It’s a triple hit: A new ad from the Jeb Bush super PAC goes after Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, questioning their readiness in an worrisome time. Its banner reads “Jeb Bush NOT For President”. Trump leads the field at 32 percent, with more than double the support of U.S. Sen.
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It’s important to note here that Jeb Bush’s website was not hacked-his official website is Jeb2016.com, rather than the seemingly obvious choice of JebBush.com. “He’s a gifted politician”, Bush said on Sunday.
BUSH: He’s just a gifted politician that is appealing to people’s anger and frustration that is quite legitimate. Muslims – that’s a religion, same as a Christian, a Jewish person, anyone – that’s a religion. “We will carpet bomb them into oblivion”, he said at a tea party rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday. “Because Jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family”. “Really? Containment means the creation of a caliphate the size of IN”.
In a statement, the Trump Organization said it “has vigorously policed Mr. Trump’s brand and business interests for many years”. USA and allied forces are conducting air strikes on Islamic State targets there as well. Instead of his usual crowd of sexagenarians, the 62-year-old Republican presidential candidate was surrounded by millennials, a group mostly under 30, at a campaign event.
“Bush probably cracked it”, Royers said with a smile. I stress the notion of process, for we oftentimes dwell on the outcome (the President, Senator, member of the House of Representatives, Mayor, etc.), not paying adequate attention to the fact that what matters in “democracy” in these examples is actually the process that confers some legitimacy on them as symbols and occupants of power and authority. That’s what it is.
“The first impulse of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is to have gun control”, Bush says. But it’s worth noting that this isn’t the only website that the Bush campaign failed to purchase.
This isn’t the first issue Bush has run into with campaign names.
“I don’t think Donald Trump is serious”, Bush said.
“What about him?” Bush replied curtly.
Well, if you try typing in JebBush.com, the domain automatically redirects to DonaldJTrump.com, home to headlines like “Trump Wins by Wide Margin, Bush Dead Last” and “The Last Thing We Need Is Another Bush”. Bush said that the American people have “cause to be concerned” about terrorists sneaking into the U.S.by masquerading as refugees.
The pro-Bush ad contrasted the three Republicans with Bush, who has the support of a number of former military officers. “I’m not going to climb that”, he said to laughs, referring to the 225-foot landfill in South Florida. It’s a fear shared by an increasing number of Republicans. It’s working. And it’s going to show – it’ll show at the time that it matters, which is February 1st in Iowa and New Hampshire beyond that.
“Earned legal status, not a path to citizenship”, he said.
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But Smith says, Trump does have a challenge: to build a real coalition and move beyond his narrow base of mostly angry white men. Yet, with regard to the democratic process, Trump triumphs over Bush. “If you don’t like it, I’ll take you outside'”.
