Jeb Bush was the guest on Morning Joe (MSNBC) ostensibly to
sell his new book. The performance was as expected; it followed the Republican
presidential candidate’s playbook. There was not one thing he said that he
really believed. Restated, he cannot be
a Republican and believe what the said. He talked like a Democrat. He is smart,
good-looking, and smooth talking, but he is also a person from you would not
want to buy a used car. My first observation was that he is smarter than the
presidential disaster his brother George W. Bush, the president who wanted to
destroy Social Security to save it.
He reminded me of Scott Walker in Wisconsin and McCrory in North
Carolina, and many others. They do not say either what they will do or lie
about what they will do. I expect as Republicans, Jeb would do the same. For
example, in reference to education, he said he wants every child to have an
equal opportunity. No one asked him why he supports a schools voucher program,
which Republicans designed to take taxpayers money out of public schools and
put it into private school— to destroy public education and promote private schools—church
schools. Have you ever wondered why Republicans do not believe in evolution? Or,
why Republicans gerrymander legislative districts so they can take over the local
governments but also school boards, which put a different face on desegregation
of schools. Do you understand how there can be poorly funded public schools in all
black school district where the taxed property values are low; this is the
Republican version, the Jeb Bush version, of the “modern” United States?
He wants children to have equal opportunity for an education
to train them for future jobs. Did any one ask him how that could happen when
the universities charge $40,000 to $50,000 yearly tuition? How does he square
that with Republican opposition to increase in minimum wage? Two people, a man
and a woman, working two jobs at $7.25 hourly with two children, must be lazy
if they can not figured out how to send them to college. Especially if they live
in a trailer house and work for the government, then it is important that they
do not have a public service union; thus, take away their right to bargain.
Mitt Romney, who Jeb thought should have been elected president, sent his five
sons to college so shouldn’t you. In Jeb’s
Republican mind, Romney’s sons and your kids have equal opportunity.
Everyone saw the people in the state capitals of Michigan
and Wisconsin shouting “shame, shame, shame” at illegal manipulations by the
Republican legislatures they voted into office. They now know that Republican McCrory
in North Carolina has cut employee unemployment benefits (hurt 170,000) and
refuse government expansion of Medicaid (hurt 500,000). He is in the process of
turning over the State’s utilities regulatory commission to Duke-Progress energy,
his former employer, who just happen to be asking for a huge rate increase so
the company can build new facilities and produce electricity cheaper—please, hold
your breath waiting for the cheaper power.
On, on, and on Jeb went this morning talking like a Democrat but everyone should know he would act like a Republican if ever elected. Scott
Walker, Pat McCrory, George W. Bush, did so why would Jeb Bush be any different?
His is really a “used car” that you do
not want if you work for a living. Joe
Scarborough kept nodding his head in agreement, which means either he want you
to believe as Jeb does or he is ready to put a down payment on the car.
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