# Jeb Bush campaign for POTUS thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 16, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672 "2015-06-16T13:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**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 4, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/501 "2016-02-04T20:06:09Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > **Stainless Steel Rat** : Title contest! Who has a book title for us? > > I promise to shop the best ten to the eventual publisher! **DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY: How Jeb Bush Lost when he should have Won** > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > U.S. senator, if you mean Marco Rubio. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > If you are referring to Rubio, he is not (and has never been) governor. He was briefly speaker of the Florida House, and is now a US Senator. Oops. My bad, was thinking Rubio and Florida. Not enough caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/502 "2016-02-04T20:49:10Z")
Prospective Title: **Oh, Brother, WHY Art Thou?** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/503 "2016-02-04T21:21:58Z")
_The Most Desperate Exclamation Point in American Political History Bushed: America Finally Says Enough Edsel, New Coke and Jeb!: Three Disasters of American Marketing Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad Dynasty Schmynasty Terri Schiavo’s Revenge A Bush Too Far_ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/504 "2016-02-04T22:06:18Z")
_Bush! Whacked!_ (with a tip of the hat and a shot of bourbon to the Blessed Molly…) ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/505 "2016-02-05T02:19:52Z")
_How to Not Get Ahead in Politics While Really, Really Trying_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/506 "2016-02-05T15:35:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It wouldn’t be the first, you know, and the dynasty-factor is not hampering HRC’s campaign perceptibly. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is a dynasty. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/507 "2016-02-09T00:25:28Z")
Hmmm . . . [Jeb veers left (by current Pub standards) and draws big crowds.](http://www.salon.com/2016/02/09/could_jeb_mentum_be_real_the_gops_low_energy_candidate_veers_left_and_new_hampshire_loves_it/) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/508 "2016-02-09T15:10:09Z")
Well, that’s a surprise. But even pre-Trump common wisdom told us you couldn’t win the GOP nomination by being reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/509 "2016-02-09T16:13:39Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Prospective Title: > > **Oh, Brother, WHY Art Thou?** We have a winner! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/510 "2016-02-09T20:04:09Z")
[Somebody claiming to represent the Bush campaign published an ad for paid seat fillers for a Bush rally. One of the people claiming to have come to the rally as a seat filler stood up in the middle of the rally demanding to be paid.](http://aattp.org/jeb-bush-rally-heckled-by-seat-fillers-demanding-to-be-paid/) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/511 "2016-02-09T20:39:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Somebody claiming to represent the Bush campaign published an ad for paid seat fillers for a Bush rally. One of the people claiming to have come to the rally as a seat filler stood up in the middle of the rally demanding to be paid.](http://aattp.org/jeb-bush-rally-heckled-by-seat-fillers-demanding-to-be-paid/) So a week ago Jeb got heckled. Please keep us abreast of any further development in this fast breaking and fascinating story. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/512 "2016-02-09T21:13:44Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > So a week ago Jeb got heckled. Please keep us abreast of any further development in this fast breaking and fascinating story. Is there a reason you’re being an asshole? ---
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/513 "2016-02-09T21:46:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is there a reason you’re being an asshole? Maybe he’s getting paid by the Jeb! Campaign? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/514 "2016-02-09T22:20:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is there a reason you’re being an asshole? Well I’m sorry but it just seems like such a lame story and despite your source posting it today, it’s from before the Iowa caucus. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/515 "2016-02-10T00:01:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is there a reason you’re being an asshole? Cmon, Rick. You should know better than that. Warning issued. Please don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/516 "2016-02-13T07:57:28Z")
I’m really disliking Jeb’s campaign. He’s doing pretty much nothing but attacking the other candidates in the race. Now I don’t mind a negative campaign, and the Bushes have historically been very, very good at destroying their opponents. But I’m not seeing anything else from him. There’s been a lot of talk about Trump being a Democratic plant, but Jeb seems to be more likely, given that he’s trying to destroy every Republican in the hopes that he’ll be the last one standing. I guess he’d rather see Republicans lose than not get the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/517 "2016-02-13T14:18:29Z")
See my comment here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19098719&postcount=612](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19098719&postcount=612) to your similar post in the Republican nomination thread. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/518 "2016-02-17T00:52:53Z")
Dumbfuck! doesn’t secure [JebBush.com](http://JebBush.com). [Guess who bought it?](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/jeb-bush-website-donald-trump-redirect-216501) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/519 "2016-02-17T02:01:47Z")
What is he thinking? > ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/520 "2016-02-17T02:27:42Z")
That’s so amateur I almost think there had to be sabotage someplace for that to never get bought or to be recently released. Or maybe some squatter bought it years ago, Trump quietly snagged it a year ago, and it’s been buried until now. And the Jeb! campaign figured whoever was holding it was benign, dead, or whatever. I’d love to get a traceback on the ownership of that name since Day One. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=27)