‘Republicans spent too much money’ – Jeb Bush’s harshest criticism yet of his brother

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‘Republicans spent too much money’ – Jeb Bush’s harshest criticism yet of his brother

May 22nd, 2015

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (Reuters / Brian Snyde)

Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has been careful not to criticize his father and brother, the previous two Republican presidents. Yet Bush offered this week a mild critique of his brother’s fiscal policy as comparisons to his family will likely increase.

During a Thursday appearance at a sports bar in the early primary
state of New Hampshire, Bush was asked how close his positions
track with those of his older brother, former President George W.
Bush. Jeb Bush, who is considered a potential frontrunner for the
2016 Republican presidential nomination, but has not officially
entered the race, said that his brother’s record on government
spending is one area where the two differ.

“I think that in Washington, during my brother’s time,
Republicans spent too much money,” Bush said, according to The Washington Post. “I
think he could have used the veto power — he didn’t have
line-item veto power, but he could have brought budget discipline
to Washington, D.C.”

While Jeb Bush has carefully distanced himself from is brother’s
decision to invade Iraq in 2003, his comments in New Hampshire
marked the most public denunciation he has offered of his
family’s track record. His father, George H.W. Bush, was
president from 1989 to 1993.

As for Jeb Bush’s own record on government spending as governor
of Florida from 1999 to 2007, the right-libertarian Cato
Institute has said Bush was “a prolific tax cutter, but he let
spending rise quickly toward the end of his tenure.”

Bush said in a separate New Hampshire appearance on Wednesday
that he loves his father and brother, and that “people just
are going to have to get over that,” the Post reported.

“I don’t feel compelled to go out of my way to criticize
Republican presidents. Just call me a team player here,” he
said Thursday. “It just so happens the last two Republican
presidents happened to be my dad and my brother.”

Bush has strived to make his campaign-like appearances center on
his attributes and record as Florida governor.

“If it’s all about the past, if it’s all about whether the
Bushes are going to break the Adams family [record] in terms of
the number of people who are president, that’s a loser,” he
told WKXL radio, according to the Post. “I totally get that —
and I think people have a right to question me, and I’ll have
every opportunity to convince them of who I am.”

In New Hampshire, Bush may have more trouble than his father and
brother. Reliable, monied supporters, who strongly backed the
George H.W. and George W. Bush campaigns, are not offering the
same support for Jeb, according to the Boston Globe.

Bush is also receiving scrutiny for how he is raising money on
the way to his near-inevitable run for the presidency. By not
officially entering the race, Bush’s Super PAC (political action
committee) — Right to Rise — can raise money in ways declared
candidates cannot, according to the Inquisitr.

Bush is a top choice for the Republican presidential nomination
among establishment Republicans, but his popularity is not as
high among the most conservative wing of the party.

A recent Pew survey showed how more moderate
Republicans have placed Bush above other top candidates, while
conservatives have a generally unfavorable view of the Bush
family standard bearer compared to others in the field.