It would help organize their vast numbers if the GOP primary candidates were arranged along a spectrum from calculated stupid to real stupid
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) July 23, 2015
Jeb! on O’Malley: “If he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn't have apologized.” http://t.co/9I0UZCyZ20
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 23, 2015
From the Washington Post article:
After an event in Gorham, N.H. today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolled his eyes at the mention of protesters who heckled the phrase “black lives matter, white lives matter, all lives matter” at a progressive conference…
“We’re so uptight and so politically correct now that we apologize for saying ‘lives matter?'” asked Bush. “Life is precious. It’s a gift from God. I frankly think that it’s one of the most important values that we have. I know in the political context it’s a slogan, I guess. Should he have apologized? No. If he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn’t have apologized to a group that seemed to disagree with it. Gosh.”…
In his Florida political career, Bush sometimes stumbled over racial questions. During his unsuccessful 1994 campaign for governor, when asked what he would do for black people, Bush said “nothing.” He intended that to be a comment about higher standards and economic growth benefiting everyone, but it came off as a gaffe. Then, as now, Bush felt burned by the language of “political correctness.”
My emphases, because I suspect JEB! got his lazy tongue tangled over the memorized “pro life” mottoes he’s been feeding the fetus fetishists for his entire career, and the inborn Bush Clan contempt for all those puling humanoids who are Not Bushes — with a side order of blatant racism, of course. Catholic convert or not, all the anti-abortion pandering is just the highly-processed junk food demanded by “voters”, ugh, in return for their temporary allegiance.
Video and a pretty good #BlackLivesMatter analogy at the link.
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Apart from giving our enemies as much rope as they need to hang themselves, what’s on the agenda for the evening?
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