Jeb Bush is back.
And he's leading the charge with the Republicans latest talking point ...
Jeb Bush to Obama: Stop blaming my brother
by David Jackson, USA TODAY -- Aug 26, 2012
TAMPA -- Jeb Bush says it's time for President Obama to stop blaming his brother for the nation's problems.
"I mean, look, the guy (Obama) was dealt a difficult hand, no question about it," Bush said on NBC's Meet The Press. "But he's had three years. His policies have failed."
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OK Jeb, if we can no longer blame George for the crater he left in the American Economy --
can we at least blame the ongoing GOP obstruction, that is preventing any bipartisan corrective action?
GOP Obstruction like this:
Gridlock in Congress? Blame the GOP
by Julian Zelizer, CNN Contributor, cnn.com -- May 21, 2012
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While both parties have played roles in the growth of polarization since the 1970s, since 2007 congressional Republicans have been taking the partisan wars to new extremes in several areas.
The first is with the kind of brinksmanship budgetary politics that has now become normative. Last week, House Speaker John Boehner once again threatened that Republicans would not vote to increase the debt ceiling unless Democrats agreed to certain tax and spending policies sought by the GOP. Republicans have used this tactic repeatedly in the past few years, each time bringing the nation closer to the brink of default.
This is no way to decide on a budget or to handle the nation's debt. Holding the debt ceiling hostage to win political battles has undermined international confidence in the U.S. political system. It has also created an unhealthy atmosphere where politicians are willing to take great risks with the goal of winning certain legislative battles. There need to be some limits to what legislators are willing to do in the pursuit of victory.
The second way Republicans push the envelope of partisanship is with the filibuster. As political junkies know, use of the filibuster has greatly increased since the 1970s. Both parties have been guilty. A tool once reserved for high-profile legislation such as civil rights became a normalized tool of combat making the Senate a supermajoritarian body on almost every decision.
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If we can't blame GW -- Can we at least blame the
record-setting GOP filibusters (ie. stonewalling) that is
intentionally preventing the economy from recovering, with all due urgency?
Can we at least blame the GOP brinksmanship -- which treats the American Economy as their own personal version of "battleship" -- U.S.A. Credit Ratings be damned!
Afterall, the GOP standard-bearers have careers to consider, you know Jeb -- their own.
OK Jeb, if we can no longer blame your Brother -- for the "highway robbery" he empowered Wall Street to take -- Can we at least blame the GOP Pact, that would rather sink the American Economy, than give President Obama -- and the American People -- one single win?
Secret meeting to take down Obama exposed
The Last Word -- April 26, 2012
link to entire clip
On Obama's inauguration day, Congressional Republican leadership held a secret meeting where they agreed to oppose President Obama on every economic proposal according to Robert Draper's new book.
Transcript of the GOP Pact, taken on day one. Lawrence O'Donnell:
We now know when the Congressional Republicans decided to oppose and obstruct every single thing that President Obama has tried to do. It was in a secret meeting that occurred the day President Obama was inaugurated.
Robert Draper's new book, Do Not Ask What Good We Do -- Inside the U.S. House of Representatives, details a meeting that took place on inauguration day, among leaders of the Republican Party -- including Eric Cantor, and Paul Ryan, and the disgraced former Republican speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; Along with Republican communications adviser Frank Luntz, who organized the event.
According to Robert Draper's book, after 4 hours everyone agreed on the path forward for the Republican Party:
Show united and unyielding opposition to the President's economic policies.
Win the spear point of the House in 2010.
Jab Obama relentlessly in 2011.
Win the White House and the Senate in 2012.
"You will remember this day," Newt Gingrich proclaimed to the others as they said goodbye. "You'll remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sown."
OK Jeb, even if GW is no longer
'in play' -- that doesn't mean the policies and mindsets he left us,
aren't.
The Legacy of GW is alive and well -- all we have to do is look at the modern-day version of the G.O.P.
THEY should shoulder the blame -- for our Do-Nothing Congress. It's by their design -- that the Economy is still being held back. They took an oath.
The Just-Say-No Republicans should get NO "free pass" -- whether they still cling to GW's shirt-tails, or not. They still promote his policies.
Sorry Jeb, those GW Policies are still fair game. Arguably -- those policies ARE the GOP's biggest problem. Especially since Mitt Romney's Tax Cut plan is simply GW's on Steroids.
... Just more give-aways for Millionaires. You know, the GW Legacy.