Bush Brothers At Odds?
Bush Brothers At Odds?
Lately, Jeb has been taking strong positions against his brother’s policies –
Federalizing Disaster Response
President: “Clearly, in the case of a terrorist attack, that would be the case, but is there a natural disaster — of a certain size — that would then enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort?…That’s going to be a very important consideration for Congress to think about.”
Jeb: “There is almost no support among the nation’s governors for President Bush’s suggestion that the Pentagon could take the lead in responding to catastrophic natural disasters…Half the state chief executives said they were opposed or had reservations, including Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the president’s brother.”
Immigration
President:“We’re determined to stop the enemy before they can strike our people.” This strategy includes tightening restrictions on foreign student visas and decreasing the number of students allowed to study in the United States.
Jeb: If he had “two ‘fairy godmother’ wishes, one would be to create more scholarships for foreign students in order to generate ‘a strong cadre of leaders’ overseas with an intimate understanding of the United States, and to make the immigration service more efficient….[T]ightening of immigration rules was necessary after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks…but enough time has passed for ‘a systemic review of policies and procedures.’”
Oil Drilling:
President: In 2001, Bush supported passage of the Energy Bill, which not only promoted drilling in areas off the Gulf Coast, but weakened states’ rights to oppose drilling under the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Jeb: Opposes oil drilling in Florida.
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You know things are bad when you can’t even get your brother to support you anymore…
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:19 pmThey always said Jeb was the smart one. But now there’ll never be another Bush president again. Oh well.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:19 pmPromise?
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:21 pmThat’s interesting, I’ve never been a big Jeb fan (voted against him twice and proud of it) but I always knew he was smarter than his brother.
I wonder how much of these Jeb opinions were before he won re-election. As we all know, Bushes that get re-elected go CRAZY!
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:21 pmWhy can’t you boys get along!?
I always thought Jeb was the smarter boy. He must have a hell of of skeleton in his closet. Other than Warrior Chang, of course.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:25 pmNeither of them knows what they’re talking about.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:28 pmThere is no immigration policy. Homeland Security is a domestic spy agency. These are two pieces of meat trying to have grown up discussions that sound good in clips.
Neither of them would bat an eye to violate your civil rights and control every aspect of your sex life and your right to die. They both belong 6 feet under.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:30 pm…smarter brother?….like “Dumb & Dummer”…the bush name alone has hexed him for life. He’s just a different kind of snake. Don’t forget election 2000, I hope his hand in that comes around to bite him.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:41 pmNow *this* is interesting.
Am I nuts or is it just possible that JEB is maneuvering for a more a more centrist position as he gets ready fo rhis own shot at the WH?
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:41 pmSee how they are? They would eat one another for breakfast if it meant power/money. They lie, flip flop and cannibalize. What a lovely bunch of coconuts.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:53 pmWell Jeb was always the one being groomed to take daddys place. DUHbuhya was, as he explained to the Queen of Britain, the “black sheep” of the family.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:59 pmJeb is distancing hmself from frat boy. Bush is going down and Jeb wants to be seen as coming from a different gene pool. Sibling rivalry — Jeb was supposed to be prez – not Shrub.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:09 pmYeah, I often wonder what things would be like if Jeb had won his first race for FL governor and thus was the Bush son who was nominated for president. As it were, the four year delay cost him his first chance and his brother’s complete f*** up likely has made it his only chance.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:15 pmJeb wants to preserve his own status in Florida.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:15 pmHe has a name that is increasingly associated with deception and incompetence — he needs to break away.
Don’t you think he’s distancing himself to get ready for his OWN run for president in ‘08?
Just a thought.
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:10 pmMarie and Kyle are right.
And I don’t care how much smarter Jebbie is than his big brother. A dog is smarter than a gnat but that doesn’t mean the dog should be president.
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:47 pm#9 and 16,
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:20 pmHeaven protect us from another Bush in the WH. If he does run, someone remember to bring the Terry Schivo bull shit out of the closet.
