Jeb Bush to Obama: stop blaming my brother for “your failed economic policies”

[Galraedia]

Source: Miami Herald

TAMPA -- Former Florida governor Jeb Bush used his prime-time spotlight at the Republican National Convention Thursday to pass a symbolic torch to his party’s nominees, defend his brother, and urge the nation to rededicate its promise of an equal education for all.

But before he began his prepared remarks, he said he had to get something off his chest — the defense of his brother, former President George W. Bush.

“He is a man of integrity, courage and honor and during incredibly challenging times, he kept us safe,’’ he said to loud applause. “So Mr. President [Obama], Mr. President, it is about time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. . . . In the fourth year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions, and you haven’t done it.”

Bush spent most of his 15-minute speech focused on the need to reform education, an issue he has devoted himself to since retiring as governor in 2007. Working through the Foundation for Excellence in Education, he has pushed for expanding school choice and classroom accountability.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/30/2977590/jeb-bush-to-obama-stop-blaming.html

[jsr]

1. Well, fuck you and your brother

and your whole damn family.

[BlueJazz]

2. My Parents taught me: "If you can't say something good about somebody, don't say anything"

So, I'll end this post.

[d_r]

3. during incredibly challenging times, he kept us safe,’’

really

[ahg]

35. He kept us safe, except fot that little 911 thing.

Jeb is dilusional if he thinks dubya did a good job.

[wordpix]

42. +1000 repeated/recycled BushCo meme to deflect from * totally ignoring Richard Clarke's warnings

[newspeak]

47. he kept us safe?

that's not what I remember. he blew off any warnings, including the august PDB report. He got his trifecta. oh, and lets not forget the anthrax attack. he started a war based on lies, giving his war profiteering friends carte blanche to the treasury-also allowing them to sell bad loans (little regulation); giving them tax breaks while we were supposed to be at war. And while all these vile policies were implemented, the plebes were going down (how bad can it be when you let your labor department categorize burger flippers as manufacturing jobs?).

so, it wasn't little boots before the presidential election that basically said "we screwed up ya'll got to bail out wall street and the banks?" Gee, jebby must be preaching to those who have very faulty memories.

[Angry Dragon]

4. whoring for the bush family business

[SoapBox]

5. Forget?

No! Never...EVER!!!

Fuck off Jebby.

[Stewland]

6. The b/S has got to stop

What else could we expect from a family of deceptive con artists. The truth isthatthe policies of Bush have undermined the well being of all of us. This guy is so full of crap. psychopathic crime family is a proper description. Jeb ,you are deluded if you think your family has not contributed to the demise of this once great action.Have you no shame?

[MrMickeysMom]

7. Here's what you can do with your privatization of education ...

[MrSlayer]

8. Kept us safe? 9/11?

Although I must say I made a lot of money under Chimpy.

[wordpix]

43. well give some of it to the O campaign please

Some of us weren't gov. contractors. A lot of teachers, police, firefighters and soldiers coming home without limbs need help

[MrSlayer]

54. I might but it's all gone.

I've been getting crushed since 2009. I've been out of work over a year now and have only worked in 18 of the 43 months of this administration. My savings is gone, I'm eating my retirement money and there are no prospects in sight. I'm scared to death that they're going to keep doing to him what they've been doing this whole time. If the private money is being held back on purpose as it has been and the Bagger congress won't let him spend federal money, my industry will continue to be fucked.

On the other hand, the republicans are so dangerous and crazy that voting for them is absolutely out of the question, even if they promise to reopen the money spigot.

I feel like my personal best interests are served by neither candidate winning. Screwed in the short term by the one and in the long term by the other. It's a very frightening time.

[Stewland]

9. Bush Family is responsible for much of our current mess

I realize that he is talking to his base,however,this Bush crime family is responsible for much of the malaise. Let's hope that reasonableness prevails before things turn ugly. The elites own the messaging and all the corruption that has occurred. I see thru the deception and hold them responsible. A Romey win may be the best thing because it will result in millions of us taking to the streets.

