# 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:** 29
**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:** [February 21, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/561 "2016-02-21T01:51:46Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Jeb was tired of Trump giving him swirlies. I assume most of Bush’s supporters will not go to Trump so if Bush wanted to stop Trump, dropping out before super Tuesday is a good idea. I’m guessing his supporters will go to Rubio. I wonder if Kasich will drop out for the same reason, in the hopes that his voters will go to Rubio and be able to stop Trump. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/562 "2016-02-21T02:04:11Z")
With the reasonable assumption that Kasich is going nowhere, that leaves the outright lunatics in the running. And assuming that Trump and Cruz are perceived as unelectable in the general, all that’s left now is the more subtle lunatic, who might actually be electable. What a scenario! Hard to know what Rubio would do first if elected: repeal the ACA, appoint Ted Cruz to replace Scalia, or start a couple of new Middle East wars? This is what the Republicans are left with. That, or Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/563 "2016-02-21T02:09:10Z")
You can say a lot about Republican voters, but at least they’re self aware enough to toss establishment hacks like Jeb to the curb. Meanwhile, back at the Dem ranch… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/564 "2016-02-21T02:10:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > This is what the Republicans are left with. That, or Donald Trump. So basically a choice of right or left barrel? Interesting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/565 "2016-02-21T02:11:25Z")
Kasich is committed until Michigan. He won’t drop out until Rubio proves he can beat him in the establishment lane in states Kasich is actually trying to win. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/566 "2016-02-21T02:11:37Z")
Last time GOP won white house with no Bush or Nixon on the ticket? 1928 with Hoover. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/567 "2016-02-21T02:37:40Z")
Here’s Jeb!'s dropping-out speech, and CNN’s coverage: [http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/20/politics/jeb-bush-drops-out-2016/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/20/politics/jeb-bush-drops-out-2016/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/568 "2016-02-21T02:56:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … Hard to know what Rubio would do first if elected: … Suck his thumb. The gulp a lot of water and buy some more guns. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/569 "2016-02-21T02:59:53Z")
Can we get some agent Orange around here, just to make sure that no other Bushes sprout up any time soon? Like in the next 200 years? Bye-bye, Jeb! Rot in Hell with your brother. ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/570 "2016-02-21T03:11:53Z")
Makes you wonder how much he did this to and for himself versus how much he took one for the team here. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/571 "2016-02-21T03:19:17Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > You can say a lot about Republican voters, but at least they’re self aware enough to toss establishment hacks like Jeb to the curb. Meanwhile, back at the Dem ranch… Are you trying to imply that getting rid of serious candidates like Jeb Bush in favor of people like Trump and Cruz is something we should be trying to emulate??? We have a different word for “establishment hacks” on this side, we call them “people who actually know what the fuck they are doing”. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/572 "2016-02-21T03:21:59Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Last time GOP won white house with no Bush or Nixon on the ticket? 1928 with Hoover. So are there any Hoover’s left around? It’s probably been long enough now for people to get over that whole Great Depression thing. ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/573 "2016-02-21T03:26:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Makes you wonder how much he did this to and for himself versus how much he took one for the team here. Yah, if the bottom 3 drop out and if all their votes go to either Cruz or Rubio, it puts them ahead of Trump, at least in SC. But that is a pretty big ‘if’. Anyway, I don’t usually have a lot of kudos for GOP voters, but I am proud of you guys for having enough sense to at least not elect another Bush to the WH. Nice job, guys! Did anyone else think Jeb! looked more relaxed at his concession speech that pretty much anywhere else in his campaign? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/574 "2016-02-21T03:52:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Bye-bye, Jeb! Rot in Hell with your brother. He’s got more brothers. I don’t know if Neil is viable after his escapades with Asian prostitutes, but look for Marvin! in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/575 "2016-02-21T03:58:14Z")
> [@Tony](#): > > He’s got more brothers. I don’t know if Neil is viable after his escapades with Asian prostitutes, but look for Marvin! in 2020. Neil’s pretty sleezy even for a Bush and Marvin’s kinda old to start a political career. But the wider clan is pretty huge. I doubt we’ve seen the last Bush appearence on a ballot. > [@Simplicio](#): > > So are there any Hoover’s left around? Draft Allan Hoover III ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/576 "2016-02-21T04:03:51Z")
Jeb? Jeb! Jeb. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/577 "2016-02-21T04:13:07Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Are you trying to imply that getting rid of serious candidates like Jeb Bush in favor of people like Trump and Cruz is something we should be trying to emulate??? Why would you characterize Jeb as a serious candidate? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/578 "2016-02-21T04:36:03Z")
How is the Bush family supposed to keep us safe now? ---
**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 21, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/579 "2016-02-21T04:38:14Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > How is the Bush family supposed to keep us safe now? By staying the hell out of political office. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/580 "2016-02-21T04:46:54Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Did anyone else think Jeb! looked more relaxed at his concession speech that pretty much anywhere else in his campaign? I am sure no one is more relieved this is over than Jeb! himself. All this campaigning and actually having to _try_ and win votes, defend his performance, and explain his positions had to have taken it’s toll. I mean, sheesh, youda thunk people would just automatically vote Jeb! just because he’s a Bush. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=30)