— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) June 14, 2015
The above is Jebbie's new logo, which you will note does not contain his last name.That fact attracted no small amount of mockery. Yeah, as if we would all forget that he is W's brother.
Right now Jeb is announcing the news that everybody has known for well over a year, that he is going to run for President. And of course either lose in the primaries, or to Hillary in the general.
(If you don't have a TV you can follow the live blog of the announcement here.)
For those who don't have time to sit through his campaign speech, you can get the gist of it by watching his new campaign video.
As you can see the video has a lot of ethnic diversity, mostly Hispanic, and makes all kinds of promises about increasing jobs, helping people with disabilities, and addressing domestic violence that I think most of us realize he would never keep. Not that we have to worry about that because he can't win.
I still think he is the favorite to win the GOP primary though.
Update: MY favorite tweet about Jeb's announcement.
The bottle has been passed!
https://t.co/UyByLX5qkG
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 15, 2015
That logo is awful. It will be mocked and lampooned mercilessly, and he deserves it.
ReplyDeleteThe best replacement is the logo with his brother's picture as the dot. Perfect.
DeleteGreat idea, anon 12:31!
DeleteWhen you are dealing with low IQ, Christian tea baggers you want to keep your slogan as brief and easy to remember as possible (and hope everyone has a cousin with the same name doesn't hurt either 😉)
DeleteThat "new" logo that the Washington press villagers are so agog about is the same one he used in 1998 and, I believe, in 1994. I wish some of those people would step outside once in a while.
DeleteTom, in FL
Sorry Jeb! you are boring and dumb as a rock. A president needs confidence and enthusiasm, neither of which you possess.
ReplyDeleteI think that Hillary stepped on Jebbie's moment by holding a sorta kinda press conference just an hour before he was supposed to launch his campaign.
ReplyDeleteWe are a half hour in, and so far no Jeb.
Was reading about this on another site and one of the commentators named him "Jebya."
ReplyDeleteWhy no last name? I thought he LOVED his family and thought Dubya was a fine president. He's keeping almost all of Dubya's advisers. Why omit the last name? Do they really think that we're so stupid we'll forget?
Yes...yes, they do.
DeleteOne of his prime foreign policy advisors: Paul Wolfowitz. No more needs to be said.
DeleteHe's also had some shady business dealings since he left the governor's office.
To call him the "smart Bush" isn't saying very much.
How do you say 'BUSH" in Spanish? Will he bring along Big Dick for gravitas?
Delete"I am the only Republican that was in office when he was in office as President that never disagreed with him and I’m not going to start now"
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdL-GTyRvV8
I still think he is the favorite to win the GOP primary though.
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Oh ho no! Not according to the pees--
spfarmy1
I'm still trying to figure out the logistics of a possible secretive arrangement of people working for Sarah Palin without the media's knowledge. The only way I can think this would be possible is if Sarah Palin has done this strictly through the internet with encrypted messaging to these new people from afar. In this case, hypothetically speaking Sarah Palin could have assembled a team completely under the radar without the media's knowledge. It would be an unbelievable feat of ingenuity and cunning if this is the case. I'd say even Edward Snowden would be impressed. But only time will tell.
dreamlover4now
Why or would the Governor need money if she has the overwhelming support of the people? Perhaps just enough to cover bus tour expenses, corn roasts and brat frys ... the kind that bring folks together. As long as she is not a declared candidate, can she use SarahPAC money to advance her cause?
All of C4P are belong to us.
Delete"But only time will tell."
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Riiiiight. Certainly not logic, commonsense, or, well, sanity.
please tell me that is snark.
DeleteIt's not snark, but what's all the secrecy about? Isn't there a bit of a problem running for President but not telling the rest of the country? Sneaking up on the rest of the Clown Car??
DeleteMaybe she will not announce soon so we will know...
Well done, 12:02. C4P has been p0wned.
DeleteNone of the polls I've seen have Jeb leading amongst the others. Should we expect them to somehow 'push' him into the lead, or say he is in the lead, and thus allow him entry into the primary?