[mrJJ]

10. Brother Neil Bush jokes about joining The CCP

Bush Brother Causes Stir in China With Communist Party Joke

snip

The reason: A photo posted to his verified Weibo account of the younger Bush decked out in a green cap with a red star and a “Serve the People” shoulder bag, flashing a grin as he displays a tin Mao Zedong mug.

“I’m thinking of joining the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. What do you think of my accessories?” read a message, written in both English and Chinese, accompanying the photo.

more: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/08/27/bush-brother-causes-stir-in-china-with-communist-party-joke/

[andym]

11. Simple answer to Jeb: Where is your brother?

Why isn't he at the RNC? Perhaps because he doesn't want to decrease the chances of Romney's election....

[polichick]

12. Just another reality challenged Republican.

[still_one]

13. The bushes have done more to hurt America than anyone. From the Supreme Court to ignoring warnings

about 9/11, and yes jeb, the fucking deregulation that you are your crappy family and party pushed were responsible for the financial crisis that we are still trying to get out of

[Botany]

32. you forgot w/out W and Cheney's energy task force we would never have had the ....

..... oil spill in the Gulf because who needs those cut off valves for deep water rigs
and it was a good thing that W took the money for levy repair around New Orleans
and used it for his unneeded Iraqi war or W's spying or the torture or Ohio 2004 or
a massive kill of wild run pacific salmon or putting an exec from a coal company in
charge of mine safety after which they stopped checking the mines or ......

[still_one]

38. You are right. There is so much garbage they have done to us /nt

[wordpix]

44. nor would we have had the Iraq War & the waste of lives and treasure there

[Jamaal510]

14. Tell you what, Jeb,

we'll stop blaming your brother once Republicans learn how to work with the president and pass the stuff that he wants.

[rks306]

15. GW

First one to past tax cuts mainly for the rich, not paid for during time of war. They are the biggest driver off debt. Although Clinton sign the bill that deregulated the banks, it was a GOP bill. Republicans have a strange nac of a putting stuff in to bills that cause them to cost more. Like requiring Post Office to pay for 75 yrs healthcare within a 10 year window. Prescribe Drug Plan was give away to insurance companies. College loans to banks. No one could fix in two years, what has taken 30 years to accomplish. President Obama has started fixing these things.

[tomm2thumbs]

16. wasn't Jeb the one left in the oven too long?

he's a little slow if you ask me

more than the usual 'Bush slow' that is

[DallasNE]

17. So Where Is Your Brother Jeb If He Was So Great

And how safe did George W. Bush keep us on September 11, 2001? And what was his order when bin Laden was cornered at Tora Bora? Oh, pull the troops out so they could begin preparations for an invasion of Iraq -- which had absolutely noting to do with 9/11. Keep in mind too that Obama got bin Laden after your brother failed for 7 long years. Oh, by the way, 818,000 jobs were shed in January 2009 -- that is the ball your brother handed off to Barack Obama. That is the reality Jeb. Get over it! Your brother sucked.

[snappyturtle]

29. Right on! nt

[area51]

18. Well, "Jeb",

your brother caused the 2nd Great Depression which we're still in, which should make your brother infamous. It's thanks to your bro that we have 30.5% unemployment, which is worse than the '30s Depression. So suck on it & deal with it!

[AtomicKitten]

19. You will never be president, big fella.

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[machI]

20. Advice Jeb:

If I were you, I would stop reminding people George is your brother.
EOM

[RC]

51. Oh, don't do that.

Hang little george around Jeb's neck.

[blm]

21. Thanks to GOP congress we are in the TENTH YEAR of Bush's tax and economic policies

so FVCK OFF, You LYING piece of crap.

[tclambert]

22. "He kept us safe?" Um, . . .

remember that time airliners crashed into skyscrapers and killed thousands of people?

Right, your brother would never have allowed THAT to happen. And if it did, he would have stopped at nothing to hunt down the guy most responsible for it. He certainly would never, ever have called off that hunt in order to start a war with a country that had nothing to do with the attack, and thereby bring about the death of even more thousands of Americans. All of which proves that George's economic policies did not cause the Great Recession. So, by that logic, I can understand why invisible Obama should just shut up and leave Clint Eastwood alone.

