Slog - Comments on The Next Next President of the U.S.? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st Former Florida governor Jeb Bush was in town last night, speaking at a dinner for the Washington Policy Center ("Improving lives through market solutions"). There was a press availability with Bush beforehand, so I went down to the Seattle Westin to check it out. A very flustered woman ushered me into a small room filled with men in suits, one of them the president's brother. We waited. The woman left. A moment later she returned, and addressed Jeb Bush by the wrong name, mistaking him for a reporter or event organizer or some such. Ouch. The woman began apologizing... Copyright 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:50:13 -0800 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:20:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle This is why Gore/Obama must win. Or Obama/Gore.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814036 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:11:53 -0800 Comment by Providence Let's see. Four years of Bush I, followed by 8 years of Mr. Clinton, followed by 8 years of Bush II, followed by 4-8 years of Mrs. Clinton, followed by 4-8 years of Jeb Bush, followed by 4-8 years of Chelsea Clinton, followed by....

Ah fuck it, I'm moving to Canada.

]]> Providence http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814037 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:12:10 -0800 Comment by mongo like slog Re: his response to presidential plans in the future-didnt HRC say something similar when asked the same question many yrs ago?
I sincerely hope he never runs. The name George is bad enough for pres, but Jeb? Jeb?

]]> mongo like slog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814043 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:14:03 -0800 Comment by KY. COL. of TRUTH shoo-in - BTW -

Bush41/Clinton/Bush43/Bush44 scenario: Cheney (1) dies or (2) quits prior next year's primaries. Bush appoints his smarter (but less good-ol'-boy-pleasant) brother to be vice-president, thereby endowing him with valuable political incumbency. Jeb's Hispanic wife is an asset (broken English in a First Lady finally counts). If twin brothers can run Poland, why not here? In an amusing ironic twist, Gore picks Hillary to be his running mate. How to conclude this fairy tale? Your call.

]]> KY. COL. of TRUTH http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814058 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:24:22 -0800 Comment by cressona Eli, the word is shoo-in, not shoe-in.

Regards,
The Spelling Nazi

Anyway, Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times wrote a great column, All in the Families, about the aristocratic implications of a Hillary presidency. And he worked in Jeb:

In South Asia — Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka — it has been common for a spouse or child to inherit a political office. But that always has the feel of a politically immature democracy. It would feel very Sri Lankan if we had a father-son series and a husband-wife series of presidents.


And if Jeb Bush succeeds Hillary Clinton in the White House, I’ll flee to Sri Lanka.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814059 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:24:40 -0800 Comment by Eli Sanders Thanks, Cressona. Fixed it.

]]> Eli Sanders http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814063 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:29:50 -0800 Comment by BAN GLITTERING GENERALITIES Actually until Jeb's face shows less chipmunk cheek, he's got no chance in this lookist society. Same could be said of Al Gore whose excess facial flesh reminds one of a Chinese Mandarin. Bill Richardson - too fat. Kucinich - too ugly. What's this "People"-obsessed society to do?

]]> BAN GLITTERING GENERALITIES http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814068 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:33:18 -0800 Comment by monkey I can tolerate another Clinton. I don't think I could take another Bush.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814083 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:47:11 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Jeb was always the smart Bush kid.

That's a relative use of the word, not an absolute one.

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814084 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:47:23 -0800 Comment by adam and partner named steve ABOVE

On you asserted standards, Mitt Baby is a shoe in- oh, shoo- in.

Flat out TV star telegenic.

And virile, five sons. That family shot will boost him five points. Men and women like manly public figures, and in that category it is all Mitt Romney. He makes the Bush boys look like common in bred Southern laborers.

Expensive and well tailored suits as well. Very nice, one only and smiling wife. Looks very young for her age and after five kids. All good.

]]> adam and partner named steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814089 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:49:37 -0800 Comment by SFLAG My question is... what is on his tie?

]]> SFLAG http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814101 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:06:34 -0800 Comment by Oscar Just went to Mitt's site - my question is - what is in his pants?

Yes, he is a hottie, esp. for an older guy.

Do we have him in running shorts anywhere?

]]> Oscar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814106 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:15:21 -0800 Comment by chris the one good thing about the presidency of gw bush, is that he has absolutely ruined the "bush brand". his dad was awful, but he's off the charts as a failed president. bush likes to say that history will be the judge of his actions, as if he'll be vindicated at some future point. i think the opposite is true, he'll be judged harshly and almost held in a nixon-like pariah status for the rest of his life. once we get through cleaning up his mess sometime in 2016, there's not going to be some mad rush of bush-nostalgia. and, republicans aren't that dumb. they're going to suffer some rough years in the political wilderness due to this administration, and as a party they aren't likely to go rushing back in 2012 or 2016 to the arms of the same family that got them in the wilderness in the first place, regardless if jeb is the "smart one" or not.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814164 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:09:18 -0800 Comment by raindrop How about George H. W. Bush return for another term? He is eligible. It would be grand to see the father upstage the son.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814467 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:41:32 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa Jeb Bush was a pretty awful governor. Not the spectacular train wreck his brother is, though.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814544 2008 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:37:10 -0800 Comment by Toby Weymiller The Bush brand is alive and well. There were idiots who thought the Clinton brand was ruined after Bill "stained" the White House and they were wrong. The Bush clan will be back.

]]> Toby Weymiller http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_next_next_president_of_the_united_st#c814621 2008 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:20:43 -0800