Jeb Bush

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• SOURCE: Politico
  2-21-16
  

  Epic Fails of U.S. Presidential History

  Jeb Bush isn’t the only one who was supposed to win and didn’t.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-11-16
  

  Lessons, and Parallels, in Jeb Bush's Failed Run for Governor

  Bush followed a sometimes painful learning curve in his first political race, a loss that hangs over him as he tries to right his campaign for president.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  11-3-15
  

  “Your little brother is not the ultimate authority”: How Jeb Bush cheated America & helped deliver the presidency to W

  by Heather Digby Parton

  Fifteen years ago, America voted for Al Gore. Unfortunately for Gore, he didn't have a governor for a brother

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  10-19-15
  

  Yes, George W. Bush bears some Responsibility for US Vulnerability on 9/11

  by Juan Cole

  Just remember what Richard Clarke wrote in his memoir of his time in the administration. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  8-3-15
  

  Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother

  by John Nichols

  James K. Polk was condemned by John Quincy Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Abraham Lincoln on issues of human bondage and lawless militarism.

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• SOURCE: The Des Moines Register
  7-13-15
  

  Jeb Bush’s favorite president is ... James K. Polk?

  “He said what he was going to do and he did what he said he was going to do, and then he left,” Bush said.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-28-15
  

  Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals

  Just days after Jeb Bush returned home, President George H.W. Bush sent a note to Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida, thanking him for hosting his son.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  6-16-15
  

  Is George W Bush a burden or blessing for Jeb Bush’s 2016 campaign?

  by Justin Vaughn

  Now that Jeb Bush has finally officially announced his bid for the White House, the chattering class can shift its conversation to whether he will win and what hurdles stand in his way.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  6-2-15
  

  Not the Bush You Think He Is

  by Jennifer Senior

  Jeb Bush is more ruthless than he looks, more conservative than moderates like to believe, and possibly more appealing to Latinos than Marco Rubio.

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• SOURCE: SF Chronicle
  5-29-15
  

  Wrong question was asked of Jeb Bush--here's the right one

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Our original sin was turning a blind eye to Saddam Hussein’s use of WMDs against his fellow Iraqis. And we’re still stumbling around in the dark, as Bashar Assad repeats a history that we would just as soon forget.

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• SOURCE: Joseph A Palermo (Blog)
  5-26-15
  

  Jeb Bush Re-Writes the History of the Iraq War

  by Joseph A Palermo

  Nothing illustrates better the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Republican war hawks who call themselves presidential candidates than their attempts to whitewash the history of how this nation went to war in Iraq.

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• SOURCE: Commentary Magazine
  5-14-15
  

  The False Iraq War Gotcha Narrative

  by Max Boot

  An honest accounting leaves plenty of blame all around—it doesn’t feed a simple “gotcha” narrative where supporters of the invasion were all evil and opponents of it all good.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5-13-15
  

  Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

  by Juan Cole

  Jeb Bush’s people are trying to walk back his disastrous interview with Megyn Kelly in which he said that even if he knew then what we all know now, he would have launched the war on Iraq in 2003.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-11-15
  

  Jeb Bush’s Revisionist History of the Iraq War

  The would-be president is now parroting the worst propaganda about the run-up to the war.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  2-19-15
  

  Jeb Bush on Foreign Policy: Peddling old Iraq Myths Again

  by Juan Cole

  Jeb Bush’s maiden voyage into foreign policy was painful to watch, a hodgepodge of exaggerated bogeymen, vague ideals, inaccurate assertions, and bad history.

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• Like Many Others, Jeb Bush Put Checkered Youth Behind

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Should youthful indiscretions be held against Jeb Bush?

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  2-1-15
  

  Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years

  Possible presidential candidate had tumultuous four years at Andover school

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• SOURCE: CNN
  12-22-14
  

  Jeb Bush can win it all

  by Julian Zelizer

  Ever since "Bridge-gate" threatened to derail the once "inevitable" nomination of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as the Republican presidential candidate for 2016, Jeb Bush has been hinting that he might jump into the fray. Now he has.

• SOURCE: The Root
  4-22-13
  

  Keli Goff: Do We Need Any More Clintons or Bushes?

  Keli Goff is The Root's political correspondent. Follow her on Twitter.(The Root) -- Largely overlooked amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Boston terror attacks was some intriguing and potentially important political news. Former President George W. Bush weighed in on speculation regarding his brother former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's presidential prospects, saying that he hopes his sibling runs for the nation's highest office in 2016.If Bush runs, it is unlikely that he will be the only familiar name on the ballot. It is widely believed that former first lady-turned-Senator-turned-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also run. This means that regardless of political party, the White House could soon be occupied by a familiar name and family. 2016 might just end up feeling a bit like a flashback from A Christmas Carol -- except, instead of all of us taking a stroll down memory lane to revisit Christmases past, we'll be visiting elections past.Here's a question for American voters: Are political dynasties actually good for America?