Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 06:37 pm
This is getting painful. It’s like watching casting rejects for a Viagra commercial that’s going to air on MTV. Or something. A plummeting Jeb Bush is reaching for profanity as his lifeline, and it’s second hand embarrassment inducing.
Jeb Bush plummeted in polls yesterday to 5.8%, trailing Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. “Jeb! Can Fix It!” was obviously not catching fire after Bush’s wet blanket debate appearance.
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Matt Flegenheimer at the New York Times pointed out that Jeb Bush is testing out “gentle profanity” for the vigor, “Eager to demonstrate urgency and vigor in his campaign, Jeb Bush seems to be testing a new tool: gentle profanity. At least three times in recent days, Mr. Bush has let fly a “damn,” or some variation, to enliven remarks on the stump during his “Jeb Can Fix It” tour in New Hampshire and Florida.”
Examples from the last few days provided by Flegenheimer included: “We’re Americans, damn it!”, “A president has to roll up their damn sleeves and get to work,” and “We’re going to win this damn thing.”
Yikes. If Bush keeps this up, he’s going to get the pity vote from Democrats who can’t resist a sad case.
Praising Dick Cheney is probably not the solution:
Jeb Bush to @kasie on Dick Cheney: "He served my brother well as vice president"
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) November 5, 2015
A national Fox News poll released Wednesday showed Bush polling at 4% with Republican primary voters. To put this in perspective, “Don’t know” got 5%. This poll also showed that Republican primary voters think Donald Trump is the most qualified to be commander in chief. You can thank white men and people without a college degree for that one.
These numbers are not good, and when you add in the amount of money Bush is spending, it’s alarming. For example, Bush is polling at 7.8% on Real Clear Politics in New Hampshire polls even after his Super PAC combined with his campaign dumped close to 5 million dollars in ads on the state. “Ads supporting Bush have gobbled up 60 percent of the available air time in the past three weeks, putting Bush’s ad presence ahead of all the other presidential candidates combined.”
But Bush is still sinking in New Hampshire. Heck, even his home state isn’t backing him. Bush is at 7% among Florida Republican primary voters.
Maybe a dose of “gentle profanity” will get people to forget his last name when they’re not falling asleep while he’s speaking.
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