Speaking of Prohibitionists, I see that Jeb Bush is bound and determined to run for President.
Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.
Mr. Bush wrote that he discussed running with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday and will launch a political-action committee in January to promote his political ideals. The announcement doesn’t say that he has formed an exploratory committee to raise money to back a presidential campaign.
A two-term governor, Mr. Bush is considered a social and fiscal conservative, though he has broken with party orthodoxy on immigration and education policy—two issues that figure to be central to the GOP’s 2016 primary campaign.
He also seems to be a fan of higher taxes:
Mr. Bush has also had a low-grade feud with antitax activist Grover Norquist, whose no-tax pledge is central to party orthodoxy. Mr. Bush has refused to sign Mr. Norquist’s pledge. Mr. Norquist this month called Mr. Bush “washed up.”
Great. And as if that weren’t bad enough, Jeb Bush is a hard core drug warrior, of the sort who supports mandatory minimum prison terms for possession, more federal funding for the War on Drugs, and who (naturally) opposes even medical marijuana.
If the Rs are dumb enough to get behind this guy, they deserve to lose. The problem is, the rest of us don’t deserve Hillary.
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6 responses to “Just say NO to another Bush!”
It is worse than that Eric. The Republicans are not even installed in Congress and they are starting already:
http://news.yahoo.com/fight-over-marijuana-more-risky-states-dc-081641478.html
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And thanks for the link!
the republican establishment needs a candidate to funnel all their money too!
Oh, don’t worry. I’m pretty confident we’ll never see Hillary as president. Seems pretty clear to me that Warren is the next anointed one.
The best thing about Jeb Bush is his refusal to sign the Norquist pledge. The idea that any tax legislation has to get the approval of a lobbyist before Congress can vote on it is outrageous.