ReplyDeleteIt will be another terrible mistake by the Republicans - much like that of McCain (and his horrible pick of Palin for the second position!) and Romney!
So looking forward to our first female POTUS that has more experience than any of the Republicans being named as possibilities - to include Jeb Boy!
"None of the polls I've seen have Jeb leading amongst the others."
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Yes, but now he has an exclamation mark!*
*For this race. Apparently, he has used this ogo for every other race.
The first one sounds to me like someone owns the PeePond.
DeleteJeb! just doesn't seem into it...
ReplyDeletereally just seems to be going thru the motions to please 1) Barbara, 2) Darth Cheney, 3) Big money repubs
Jeb! just doesn't seem into it...
ReplyDeletereally just seems to be going thru the motions to please 1) Barbara, 2) Darth Cheney, 3) Big money repubs
Babs was right when she said that the last thing this country needs is another Bush. Moms know best!
ReplyDeleteEight years of President Obama cleaning up after Dubya, and we going to start it all over again? No thanks, Jeb!
ReplyDeleteHere we go.
ReplyDeleteHere comes the bullshit.
The presidency should not be passed one from liberal to the next?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great idea to me.
Wait...when did we have a liberal President?
DeleteDid I miss it???
God help us if we get another Bush in the White House!!!
ReplyDeleteStole 2000 election for his brother, with the help of GOP prune Katherine Harris, and the bought off Supreme Court, and we know how that turned out. Eff him.
ReplyDeleteOne huge hit to America, democray, and our future as a nation.
DeleteDamn them all.
Uuuuugh.
ReplyDeleteListening to another Bush makes my ears bleed.
A Bush by any other name is still a Bush. And it stinks.
ReplyDeleteOkay I think that was a fairly good speech, all things being equal. But I thin the fact checkers are going to have a hay day with it.
ReplyDeleteThat logo looks like it belongs to a third rate soda.
ReplyDeleteJeb! cola has what plants crave.
Move over Bubba Cola, here comes Jeb!
DeleteSll their lives the Bush boys have traded in their name for jobs. Jeb right in there with the rest of the losers. I do not see him as any smarter than W, in fact he has the same dopey look as W. Cross eyed, elephant eyes. I hope the dems have gone through his background and all his affairs, with a fine tooth comb. PAYBACK time for the Bush family. All the dirt will be exposed. Since W now makes about $125,000 a speech, Jebbie wants in on some of that easy money. They would have to pay ME to listen to W speak, he is so dumb, it is embarassing. Never was, or ever will be presidential material. I think Jeb is going to regret entering this race, the dirt will fly, finally.
ReplyDeleteDid his tiny wife - who seems to come up to his elbow - and druggy kids accompany him?
ReplyDeleteHis wife is probably smuggling more stuff into the country without paying taxes. You know, cause they are "better" than everyone else.
DeleteIs it just me or does he really, really look like they have forced him to be in the school play and he's just not that into it?
DeleteNot exactly the GOP "savior" they were looking for.
I feel like he's been forced in to save the family legacy after Shrub fucked it up.
DeleteWhat is the most frightening about Jeb is the fact, if elected, he'd bring all the others that were on board directing his brother who would initiate more wars - more debt - more lies - more fraud, more racism, more anti the poor and middle class and on and on.
ReplyDeleteALL those matter should scare the hell out of all Americans!
And, most importantly, I suggest ALL Democrats, Independents, etc. be ready to get the vote out against ALL Republicans in 2016! Who ends up in the White House has never been more important!
What scares me most about Jeb Bush is that he's a Bush. They've done enough damage to this country already. I'd like to deport the whole family but I don't know what country would welcome them.
DeleteBeaglemom
What scares me about Jeb Bush is that there might be enough morons out there who would actually vote for him.
Delete3:16, I can tell you that most of my extended family and 60-75% of the people I grew up with will vote for whomever the Republicans nominate, simply because s/he is not a Democrat. They are evangelical Christians who think Mormons are a scary cult, but they all held their noses and voted for Rmoney in '12 because Obama "terrifies" them and has "ruined the country." I hope the millennials and independents use their heads and actually vote.
