# It's official. It's Jeb Bush. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261 "2012-11-27T14:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/61 "2012-11-27T21:11:03Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I really wish the GOP would just admit they want the US ruled by a monarchy again. Actually, if corporations are people why not just nominate Goldman Sachs or GE and cut out the middleman. Couldn’t be Ford or GM because they’re socialists, and Google or Apple would be a tough sell, because, well… science. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/62 "2012-11-27T22:41:41Z")
By all indications, Jeb Bush has absolutely no interest in running for office ever again and believes that today’s GOP have become a bunch of lockstep extremists that wouldn’t recognize his own father as a Republican if he were running today. I don’t see that changing. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/63 "2012-11-27T22:59:48Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You realize the economy went into recession before the tax increases happened, right? Is that the reason for the bizarre phrasing in this post- which suggests the increases somehow caused the recession and made it worse at the same time? He forgot to mention the part about GHWB inventing a time machine to travel to the future to raise taxes thereby altering the fabric of space-time and retroactively causing the recession. Or something… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/64 "2012-11-27T23:08:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > His ego knows no bounds, so I would not be at all surprised to see his mug again in 2016. [Here ya go… (That was too easy…)](http://www.zazzle.com/gingrich_for_president_2016_coffee_mugs-168896747415063849) ---
**Author:** ![Muffy\_Simba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Muffy\_Simba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffy_Simba)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/65 "2012-11-28T07:02:00Z")
No, it’s not. There just have been some talk about it, but it’s not official. Obama starts his second term next year. It’s 2012, not 2016. Nothing is official. It’s all just talk and speculation. We will hear a lot of names from both sides being thrown around. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/66 "2012-11-28T13:54:18Z")
Oooookay! Damn! Official definitely should have been in quotes. But everything I’ve read assessing has chances point to him as the front runner. Reliable conservative to the left of mainstream Republicans on immigration. Rubio may be a rising star but I don’t see the lightning in a bottle thing Obama had after his 2004 DNC speech. Read a headline yesterday that Christie’s popularity rose after Sandy so it’s not a lock. Plus four years is a long time in politics. He’ll have to figure out how to avoid being tarnished by W.'s record but if he runs I see the establishment lining up behind him the way they lined up behind his brother. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/67 "2012-11-28T15:50:35Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Haven’t heard much bad about Marco Rubio, although I haven’t looked very hard. He found it necessary to pander to the neanderthal wing of the Republican Party in [response to a question about the age of the Earth](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/marco-rubio-earth-age_n_2158555.html). To Jeb Bush’s credit, [he seems less willing to pander on this point](http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/jeb-jr-on-rubios-age-of-the-earth-comment/). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/68 "2012-11-28T16:30:10Z")
Rubio also has a few ties to [David Rivera](http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/24/3065216/state-ethics-commission-david.html), who is about as pure as the River Ankh. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/69 "2012-11-28T18:02:09Z")
When I hear “Jeb Bush”, I think of [Greg Palast](http://www.gregpalast.com/the-great-florida-ex-con-gamernhow-the-felon-voter-purge-was-itself-felonious/). ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/70 "2012-11-29T01:38:11Z")
Any chance we can skip over Jeb and go directly to Barbara (George W’s daughter)? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/71 "2012-11-29T05:11:14Z")
Marco Rubio is a douchetruck. I would not plan on a landslide victory with Jeb after his brother George made such a goddamned mess of his two terms. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/72 "2012-12-07T23:03:12Z")
Clinton was doughy… not even fat. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/73 "2012-12-08T00:09:51Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Any chance we can skip over Jeb and go directly to Barbara (George W’s daughter)? She won’t be 35 by the 2016 Election but she _will be_ 35 by the time of the 2017 Inauguration. So, she qualifies . . . just down to the wire. > [@Marley23](#): > > [And you may wish you could unsee this one.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/bill-clinton-al-gore-shorts-90s_n_1033691.html) That pic is gayer than the training montage in _Rocky III_. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/74 "2012-12-08T13:58:58Z")
[They look like…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLliJpGBLA8&feature=youtube_gdata_player) (harmless utoob clip) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/75 "2012-12-08T16:28:08Z")
A third member of the Bush family for president? I don’t know if people will accept that. Plus people will still have bad memories of W’s administration in 2016, and that will rub off on Jeb. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Bisector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Bisector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Bisector)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/76 "2012-12-08T18:39:45Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Any chance we can skip over Jeb and go directly to Barbara (George W’s daughter)? She’s already got my vote. _growl_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/77 "2012-12-08T18:59:19Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > [Here ya go… (That was too easy…)](http://www.zazzle.com/gingrich_for_president_2016_coffee_mugs-168896747415063849) Proof that the internet has ruined our culture! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/78 "2016-02-22T13:05:04Z")
Psych! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/79 "2016-02-22T14:30:32Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Psych! Proof that zombies can be fun. Reading this was a blast; I barely remember wondering whether it’d be Gingrich or Santorum… but we figured it’d probably be Jeb. After all, as was put forth in this thread: _“But I’m hard pressed to see any rising stars overtake him.”_ [smiley with huuuuge orange hair] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261/80 "2016-02-22T14:54:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > By all indications, Jeb Bush has absolutely no interest in running for office ever again and believes that today’s GOP have become a bunch of lockstep extremists that wouldn’t recognize his own father as a Republican if he were running today. I don’t see that changing. Not a bad call from four years ago; and the way he ended up makes you think that he still had no interest in running for office (being nominated and acclaimed would have been just fine with him…). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261.md?page=3)