Jeb! too tried to spin . . . his brother's legacy. It started in Debate #2 with Donald Trump's assertion that George W. Bush's "disastrous" presidency brought us Barack Obama.
Jeb! had this one tucked away, just waiting to toss it out. Drawing himself up to full height (to show he's the tallest of the 11), he said
"As it relates to my brother, there's one thing I know for sure: He kept
us safe."
We can argue about that, Jeb !
1. In August 2001, the president's daily intelligence briefing warned of a major terrorist attack on the U.S. as something that could be looming. Bush was on vacation, along with his National Security adviser Condi Rice. Apparently no one paid any attention to the warning. So, Jeb !, are we just to assume that 9/11 didn't count?
2. After lots of backlash to his debate boast, Jeb ! has begun amending his line to say "He kept us safe after 9/11."
3. But did he? More Americans died in Afghanistan and Iraq by far than died on 9/11.
4. Did his unqualified appointee to head FEMA keep New Orleans' poor people safe from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina?
And we could go on. Let's just remind Jeb ! that he promised he would "be my own man." And yet his big moment in that debate was a dubious boast about his brother's presidency.
Donald Trump knew just how to maneuver Jeb ! into that one.
Ralph
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