[ailsagirl]

23. Oh, that's rich

Bastard

[FreeBC]

24. Which policies? the republicans block them all.

[TruthBeTold65]

25. Even when Obama finishes his 2nd term...

The next president will still be dealing with the problems your brother straddled us with.

[BootinUp]

26. Dubya will be remembered as the worst long after you and I are burried Jeb buddy

just accept it and move the fuck on. lol.

[KansDem]

27. It's times like this when "FUCK YOU!!!" just isn't enough...

Perhaps it's time to invent a new term more disgusting, more contemptuous...

[WinkyDink]

33. "Go die in a fire!" works fine for me, for the entire clan.

[KansDem]

40. I'll add that one to my responses

And I remembered "Eat Shit and Die!!!" after I had posted, so now I have a couple more comebacks when the need arises...

[BeyondGeography]

28. Not what I'd call a ringing defense of Dumbass

Plus, President Obama is the guy who made us safer, and not just by killing Bin Laden. There's this thing called the American image which he has steadily rebuilt.

I'm sure you would have made a slightly better Prez, Jeb. Thanks to your brother, we'll never find out.

[Arkansas Granny]

30. He's delusional. It seems to run in the family and

the entire Republican party.

[WinkyDink]

31. Those who died on 9/11 would beg to differ with that "kept us safe" crap.

[Maeve]

34. Yeah, it's not like he was president during the 9/11..or Katrina...or the econmic meltdown

[NYC Liberal]

36. Gee this George W Bush guy sounds awesome. Seems like he'd be a real asset for Romney & Republicans.

So, Jeb, where was he all this week?

[HughBeaumont]

37. The next THREE presidents can "blame your brother for his economic policies", you stupid bastard.

By the way, his name is GEORGE W. BUSH. Not "your predecessor". Not "your brother". George W. Bush, the 43rd (unelected) president; undeservedly serving two terms for the corporate 1%, who have been the only section of society to get out of the Great Recession scot-free.

You can say his name. Might as well . . . we're paying an eternal price for his malfeasance. That debt is NEVER going to be paid. NEVER. That's all your bro, bro.

[cstanleytech]

39. But arent alot of the economic policies in place largely the same as they were under Bush?

[DinahMoeHum]

41. Sheesh, what a crybaby.

May he never ever get CLOSE to the nomination for POTUS.

[RickFromMN]

45. Funny. I was upset with Obama for NOT publicly blaming Bush for all the messes.

I heard, as an excuse, the current President isn't supposed to blame his predecessor.
In like fashion, the predecessor isn't supposed to criticize the current administration.

Why not?

The Republicans will blame the previous administration when they next get office.
They will blame the next administration when they lose office.

Why didn't Obama, his first year in office, tell the country who was to blame for how bad things were?

Obama had nothing to lose by laying the blame where the blame belonged.
The Republicans had already decided not to cooperate anyway.

[wordpix]

49. O said the Rs ran the country into a ditch & it will take awhile to get out

no thanks to Rs who wanted to keep it stuck there his first 4 years

[RickFromMN]

50. I forgot Obama said that. Obama didn't say it often enough or loudly enough.

Obama should have begun and ended every economic speech with that.

Edited to add, and I don't remember Obama naming names.

Some Republicans still think highly of Bush.

[graegoyle]

46. Yeah, Obama should take responsibility.

Obama should stop blaming his predecessor the same way that Bush refrained from blaming his predecessor. Right?

[Zoeisright]

48. Fuck you, wartface.

The Bushes are a complete disaster as human beings.

[Progressive dog]

52. Stop blaming Bush, he retroacvtively

resigned in 2001. He wasn't even there.

[The_Casual_Observer]

53. Best bush line I can remember was

"the economy is strong...look at all the houses people are buying. "

[and-justice-for-all]

55. That wanker can piss up a rope...

It is his bothers policies that got us into this fucking mess; him and his brother can kiss my ass.