Sunday, March 30, 2014

BloggeRhythms

Philip Rucker and Robert Costa, wrote a column in the Washington Post, headed “Influential Republicans working to draft Jeb Bush into 2016 presidential race.” 
 
They note that, “Many of the Republican Party’s most powerful insiders and financiers have begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to draft former Florida governor Jeb Bush into the 2016 presidential race, courting him and his intimates and starting talks on fundraising strategy. Bush ran his last campaign in 2002, and during last year’s rollout of his book, “Immigration Wars,” his inconsistent position on a path to legalization revealed that he is politically rusty.”
 
They then add this quote from William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine: “It’d be a little odd to nominate someone who was last in office in 2006, who hasn’t been politically involved at all, in any significant way, in the Obama years.”
 
Kristol’s comment stuck out because to me he comes across as a smarmy, arrogant, elitist type rarely saying anything of depth or experience-based authenticity. What’s more, with Dem’s in control of two thirds of national governance, what could Jeb have done other than sit on the sidelines and gripe like hundreds of other whining critics, which he chose to remain above?
 
Nonetheless, Jeb was an effective, popular governor when in office, possessing skills and abilities he still retains today. And if the last five years haven’t done anything else, they’ve proven that unskilled amateurs don’t belong in positions they’re unqualified for. And that the presidency of the U.S. isn’t the place for on the job training. Which means that despite that there are no aptitude or experience tests for leadership and managerial talents at the presidential level, there really should be. Because, all talk/no capability leads to disaster.
 
Then, further along in the article the authors relate that, “In any campaign, Bush would have to grapple with the legacy of his brother George W. Bush and his unpopular wars. A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found that almost half of all Americans surveyed say they “definitely would not” vote for Jeb Bush for president.”
 
What this means is that whether the candidate’s Jeb Bush, or anyone else really meaning to protect the nation, its citizens and interests, he has to find a way to educate the electorate about how the world’s changed and what needs to be done to accomplish safety and security today. Because whether those opposing war like it or not, enemies and belligerents are going to keep on regardless.
 
And, the simple proof of what happens when realities are ignored or avoided can be seen every day currently where the nation is no longer feared or respected by others who militarily do as they please unfettered and unhampered, knowing full well that today U.S. leadership doesn't even know how to retaliate.  
 
That’s it for today folks.
 
Adios

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