Best listen to your mother, boy...
It's time to give-up on the "nostolgia" of the Reagan era:
"So our ideas need to be forward looking and relevant.
I felt like there was a lot of nostalgia and the
good old days in the [Republican] messaging.
I mean, it’s great, but it doesn’t draw people toward your cause"
"From the conservative side, it’s time for us to listen first,
to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit,
to not be nostalgic about the past because,
you know, things do ebb and flow..."
I don't think a party can aspire to be the
majority party if it's the old white guy party.
"Reagan -and my father-
would have a hard time in today's GOP..."
"Back to my dad’s time and Ronald Reagan’s time-
they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support"
Reagan “would be criticized” for reaching across the aisle today.
"I do feel a little out of step with my party on this..."
Immigrants "are more fertile- and they love families!"
"...we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting
and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. "
"I have never wavered from my intention to advance the
"...we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting
and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. "
"I have never wavered from my intention to advance the
cause of diversity in new and more effective ways."
"I used to be a conservative, and I watch these (2012 primary) debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective..."
Jeb Bush on Ted Cruz and his attempts to kill Obamacare:
"...have a little bit of self-restraint. It might actually be a politically better approach to see the massive dysfunction... I think Republicans need to just take a step back and allow -- show a little self-restraint and
let this happen a little more organically."
let this happen a little more organically."
"I miss being Governor"
"I don't miss politics"
Any still in support of a Jeb 2016 run please email
to your house and choke you to death with my bare hands...
