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Home Front: Politix
Jeb Bush: I Would Govern Like Lyndon Johnson as President
2015-08-02
Jeb himself sums up why he must never be president.
[Breitbart] According to the Miami Herald, Bush made those comments Wednesday night in San Antonio, Florida at Saint Leo University, while speaking about education, immigration, and energy policy.

Bush did not address Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, about which Ronald Reagan once famously quipped, "We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."
Posted by:Iblis

#21  That's what his mother said....
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2015-08-02 18:08  

#20  Wasn't he supposed to be the brightest Bush?
Posted by: European Conservative   2015-08-02 17:43  

#19  Bush said that? That is scary.

"We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."

The politicians of the Beltway Party won all of these wars--it was a means to erode freedom and to rake off taxpayer money.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-08-02 15:03  

#18  The epitome of the RINO.

Bush, Boehner, McConnell, Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Obama...America is on an extremely dangerous course.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2015-08-02 14:43  

#17  Hell screw it, JOE! is too weak, let's go total crazy if we're gonna loose, let's loose big! Let's go with Paul!

I am shorting Mutual of Gaza, the foot injuries are going to bleed the company of cash.,
Posted by: Shipman   2015-08-02 14:07  

#16  TRUMP!

Lyndon Johnson was probably the greatest American arm-twister of a politician since Adams. Wouldn't want that. Hell no, let's get behind Trump! Or Cruz! Hell with it, the circular firing sqauad had already formed. I'll stand with JOE!
Posted by: Shipman   2015-08-02 14:05  

#15  The best Dem candidate would be Jeb bush, Mitch McConnell or John Boehner as they could continue with Obama's current policies.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-08-02 13:45  

#14  I have a good friend who was literally kicked in tha ass by LBJ when LBJ was governour. He was doing some wiring under LBJ's desk when LBJ came in and told him to "Get out". He said give him just a minute and he'd be done. He said LBJ kicked him hard enough to cause his head to hit the desk and leave a bump. Just after the kick LBJ said, "I said get out!". Sounds like a real nice guy.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2015-08-02 13:22  

#13  With all the talk of Hillary! imploding, I wonder if ¡Jeb! is positioning himself for the Dem nomination?
Posted by: charger   2015-08-02 13:07  

#12  The Great Society Redux, what an idiotic statement, and one that will haunt him for the rest of the campaign.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2015-08-02 12:58  

#11  Maybe Hill will choose him for VP?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-08-02 10:26  

#10  Yes, he probably would.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-08-02 10:22  

#9  We had a war on alcohol, and alcohol won.

Yes, killing more on your highways due to DUI than all the wars since the repeal. That doesn't count all the additional casualties due to "hold my beer while I do this". Just understand, you didn't win anything. You just shifted the costs to society from one accounting column to another. It's like the war on the unborn. No one wants to think about the consequences of their 'rights'. It's never clean. It's always a trade off. Live and die with it.

As to Jeb's statement. The Socialist never compromise. It's their way and nothing else. You'll only work with them by surrendering which is what liberal Donks did in the old party, so that is why Jeb and the boys moved over to the Trunk party and took it over. (Big tent my a$$. You don't invite HIV in your body.)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-08-02 09:04  

#8  LBJ created he welfare state. Nixon made it racist in order to not be called a racist.
Posted by: Flomoth Dribble6607   2015-08-02 08:25  

#7  
Posted by:    2015-08-02 06:06  

#6  I can almost see and hear the Democratic campaign adds and media exploitation of this statement. And some talk of Trump destroying the party ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-08-02 05:37  

#5  "We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."

We had a war on drugs, and drugs are winning. And will win in the end.

We had a war on alcohol, and alcohol won.

I guess if you go to war against human nature, human nature will always win. Stupid politicians. Short-term gains, long-term pain. Enjoy.
Posted by: gorb   2015-08-02 04:11  

#4  You are completely finished asshole.

Please go away. You are no better then a wanna be totalitarian.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-08-02 01:07  

#3  Oh, No! Not this sh*t again! Where's the pic?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-08-02 01:02  

#2  FUC**NG Lyndon Banes Johnson - created the racist welfare state from hell that made this a piece of shit to start with.

I called Jeb a tampon on social media, This is proof.

He needs to give up

Posted by: newc   2015-08-02 00:24  

#1  You're done before you really got started.
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2015-08-02 00:14  

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