Jeb Bush was interviewed by former GOP strategist Nicolle Wallace about his decision in November. And it appears he is both #NeverTrump and #NeverHillary.
“I’ve watched history unfold with kind of a front row seat,” said the former candidate, still smarting from his disastrous primary campaign. “The simple fact is there’s a threshold past which anybody who steps in the Oval Office must go past. And I don’t think either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump go past that threshold.”
“If you believe like I do that the Presidency is sacred ground and you want a President who upholds the Constitution — and I don’t think either of the candidates fulfill that primary kind of objective — then I can’t vote for either one of them.”
He gave a nod to the Libertarian ticket of Gov. Gary Johnson and Gov. William Weld, but fell far short of endorsing the third-party candidates. You can watch the interview here.
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This is exactly where I am.
Dang it, I don’t want to agree with Jeb. At least I don’t think government is a sacred thing, unless it is a sacred cow fattened for slaughter.
Gah, I can’t even watch that interview! If Jeb Bush hadn’t been so utterly delusional about the damage done to the Bush brand (on both left and right), and so clueless about the hopelessness of his Mr. Milquetoast campaign, and hadn’t sucked up so much donor money so early in the campaign, we might very well have Scott Walker or Marco Rubio at the top of the ticket instead of Donald Trump.
Honestly, after Barack Obama, I blame Jeb! for the ascendancy of Trump. Do us all a favor and withdraw from public life, Jeb.
As far a Jeb’s opinion on anything at all is concerned, my apathy runneth over.