Jeb Bush has performed a valuable service with his recent missteps and flubs, he’s reminded the world of the baggage he willingly carries. I’m not tarring him with the same brush as George W. Bush just because they are brothers. Jeb has voluntarily staffed his foreign policy team with 17 people from his brother’s administration. (This is out of a foreign policy team of 21, mind you.)
Sure, the dynasty thing is bad enough and it’s the same Bush family as before—but whether Jeb is a Bush or not, he deserves to be pilloried for putting people like Paul Wolfowitz in places where they might have an impact on, you know, foreign policy. (It boggles my mind Wolfowitz is actually showing his face in public, never mind appearing on cable news and advising another Bush.)
Besides Wolfie, there are loads of other people on Jeb’s list of advisers—people like Porter Goss, who gets a bone-chilling shout out in this week’s Frontline piece. (Right after the 43 minute mark.) While the run up to the Iraq war may seem like a long time ago and a president or two away, Jeb is actively bringing these guys back.
These inept hawks are the ones who took this country to war on a lie and actively contributed to the deaths of thousands of United States servicemen and women and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens. And remember, this was not just about "faulty intelligence," the George W. Bush administration (many of who are now in Jeb Bush’s circle of advisers), knowingly used false intelligence to make the case for an unnecessary war. It’s important to remember the recent past so we don’t put the same criminals and idiots in power again. Fortunately, things aren’t looking too good for Jeb right now, but the campaign has barely begun. Enjoy the cartoon, like, comment and all that other good stuff—and be sure to check out the links behind the cartoon.
Jeb Bush:
Hello, I’m Jeb Bush and I’m probably pretty much running for president, I, I think. I suppose.
I mean, I’m a Bush, after all.
But, look, I’m my own man!
Which is why so many of my advisers, ah, worked for my brother, George. I love him.
Y’know, I’ve got Paul Wolfowitz, and I love him, too.
He was in charge of linking 9/11 to Iraq, but, that’s in the past, a’ course.
And really my top adviser, my go-to-guy, is my brother George, who I love.
Look, if you wanna’ play gotcha’ with some kinda hypothetical, yes, I would’ve established a phony link between Al Qaeda and Iraq and juiced it up with bad intel and outright lies, too.
There’s just no daylight between me and the brother I love.
And I think if Barack or Hillary had a fun, charismatic brother like that, they would say the same thing.
‘Course, mistakes were made in Iraq, and less good things happened . . .
But dredging up history that happened over three billion years ago does a disservice to those who served and makes apple pie taste less sweet, so just stop it.
And please support me if I decide to run, which, I’m pretty sure I will and I’ll be, um, passionate about stuff.
I’m Jeb Bush and I approve this message, and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would’ve too if they were in my position. I love my brother and my dad, is it lunchtime yet?