DeleteBeyond the fact that he seems to have misplaced his last name, "jeb" isn't even his first name. John ellis bush. Get it - J.E.B. - well in theory anyway. Anytime he or anyone else says jeb just think B is for bushie. Who doesn't remember C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me? Oh bushie bushie bushie starts with B.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04D1JbLWg8
I just want to throw a shoe at him #NoMoreBush!
ReplyDeleteI doubt he's as fast as "dubya" was, you would likely clock him in the head….and I would buy you a beer!
DeleteJeb is boring and appears to have zero personality! He needs that 'at least' to be POTUS!
DeleteI bet he can eat a pretzel without choking.
DeleteJ-E-B, stand for Jebediah, Enigmatic, Bush.
ReplyDeleteAnything you want him to be, he will be, and he'll have the money to do it.
God forbid we should be cursed with yet, another Bush.
Two things about the logo:
ReplyDelete1. It screams "YEEHAW!"
2. It looks like a "JIB JAB" banner. "JIB JAB JEB"
NOPE. Both jeb and hill are great, deserving and next inline for the throne. But NO. NOPE. A breath of fresh air. A new voice, look, cause. No more backwards empty fighting nothings please. Time for change folks.
ReplyDeleteNo more Bush or Clintons
ReplyDeleteThe Clinton years were pretty good....the Bush years, not so much.
DeleteGiven the choice, every logical thinker will pick Clinton. And don't forget....Hillary wasn't born into politics and privledge...she worked for it.
2:09 - False equivalency.
DeleteBetween the Hildebeast and Jeb
ReplyDeleteWhich one is the lesser evil
When he speaks and does the Turtle Nod with his head bobbing - I get PTSD!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, same freakin' tic as his idot brother! WTF?
Anyone else have this problem?
George HW Bush, 1 war.
ReplyDeleteGeorge W Bush, 2 wars.
Jeb Bush..........? wars.
It's the same logo he used when he ran for governor of Florida. And it worked just fine.
ReplyDeleteI watched Jeb Exclamation Point's speech. I wish I took Spanish in high school, because he spoke half the time in Spanish with no subtitles. The logo is the dumbest piece of crap I ever saw put on a logo in my entire life. Reminds me of the sickly sweet smell of JOOP! cologne. I was waiting for an armed soldier to bring out Elian Gonzales as a reminder of Exclamation Point's Brother's close ties to the hispanic vote.
ReplyDeleteHow long has it been since he's governor? Seriously. Florida is a transient state, snowbirds, retirees who voted for him before are dead or have moved on. And the music? What's up with that? A live band (kudos for not making it a mariachi band). The family all dressed in black, Columba seems to have shrunk since I last saw her (just an observation). So Rubio's getting Florida. lol
He's like a tomato without salt. The crowd seemed to worship the quicksand he walks on. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Jim Croce's "I got a name" came to mind. Why is JEB Exclamation Point ashamed of his last name?
All that aside, he seems to be too centrist for the GOP TP conservative crowd.
Up next, Donald ! is going to toss his toupee into the ring! Stay Tuned and stock up on popcorn!!!! Bullshit mountain's about to blow lava on her facebook thingy, Stand by, RAM and Nan!
Honestly? If you look at that commercial from the standpoint of a low information voter, it's a great commercial... if you don't know anything about him or don't pay attention to politics. He 'looks' honest if you believe the people in the video and that's what he's counting on. But... he does have his brother's last name and even some low info voters are opposed to that.
ReplyDeleteLet's look at the big picture at what he's trying to accomplish and fight against it. Because you and I both know some people will buy it.
What was the crowd waving? Those white JEB? things that looked like inflatable sex toys?
ReplyDeleteThe name is John Ellis Bush. That is the name we all should use. J.E.B. are his initials and not a name. Remember how his friends used Barack Hussein Obama. DO NOT use Jebby unless you are his friend. Always use full name.
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