It's Dubya to the rescue!

[JohnT]

@Ukulele_Ike

Exactly. This is going to be a lot more work than Bush has done in eight years, possibly sixteen. If he makes it through all five events he’ll be itching to get back to the suburbs and his shows and his pretzels and painting pictures of his naked ass.

True. I guess I, uh, forgot about the decimal. :o

Bet Bill Clinton could raise $100 million by November.

[John_Mace]

@Randolph

Because Bush will annoy Trump. Trump will get mad and start firing wildly at Bush. The Establishment will watch in horror. The rest of us will watch in… well, BYOE(motion).

This is not about Trump. It’s about keeping a GOP majority in the Senate. Something Trump will need, btw, if he does get elected.

[CarnalK]

@JohnT

And I did read that line, but I read it as saying “hundreds of thousands (for each candidate)”… however, it could also be construed as “hundreds of thousands (in total)”. If the former, 9 figures is possible. If the latter, probably not.

If they pulled in a million every event that would require 100 events or 20 a month until the election. He may be a George but he ain’t no Clooney.

[elbows]

What does it matter how much he raises? It didn’t do Jeb any good and he raised heaps, remember?

[Subterraneanus]

@JohnT

I don’t think he’ll get a lackluster response from the Repubs, though. I think they’ll look at this as a lifeline.

Wouldn’t be their first hare-brained idea.

[Smapti]

@Little_Nemo

Give Bush credit where it’s due. Sure, he may have been the worst President the country ever had. But he’s still better than Trump.

Well, at least when Bush said things would be easier if he were a dictator, he was joking.

[John_Mace]

@elbows

What does it matter how much he raises? It didn’t do Jeb any good and he raised heaps, remember?

That couldn’t have anything to do with Jeb, himself, could it? As in “ran one of the worst campaigns ever”? Nah, it must mean that any money GWB raises will be useless.

@Smapti

Well, at least when Bush said things would be easier if he were a dictator, he was joking.

Funny, yes, but wasn’t that Obama who said that? Or maybe both…?

[Smapti]

@John_Mace

Funny, yes, but wasn’t that Obama who said that? Or maybe both…?

No, it was Dubya.

[John_Mace]

@Smapti

No, it was Dubya.

I was right in my second guess. Both.

But no matter. In this context, it’s only the Bush quote that gets the chuckle.

[Senegoid]

How the mighty have fallen! How poignant to see so many posts mentioning Jeb without his exclamation point any more.

[dropzone]

@Count_Blucher

…when you can throw a shoe…?

One of the funniest political moments ever.

@John_Mace

I was right in my second guess. Both.

But no matter. In this context, it’s only the Bush quote that gets the chuckle.

John, you’ve already admitted you prefer Clinton over Trump. It’s time you admit that you are a Liberal Republican like me, see that we were kicked out of the tent in 1980, and go Dem.

Anderson in 1980!

[John_Mace]

@dropzone

John, you’ve already admitted you prefer Clinton over Trump. It’s time you admit that you are a Liberal Republican like me, see that we were kicked out of the tent in 1980, and go Dem.

I’m not sure what that post had to do with admitting anything. I’m more of a small “L” libertarian than anything. The main thing (but not the ONLY thing) that keeps me away from the Republican party these days is their hawkishness. I’m happy to vote for either a Democrat or a Republican if I’m certain they will keep us out of military engagements that are not related to the direct defense of the US. And I don’t like it when either party is in full control, so given the pacifist stance that is so important, I prefer a Democrat in the WH, and let at least one House of Congress stay in Republican control.

Gun to my head, though, I’d go all Democrat over all Republican without any hesitation.

[septimus]

@ISiddiqui

I think part of it is people who have a negative view of Obama (and especially the ACA), …

Polls show that people do not have a negative view of ACA. They have a negative view of Obamacare.

@Budget_Player_Cadet

Yes, god forbid we have basic and reasonable constraints on who can own a gun like all those other first-world countries have. God forbid we check people to ensure that they aren’t domestic abusers, don’t have a history of mental illness, and aren’t suspected terrorists before we give them the kind of arsenal they could use to kill 50 people and injure 50 more. I can only imagine the horrifying consequences - we might actually not have more mass shootings per year than days! That would be awful for our reputation! We might lose our title of “gun violence capital of the western world”.

It’s to good to see you come around, Mr. Cadet. Didn’t you used to be one of those libtard gun grabbers? I see other posters also point out that GUNS! are the only important issue in this or any American political campaign.

@Randolph

Try opening an incognito browser window to get around article limits. If you’re the type to do such a thing, I mean.

Or, more simply, just delete all ‘nyt’ cookies. This is legal — due to your 2nd Amendment right to access ammunition advertisements — but to be safe from prosecution you might want to make sure to hold a loaded weapon while clicking Delete.

[Jonathan_Chance]

“libtard” is really too much, septimus. No warning issued but please don’t use it again.

Honestly, I’d prefer that no one feel a need to resort to namecalling and such derogatory behavior. Just because media commentators feel a need is no reason for us to tolerate it.