Comments on: Jeb Bush: Arrogance and Incompetence Accepted in DC

By: Moose613

Moose613 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:53:02 +0000

While everything said about Bush I and II is true, my problem with Jeb is that I do not believe the presidency should be a family business.
BTW that is also one of my objections to Hillary.

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:36:54 +0000

One of my objections to Jeb! is that his status as a leader is evidence that the barriers to entry into a candidacy for president are so high, and entrenched interests have undue influence over the US presidential selection process. (President Obama and former President Bill Clinton are worthy exceptions, i.e., they are from families having no important connections to US politics and no wealth.) Even if Jeb!’s policies were aligned with mine, I would nevertheless find it disturbing that the prominence of his family in US politics (which goes back 2 or 3 generations) gives him an advantage over other candidates. That is, in part, why I objected to Al Gore, son of a US senator, and why I object to Hillary, wife of a president. (Hillary also has other objectionable qualities.) I do not consider this “my” problem. I consider it a problem for America.

By: roshvrishon

roshvrishon — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:41:41 +0000

Mr. nfgo3, what’s your problem? You dont like President Bush? it’s not Jeb’s fault that his brother was president. I don’t like Jeb either, but not because of his brother

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:46:19 +0000

Is campaigning against “Washington” really a good idea for Jeb Bush? For 12 of the last 26 years, the president of the United States has been a member of his family.

Is campaigning against arrogance and incompetence really a good idea for Jeb Bush? What could be more incompetent than the WMD that an earlier Bush believed necessitated a brief war in Iraq, when it turned out that there were no WMD and the war was not brief? What could be more arrogant than “Mission Accomplished”? The only thing more arrogant than “Mission Accomplished” that I can think of is the continuing presence on TV of the Bush family confidante and former Vice President Dick Cheney opining on Middle East policy. Remember when Dick arrogantly that the US “will be greeted as liberators in Iraq?”