Is Jeb now a human pinata on Iraq? I think so! After asking for a Mulligan, Jeb Bush has now given his second, and presumably final answer to the question of whether he’d still invade Iraq “knowing what we know now.” The answer is: “I don’t know what that decision would have been.” Somehow this is not satisfying in a presidential candidate! A president is supposed to be able to make up his mind. And, given the unpopularity of the Iraq War even among Republicans, Bush’s non-answer would seem to open him up to the argument that “You can’t still think going into Iraq now, as a sane human being, was the right thing to do.” That’s Laura Ingraham’s quote.
Among potential presidential contenders, Gov. Chris Christie has also already gotten in his whacks (“I don’t think you could honestly say that if we knew then that there was no WMD that the country should have gone to war.”) Ted Cruz says “Of course not.” Who’s next? If Marco Rubio piles on we’ll know the polling on the issue really is against the war KWWKN (Knowing What We Know Now) among Republicans. … Update: Rubio gets in his lick. (“Not only would I not have been in favor of it, but President Bush would not have.”) Also Kasich.
P.S.: The interesting Jeb answer would have been “no.” He can’t even dis his brother to that extent? Why is it so important to Jeb that there be no “space between me and my brother”? Tells us something about Jeb we needed to know, involving baggage (lots) and balls (not so much). …
Is Jeb now a human pinata on Iraq? I think so! After asking for a Mulligan, Jeb… http://t.co/P2fuSoQ7eI
Is Jeb Bush now a human piñata on Iraq? http://t.co/2mrXQcb7bM
it is very good to see @kausmickey talking about something other than immigration. http://t.co/48OqBcns0C
Is Jeb now a human pinata on Iraq? http://t.co/hznBbGu9iU
Who was next (after Christie, Cruz) to take a whack at the Jeb piñata? http://t.co/2mrXQcb7bM Answer: Kasich! http://t.co/gw7cVkgGtz