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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAccording to Mother Jones There Are 23 Reasons JEB Should Not Run For President
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/23-reasons-why-jeb-bush-shouldnt-run-presidentsnip
On December 16, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced (via Facebook) that he plans to "actively explore the possibility of running" for president in 2016. It's the first step toward formally entering the race.
But there are plenty of reasons why Bush should think long and hard before subjecting himself (and his family) to the ruthless scrutiny of a presidential campaign. His history is an opposition researcher's dreamclouded by embarrassing family episodes, allegations of philandering, offensive comments to black voters, and dubious business dealings.
Many of these past deeds and misdeeds will no doubt be put under the microscope should Bush run in 2016. Here are 23 reasons why he might want to take a passand it's only a partial list:
see site link for the 23 reasons
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According to Mother Jones There Are 23 Reasons JEB Should Not Run For President (Original Post)
DhhD
Jun 2015
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FSogol
(45,599 posts)1. One of my favs:
The failed charter school: After wining just 4 percent of the black vote in his first failed run for governor, Bush teamed up with the Greater Miami Urban League to start Florida's first charter school. In 1999, the state implemented a school grading system at Bush's insistence. His own charter school received a D. By 2008, the school had earned a C- and was $1 million in debt; the state shut it down that year.
and another:
The bribery case: In 1988, Bush formed a company with GOP donor David Eller to market water pumps manufactured by Moving Water Industries, another Eller business, to foreign countries. The company used Bush's White House ties to drum up business. In 1992, at the behest of MWI, the Export-Import Bank approved $74 million in US-backed loans to Nigeria to buy water pumps from Eller's company. The Justice Department later alleged in a 2002 civil suit that about $28 million of those loans were used to bribe a Nigerian official. Bush was not implicated, but in November 2013, a jury found MWI guilty of making 58 false claims to the Export-Import Bank on its applications for the Nigerian loans. A federal judge fined the company $580,000. Bush escaped testifying after the judge determined his testimony wouldn't be relevant to the central issue in the case.
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,464 posts)3. Only 23?
RancidCrabtree
(24 posts)4. The 24th Reason
He's a complete fucking idiot!!! Hell, the last time Bernie Sanders shit, he flushed more brains down the toilet than Jeb ever had!!!
valerief
(53,235 posts)5. Bwahahaha! So true.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)6. Posted to for later.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)7. Thank you for sharing
Putting this one Facebook.