Byrnes writes: "GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush late Thursday suggested that when discussing the football team the Washington Redskins, the mascot is not the offensive part of the phrase."
Jeb Bush. (photo: Mic Smith/AP)
Jeb Bush: 'Washington' Is Pejorative, Not 'Redskins'
10 October 15
OP presidential candidate Jeb Bush late Thursday suggested that when discussing the football team the Washington Redskins, the mascot is not the offensive part of the phrase.
The former Florida governor, who said recently that he doesn't find the team's name offensive, made the remark when conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt suggested the media overhype D.C.-related stories.
"There was a big argument about the Washington Redskins, the 'Redskins' being a pejorative term," Bush said. "I think 'Washington' is the pejorative term, not the 'Redskins.'"
The owner of the NFL team, Daniel Snyder, has stood firmly behind the Redskins name. He also donated $100,000 to the pro-Bush super-PAC Right to Rise earlier this year.
Bush said that Washington is "not chaotic, it's just dysfunctional," after GOP clamoring Thursday to find a new candidate to run for Speaker.
Republicans are seeking even more distance from the Beltway than usual this election cycle as never-elected candidates such as billionaire Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former businesswoman Carly Fiorina are connecting well with voters.
Bush also suggested Thursday during a campaign stop in Iowa that working in Washington was not part of his "DNA," with the statement seen as an attempt to distinguish himself from his father and brother, who both served as president.
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But I think Trump and the Republicans will pay a heavy price for taking healthcare backwards and costing the lives of many thousands of people. They will have a hard time winning national elections after all this.
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This brat is just trying to make sure that you never do on his watch, the better to make crawling servants of the corrupt status quo of you.
You sure as Hell are reaping the whirlwind in not electing Bernie Sanders, the ONLY populist politician who ran in the last cycle.
This isn't called the United States of Amnesia for nothing.
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"Depraved Heart Murder ~ the form of murder that establishes that the willful doing of a dangerous and reckless act with wanton indifference to the consequences and perils involved, is just as blameworthy, and just as worthy of punishment, when the harmful result ensues, as is the express intent to kill itself."
Singlepayer is gaining support, despite the idiot CA DEM who ended its impetus most recently.
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I called my toe-the-line horrible Rethuglican SC Senators:LGraha m&Tim Scott & gave them a piece of my mind for their sleazy support of McConnell's DeathPanel legislation. Will call AGAIN TOMORROW becoz of highway robbery BigPharma price on an Rx I had to buy yesterday. Outrageous price on drug that's been on the market for several years w/no generic yet.
Ugh, Lindsey Graham. We've got Pat Toomey.
Fight the good fight, everybody! This is the time!
The American people increasingly want single payer, while Trump wants to be the single player. ;-)