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Will these two be the candidates in 2016? MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow looks at Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton and their names.
Maddow Looks At Jeb, Hillary
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Jeb Bush Supports Science Funding For Alzheimer’s
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According to The New York Times, former Governor Jeb Bush talked about his mother-in-law’s affliction with Alzheimer’s disease last week. He also shed some light on what he thinks should be done to fight the illness.
“In an email exchange with Maria Shriver, the journalist, activist and author, Mr. Bush wrote that he has been getting a lot of feedback since revealing that his family has firsthand experience with the disease,” writes The Times.
Mr. Bush called for more research funding and a faster drug approval process to fight Alzheimer’s, which the CDC says afflicts some 5 million Americans, according to The NYT. “We need to increase funding to find a cure,” Mr. Bush said.
(Updated article)
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/05/republican-compassion-hey-affects-me
Rachel Maddow On Changing Positions On The War In Iraq In The Republican Party
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on the untruths told to support the decision to go to war in Iraq. She also discusses how political coverage of “the Iraq question” is allowing Republican candidates to re-write history with Dan Rather of AXS (pronounced “access”) TV. (Note: excellent footage of presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s changing positions on Iraq.)
(Updated post)
(Unexplained break in video coverage at the 8:48 mark)
Commentary On The Nevada College Student / Jeb Bush Exchange
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Recently, college student Ivy Ziedrich talked to Jeb Bush about the Iraq war at a town hall event in Reno, Nevada, about the Iraq war, writes the British newspaper The Guardian. Ziedrich is a 19-year-old student at the University of Nevada.
She questioned Bush amid a group of reporters about his belief that the jihadist group developed because Barack Obama had overseen the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
By the way, what does “pedantic” mean? Wiktionary:
- Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
- Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
Majority Report discusses it.
(Updated article)
Nevada College Student Tells Jeb Bush ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
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When people say George W. Bush “created ISIS,” they do not mean that he “created” them on a secret military base somewhere and brought them together – Alex Jones conspiracy style – in order wreak havoc. Generally, people mean that Bush “created the conditions” that allowed ISIS to happen.
In a “collapsed” dystopian post-war society with few employment opportunities and many left-over weapons, radical Islam seemed to offer a “way out” for some.
Many joined the group, and were able to gain power and influence in the chaotic situation of post-Saddam Iraq.
Recently, college student Ivy Ziedrich confronted Jeb Bush at a town hall event in Reno, Nevada, about the Iraq war, writes the British newspaper The Guardian. Ziedrich is a 19-year-old student at the University of Nevada, according to The Guardian.
She questioned Bush amid a group of reporters about his belief that the jihadist group developed because Barack Obama had overseen the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
“You stated that ISIS was created because we don’t have enough presence and we’ve been pulling out of the Middle East,” Ziedrich said, shifting blame instead on to the consequences of George W Bush’s invasion of Iraq. “The threat of ISIS was created by the Iraqi coalition authority, which ousted the entire government of Iraq.
“It was when 30,000 individuals who are part of the Iraqi military – they were forced out. They had no employment, they had no income, yet they were left with access to all the same arms and weapons. Your brother created ISIS!”
(Updated article)
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Interviews Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush On Iraq
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In a recent Fox News interview with host of The Kelly File, Megyn Kelly, Jeb Bush didn’t seem to differ much from his brother on the subject of Iraq, nor did he seem worried about the trillions of dollars spent or the thousands of lives lost from the war.
The Huffington Post:
“Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) would have authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, putting the likely 2016 presidential contender on the same page as his brother George W. Bush, the president who actually did so.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/10/jeb-bush-iraq-hillary-clinton_n_7251872.html
Jeb Bush Was A Stoner, Bully In College
Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush has a long and well-witnessed history of using marijuana in his youth. He also reportedly had a history of being a violent bullying pothead.
The issue arises from the fact that Bush partook in the drug in the past on a regular basis and now is against marijuana for everything from recreation to medical uses.
If they have not done time and continue to walk free while condemning others for the same behavior, it shows that they don’t have respect for the law and there is unequal enforcement of the law.
When the news media has a habit of brushing it off as “they were just being kids,” but everyone else is a die-hard criminal not worthy of note, it seems a little disingenuous.
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Do You Need A Lot Of Money To Become President?
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According to Politico, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will raise money on Wall Street on Wednesday at an “eye-popping $100,000 per-ticket” Park Avenue event hosted by private equity mogul Henry Kravis and his wife.
Politico: “The price of admission to the event, which will raise funds for Bush’s “Right to Rise” super PAC, surprised even Wall Street veterans used to high-dollar fundraisers.”
Jeb Bush Chief Technology Officer Resigns Over Questionable Tweets
A staffer for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has resigned after reports shed light on some past inflammatory remarks.
Ethan Czahor, who was the chief technology officer of Bush’s political action committee, Right To Rise, stepped down from the post on Tuesday after his past remarks on Twitter and his blog drew complaints.
“The Right to Rise PAC accepted Ethan Czahor’s resignation today,” the group said in a statement. “While Ethan has apologized for regrettable and insensitive comments, they do not reflect the views of Governor Bush or his organization and it is appropriate for him to step aside. We wish him the best.”
Czahor tweeted about his resignation Tuesday evening.
After Time reported on Bush hiring the co-founder of Hipster.com to help prepare for the former governor’s potential 2016 presidential run, BuzzFeed found that Czahor had deleted a number of offensive tweets from his personal account.
The tweets, written between 2009 and 2011, referred to women as “sluts” and made derogatory comments about gay men.
On Tuesday, The Huffington Post reported further on Czahor’s Internet past, including a 2008 blog post praising Martin Luther King Jr. for not wearing “pants sagged to his ankles.”
Is Jeb Bush Or Mitt Romney Running For President?
Plutocracy (from Greek ploutos, meaning “wealth”, and kratos, meaning “power, dominion, rule”) or plutarchy, means “rule by the wealthy.” It defines a society or a system ruled and dominated by the small minority of the wealthiest citizens.
Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism, socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy. The concept of plutocracy may be advocated by the wealthy classes of a society in an indirect or surreptitious fashion. The term itself is almost always used in a pejorative sense.
Sam Seder video.
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