obama and his administration in their diplomatic efforts with other nations. The Bush diplomatic doctrine can already be summed up as bomb those guys; carping that his dastardly ideological opponents use three-syllable words and go to meetings where arugula is served at lunch may endear him to voters who would like to see our international relations staged like a monster truck rally, but I question the wisdom of Jeb apparently embracing an anti-intellectual frame given that his campaign rollout has caused a great many other people to publicly wonder whether President Dubya was the deeper thinker of the two brothers this whole time.

All right, so the charge is that those other folks are too sophisticated in their foreign policy approach. How would he dumb it down? There are too many fancy words these days? Make a list, Jeb, of the ones that give you a particular bellyache. Which nuance is the upsetting part? This is a difficult set of complaints to pin down, unless the goal is just to assure voters that no, Jeb Bush doesn't cotton to all this book learning by America's top diplomatic voices.

[niyad]

1. catering to the anti-intellectualism of his base (and highlighting his own insecurities)

and this is the "smart one"?????

[Octafish]

2. As opposed to ''Bring 'em on!'' and ''Leave the oil wells alone.''

And "Kill."

[Hekate]

3. Very good commentary. Makes me sick to my stomach to think of him getting to the WH. nt

[Hydra]

4. He should have played the fear card

The way they did on the Newshour. "Ohhhh! Scary! Nukes in a year!" "Booga!"

It would have helped had they sounded halfway convincing. It's kind of embarrassing to carp about BS like that when North Korea was allowed to get several bombs because they weren't sitting on anything we wanted to steal.

[Skittles]

5. "sophisticated" words by black man = uppity

Jeb's dog whistle is SO LOUD

[lovemydog]

7. Good point.

Jeb sucks.

[Skittles]

10. he throws in Clinton and Kerry in an attempt to mitigate but...

YES HE SUCKS, BIG TIME

[lpbk2713]

6. Reminder --- Jeb is the smart one.

BWAHAHAHA

[pampango]

8. Nuance and peaceful negotiations are not simplistic enough

for republicans. They prefer unilateral action and ultimate sovereignty to multilateral negotiations and mutually acceptable solutions.

Being a member of the global community is not important to them. Getting OUR WAY is all that matters.

[Gloria]

9. Well, to be fair, Jebbie and all the GOP DO have to cater to

dumbasses in their party...

Oh, I take that back...they need to MAKE people into dumbasses via their buddies at FAUX "news."

[struggle4progress]

11. Isn't Jebbie just about the cutest thing yall ever saw?

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I think I figured out why Republicans are so bad at leading this country.

Republicans market their policies to appeal to the simplest minds. While Democrats look at the facts and reach decisions that elevate the intellect of their voters.

[MineralMan]

13. Yo, Jeb! Here are some little-syllable words:

You are a dumb ass!

[spanone]

14. they used this same shit against Gore....too smart. knows too much.

fuck you jeb, i want a President smarter than you

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Yeah, what we need is more deciderering, for sure. nt