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Jeb Bush to women on welfare in 1994: 'Get a husband'
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Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)...he was too drunk to make any public appearances for three days.
Help me out here, fellow Floridians: did that really happen, or is it an urban legend?
valerief
(53,235 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,140 posts)Did it regularly as pResident.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)the last thing we need is another drunk -- dry or otherwise -- with his/her finger on the button!
samsingh
(17,607 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,875 posts)damn, i bet pigs have more smarts than some Republicans.
SunSeeker
(51,838 posts)BTW Jeb, most women marry for love not money. Are you projecting? Do you think all women are like the ones around you?
dickthegrouch
(3,192 posts)Thankfully my State would actually let me marry him, but many still don't (including Jeb's sorry excuse for a law-abiding State (full faith and credit be damned)).
JustAnotherGen
(32,074 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Ya...like you Jebbie, are such a catch.
hibbing
(10,119 posts)Maybe he should invite some of these women to the family compound in Kennebunkport to meet some uber wealthy single men.
Peace
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)every penny he ever has made has been the result of family connections---- "the good old boy network" of the old money wealthy elite class.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)back to the US, and into his pocket. (TX Cruz and Cornyn just voted in the Senate to close the Export Import Bank.)
randys1
(16,286 posts)Dont like you people.
Let me help you out here, you see it is like this:
"There are limited natural resources in this world. Limited clean water, clean air and there are only so many lakes and rivers to play in or fish in, there are only so many beaches to lay on, and there are only so many ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTS."
You people take up space, natural resources, and god forbid, medical sources and limited resources both medically and environmentally.
Your existence, especially now that non Americans do ALL the work, build EVERYTHING, make EVERYTHING, is no longer needed.
You are in the way.
appalachiablue
(41,230 posts)douggg
(239 posts)Of course that's not the only rumor about LG.
with the progress of same-sex marriage, if a single man is struggling, Bush's advice should apply to them as well! If you're just not inclined that way, well, you know, he did suggest finding 'alternatives.' What should be paramount is your financial condition, and if you have to marry someone whose gender happens to be not really for you, well, you should just grit your teeth and... um... bear it.
Lindsay Graham, though? That's something even Bush would go 'whoa - let's think this through' to...
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)divorce settlement that leave us taking the burden of the cost of child care? And then there is the issue of non-child support. But then he is just carrying the war on women one more step.
valerief
(53,235 posts)gaspee
(3,231 posts)What a jerk! I have never seen this before and I know it was a long time ago, but once a jerk, always a jerk.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)VA_Jill
(10,045 posts)or penile?
Did I just say that?
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I read your version.
packman
(16,296 posts)just give your kids $10,000 and let them start their own business?
RiverNoord
(1,150 posts)I wondered why he just didn't suggest picking dollars from the neighborhood money trees, which, hopefully, your parents had the sense to plant years ago...
When you're that out of touch with reality, you might as well go big...
SpankMe
(2,977 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)underpants
(183,071 posts)Oh I see that it was 8 years ago.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)Anything he says before today can be excused as a "youthful indiscretion"
Ino
(3,366 posts)after I got RID of my husband!
riversedge
(70,485 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)So Jeb.... what's the excuse for Corporate Welfare?
If a company can't do what it needs to do to survive without a bunch of perks.......
RiverNoord
(1,150 posts)They're Job Creators, and it's a tough global marketplace! They've got to compete with China, India... - well, maybe more like hire a lot of people in China and India, but..., you know - Job Creators!!! Don't you dare compare the vast amounts of money we give away to them, so they can be Job Creators, with the pittance we give the poor, who just aren't Job Creators at all. The couple of bucks we spend to help the poor recognize how so not 'Job Creators' they are pales in comparison to the mega-billions we give to Job Creators. It's insulting.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)if he loses his job and cannot find work for a year? Hello, Jebbie, job loss can happen to anyone: male, female, single, or married.
Gumboot
(531 posts)You'll find the locks changed and all your sh*t piled up in the driveway when you get back from the office.
Signed, America.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Jeb the pig has spoken.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)with no compassion or conscience....wants to be POTUS...
captainarizona
(363 posts)Jeb in his book said single moms should be shamed! Doesn't this encourage abortion. Also as gov. of floriduh he supported a bill along with marco rubio that forced woman who didn't want to have an abortion ;but gave up the baby for adoption to advertise who their sex partners were before they could give the baby up for adoption. Again this would encourage abortion as does limiting welfare to a few years. Strange for a pro-lifer. I guess once your born your on your own kid as the ayn randers say.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...thanking Jeb for this magic bullet solution to his financial woes, and asking for a husband to be provided to him right away
Jeb didn't, after all, say "women" needed a husband to get off welfare. He said "people." That includes men. So, guys, get tweeting for that hubby! Who knew the solution to your economic problems was so easy?
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)niyad
(114,017 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)And by "find a husband", may we assume he means "submit to the nearest available male without question"?
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)As a single mother who went from being a secretary to a Division Manager at my company. Took me a few years, but I did it. I didn't need a husband to make my life worthwhile. I went from making $22K in 1990 to making a six figure salary without a husband. My children's father was a Christian conservative who gave me Chlamydia while stationed in Germany back in the late 90s. While I was raising his toddlers. I think I did okay after I divorced his sorry ass. He claimed....to his church....that I had fallen in love with another man. Nope. The guy that he thought I was in love with was gay and was my best friend.
He should just STFU already. Both of them should.
ShawnRIN
(48 posts)His comments are certainly not true as many have attested, but I won't go as far as saying living in a healthy marriage is not an advantage. His Christian vantage point supports his believe in marriage, man the head of the house etc. But Its flawed in that their are dirt bag husbands.
lostnfound
(16,204 posts)First off if they are working and have kids, it's hard to find time. Also, since many middle aged men have the habit of looking for women 10 or 15 years younger, and there are cities where the ratio is already very lopsided...
Of course I mean for companionship or love, not the ridiculous comment Jeb was making here.
humbug
calimary
(81,612 posts)Oh yeah it works just fine if every gal can find some rich trust-fund elitist like you, correct? Yeah. Like there's one of those available for every eligible woman who wants one.
passnobuck
(92 posts)All 3 of these Bush presidential candidate guys from the Bush family are just so out-of-touch with reality.