Over at Politico, Michael Kruse has a story up regarding the Jeb/Marco friendship/betrayal kerfuffle that includes a hoary/whorey chestnut attributed to Ronald Reagan, to wit: “There’s no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” Of course, what Ronnie meant was “there’s no…
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Real reason why Jeb Bush is losing: George Bush
Over at Politico, Anna Palmer and Eli Stokols have a long piece quoting nearly two dozen anonymous Jebusite bigwigs and soreheads to the effect that Mike Murphy, the “sharp-witted, Twitter-obsessed veteran GOP ad man who runs Right to Rise” (the super PAC set up to make Bush III come to be), is responsible for flabby…
Iraq now must be seen as the Republicans’ Vietnam
Well, it was a long time coming, but now it’s here. Heresy-speakers Donald Trump and Ted Cruz walked away with the most recent Republican debate. Both Trump and Cruz have repeatedly and explicitly rejected the regime change meme that has been the foundation stone of Republican foreign policy since 9/11. And will no one notice…
“He kept us safe.” Except for the 2,700 on 9/11, and the 5,000 poor shmucks in Iraq
Thus Jeb Bush, still the odds-makers favorite to win the Republican nomination. What fools these mortals be!
Who are the demeanor police?
Well, Jennifer Rubin, that’s who, who nails Jeb Bush for faulty demeanor—lack of “passion”, to be precise—for his limp-wristed takedown of aging Republican realist James Baker, or “the spawn of Beelzebub,” as Jennie likes to call him. We’re watching you, Jeb, we’re watching! Afterwords Previously, Jennie and other hawk-eyed right-wingers pummeled Rand Paul for not…