GET A CLUE, SHEEPLE! ALL BUSH’S SUCK! INCLUDING THEIR UPPITY,SNOB OF A BITCH MOM, WHO I USED TO THINK WAS OK! THEY ALL SUCK! ALL OF THEM!I PRAY TO GOD OUR NATION HAS WISED UP AND WON’T VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM AGAIN! YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AFTER S.O.B. EVIL FATHER SCREWED UP COUNTRY, THE NATION WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED AND WISED THE HELL UP! STUPID SHEEP!5 GENERATIONS OF WAR PROFITEERS! AND THEIR GRANDFATHER HELPING TO BRING HITLER TO POWER! BUSH=HITLER,ONLY WITH BIGGER ARSENE! HE/CHENEY AND OTHERS ARE BEHIND 9-11,TOO! GET A FREE DVD @ http://WWW.REOPEN911.ORG AND READ! THEY ARE BEHIND 9/11 FOLKS,AS SURELY AS I AM TYPING THIS! JEB BUSH SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SEPT. 7TH AUTHORIZING GUARD OUT IN CASE OF “ACTS OF TERRORISM”! CHENEY WAS IN CONTROL OF AT LEAST 5 WAR GAMES GOING ON THAT MORNING,ONE ACTUALLY MIRRORING ATTACKS GOING ON!OTHERS THAT PULLED OUR AIR FORCE OUT OF RANGE OF INTERCEPTING PLANES! THEY WERE INVOLVED FOLKS! AND STOP THEM FROM NUKING OR INVADING IRAN, LIKE THEY WANT AND PLAN TO DO! NO MORE INVIASTIONS BY THIS MURDERING, FASCIST GROUP! IMPEACH,INDICT AND IMPRISON OR HANG FOR TREASON,WAR CRIMES,ETC. AND READ DOWNING STREET MEMO THAT PROVES BUSH/COHORTS LIED TO TAKE US TO WAR@ http://WWW.DOWNINGSTREETMEMO.COM THEN DEMAND CONGRESS IMPEACH THEM NOW! BEFORE THEY MURDER MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE AT HOME OR ABROAD! AND PASS THE WORD AND INFO TO OTHERS! WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA! WE ARE UNDER SEIGE HERE AT HOME BY MURDERING FASCIST BASTARDS!
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:42 pmSome Post-Delay Updates
Follow ups to all that’s happening tonight. Schuster blasting FOX. Another Delay indictment. And that’s just the beginning.
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:04 pmJeb 08, (puke, flush)
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:23 pmBushism:
And so George W. Bush is watching T.V. in the Oval office, with his officials. When a news report says that, three Brazilian soldiers have been killed somewhere.
“That’s too bad,” mumbles Dubya, who then turns to Condoleeza Rice and asks, “Condy, how many’s in a Brazilian?”
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:36 pmDon’t forget that the elder Bush would just love to plant off-shore oil rigs up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast. Jeb, to his credit, isn’t all that excited by the idea.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:29 pmI sure hope we don’t get another Bush in office. That would be a diaster.
October 4th, 2005 at 9:10 amWere in a disaster now, Mary…….Blessings
October 4th, 2005 at 9:20 amjeb and george= dumb and dumber… my pet rabbit is
October 4th, 2005 at 11:43 amsmarter than both the sons-of bush`s put together…IMPEACH the dumber one…!
Don’t be fooled.
Jeb’s trying to convince us that he’s a Different Bush in preparation for a 2008 Presidential run.
If you watch these folks long enough, they become transparent.
October 4th, 2005 at 11:59 am#22 Nick Caine, that is too damn funny! I’m still ROTFLMFAO so hard I’m crying!
October 4th, 2005 at 12:16 pmDon’t be fooled.
Jeb’s trying to convince us that he’s a Different Bush in preparation for a 2008 Presidential run.
If you watch these folks long enough, they become transparent.
Comment by John
So are you saying Jeb will turn out to be a liberal as well?
October 4th, 2005 at 3:41 pmMy thoughts exactly, John. Jeb must start distancing himself from the Prez as some Republicans have starting doing. Finally. But the avid Bush supporter is still either unwilling to admit they were wrong or too stupid to see through the transparency.
October 4th, 2005 at 5:15 pmThe picture here of Jeb Bush make him look like he needs a feeding tube and care taker. They are all form the same gene pool, and, that pool was contaminated…..Blessings
October 4th, 2005 at 11:04 pmLooks also like he’s been hanging out with Rush, the Oxy moron. (lame-ass pun I know, but I just couldn’t resist)
October 5th, 2005 at 7:17 pm