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Jeb’s Tax Plan: You Fund Welfare For The Wealthiest 1%

The plan would save each member of America’s top 0.01 percent an average of $1.5 million a year. By Robert Reich Robert Reich’s Facebook Page (9/12/15) I’ve finally had a chance to review Jeb Bush’s tax plan in detail. Frankly, … Continue reading

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Winning The Mental Game: Trump Has Got In Jeb’s Head

The Donald gets away with endlessly mocking and belittling his opponents and, unlike the other Bushes, Jeb can’t handle it. By Elanor CliftThe Daily Beast (9/7/15) When Donald Trump calls Jeb Bush a “low-energy person” whose campaigning lacks spark, a … Continue reading

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Bush & Clinton Dynasties Hit Trump Bump

(Editor’s Note: FYI. A reader can get confused in this column. Columnist Maureen Dowd quotes former Bush family adviser Matthew Dowd. — Mark L. Taylor)  By Maureen Dowd The New York Times (8/29/15) Washington — PITY Poppy. When I went … Continue reading

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Unhappy Warrior: The Reason Jeb Looks So Miserable

On some level, politics is all about the gene. John Ellis doesn’t have it. No zest.  By Michael Tomasky The Daily Beast (8/28/15) Here’s a thought experiment for you. Imagine you could find a person who didn’t know 1) who … Continue reading

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PUHLEEZE! You Really Think There Is A Difference? Hillary Clinton’s Mega-Donors Are Also Funding Jeb Bush

Racetrack owners with links to bloody Zeta drug cartel, bankers, and chicken kings: Meet the ultra-rich bankrolling the Bush and Clinton dynasties.  By Jackie Kucinich & Matan Gilat The Daily Beast & Vocativ (8/4/15) For some wealthy donors, it doesn’t matter who takes the … Continue reading

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Exclusive Report From An Alternative Universe! Jeb Declares ‘Women’s Health’ Is Overfunded

  The Daily Beast (8/4/15) While answering a question about Planned Parenthood during an an interview with a leader of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he is “not sure we need half a … Continue reading

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Jeb Bush’s Big Lehman Brothers Problem

Why won’t the Republican hopeful come clean about his involvement with two of Wall Street’s biggest banks? By Charles Gasparino The Daily Beast (7/2/15) Jeb Bush says he released 33 years of tax returns this week because he wants to … Continue reading

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Profile In Waffling — Jeb Bush: ‘I Don’t Know What Was On The Mind’ Of Charleston Shooter

By Laura Bassett & Igor Bobic The Huffington Post (6/19/15) Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Friday that he isn’t sure what motivated a young white man to walk into a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday night … Continue reading

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What Clintons Do Is ‘Scandalous,’ What Republicans Do Is Ignored

By Joe Conason Nation of Change (5/29/15) Whenever a transgression against transparency is charged against the Clintons, whether real, alleged or invented, America’s political media rise up in sustained outrage. From the offices of The New York Times Washington bureau to … Continue reading

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Jon Stewart Hammers Jeb Bush For Flip-Flopping On Question Of Invading Iraq

By Heather Crooks & Robbers (5/14/15) The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart slammed Jeb Bush for his flip-flopping answers on the Iraq, and for the way he’s run his “unofficial” presidential campaign, so he can coordinate with his PAC. While I appreciate … Continue reading

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The Jeb Bush Adviser Who Should Scare You

“He discounted the possibility of sectarian violence in Iraq following the invasion, insisted that Iraq’s oil revenues would finance post-war reconstruction, and declared that he was “reasonably certain that they will greet us as liberators.””  By David Corn Mother Jones … Continue reading

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‘The Daily Show’ Looks At The Legend Of ‘El Jebe’ Jeb Bush

By Ed Mazza The Huffington Post (5/7/15)   The Republican party has two candidates with Latino roots seeking the presidential nomination, but on Wednesday night’s “Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart and correspondent Al Madrigal found a third GOP “Latino” candidate. Madrigal … Continue reading

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Oh, Isn’t That Nice: Barbara Bush Declares, ‘I’ve Changed My Mind’ On Another Bush Occupying The White House

By Igor Bobic The Huffington Post (2/14/15) Call it the first flip-flop of the 2016 presidential campaign. Barbara Bush said Friday that she no longer feels that too many Bushes have occupied the White House. “What do you mean, ‘Too … Continue reading

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Jeb Bush: Which Version Is Real? His Far Right Past Is Most Likely Prologue

By Tom Ashbrook On Poinnt (2/11/15) Jeb Bush is ready to run.  Raising money and staff, releasing emails and an e-book.  We’ll look at the next Bush up, and his record. How serious is Jeb Bush about a run for the … Continue reading

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Vanity Fair Profile Of Jeb Bush

Link to To: http://www.vanityfair.com/dam/2015/02/Brother%20Dearest.pdf  

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