Jeb Bush: "STUFF HAPPENS"- Argues Against Gun Control After Major Tragedy

[kpete]

In Greenville, South Carolina, Jeb Bush,
arguing against calls for gun control after major tragedy, says,
"stuff happens."
12:24 PM - 2 Oct 2015
https://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/650028551522123776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jeb Bush invited a firestorm on Friday by saying that “stuff happens” in reference to renewed calls for legislative action after tragedies like the mass shooting in Oregon.

“I had this challenge as governor because we had — look, stuff happens,” he said at a forum in South Carolina. “There’s always a crisis and the impulse is always to do something, and it’s not necessarily the right thing to do.”

The inelegant phrase immediately set off a wave of criticism from observers suggesting he was playing down the scourge of gun violence and the tragedy on Thursday, in which a gunman killed nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Ore.

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Asked afterward about the “stuff happens” comment, Mr. Bush said, “it wasn’t a mistake,” and requested that a reporter point out “what I said wrong.”

“Things happen all the time,” Mr. Bush said. “Things. Is that better?”

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/02/jeb-bush-is-criticized-for-saying-stuff-happens-in-reaction-to-oregon-shooting/


Update: Video of the quote, plus the follow-up (you'll have to crank your volume way up to hear either one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=9&v=XCB99OkmBpQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=TJp4WhIASVk



MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/02/1427202/--STUFF-HAPPENS

[mike_c]

1. as a good friend of mine recently told me...

..."you should stop digging now."

[Skittles]

2. repukes are NRA pimps

what else can he say?

[spanone]

3. turns out the 'smart one' ain't.