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  • Andrea Tantaros Attacks Jeb Bush With Twitter Remark About Son

    Andrea Tantaros, a Fox News host, attacked Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush on Thursday evening, during the Republican debate. She sent a Twitter message, asking if he planned to send his son, George P. Bush, into Iraq if elected president.

    According to TampaBay.com, George P. Bush is a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve. Andrea Tantaros was likely very surprised to learn he spent eight months serving his country in Afghanistan–under an assumed name.

    Kristy Campbell is Jeb Bush’s campaign spokesperson. Finding nothing amusing about her question, Campbell called Andrea Tantaros a “pundit hack.”

    That jab wasn’t the only one Andrea Tantaros took at Jeb Bush on Thursday night, either.

    Andrea Tantaros was back at it on Friday, likely after learning of George P. Bush’s record of service.

    She posted on Facebook as well.

    Jeb Bush wants to send U.S. troops back to Iraq. Last night he said he wants to "embed" more American troops in the…

    Posted by Andrea Tantaros on Friday, January 29, 2016

    What’s your take on Andrea Tantaros’s jabs at Jeb Bush? Is she the Megyn Kelly of his campaign?

  • George P. Bush Wins Republican Nomination

    George P. Bush got the “W” on Tuesday.

    The grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, nephew of former President and Texas Governor George W. Bush, and son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush followed in the Bush men’s political footsteps on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Fort Worth attorney won the Republican nomination for Texas land commissioner.

    Bush filed to run for the office in November. At the time his only competition was Republican David Watts.

    At his victory party at a Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth Bush said, “We don’t have to change our conservative principles to win, we just need to change our tactics. You’ll see that we have tea party friends, that we have mainstream conservatives, we have strong Latino support and a lot of younger voters.” Bush spoke both English and Spanish at his victory party, where his Mexican-born mother Columba was in attendance.

    Bush took to Twitter to encourage voters in Texas to go out and vote Tuesday, though he understood the weather may have some a bit wary to get out and vote.

    The newly voted Republican nominee for Texas land commissioner also posted a photo to his Twitter account showing that he voted with his baby boy Prescott.

    After winning Tuesday, Bush took to Twitter to thank his wife and all those who voted for him.

    Now Bush’s only competition in November for Texas land commissioner will be Democratic nominee and former El Paso Mayor John Cook.

    Image via George P. Bush, Instagram.

  • George P. Bush: Beacon For Latino Voters?

    George P. Bush, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and nephew and grandson of presidents, has put his hat in the political ring as a candidate for Texas Land Comissioner. What’s so special about that? Well, besides being the latest Bush to boldly step into the political arena, Bush is of mixed race. His father, Jeb is married to a hispanic woman named Columba, according to Reuters.

    Some are hoping that this will help draw more latino voters to support the Republican party. “This certainly helps the Republican Party present an image of a party that not only seeks Hispanic votes but is running Hispanics for office,” Mark P. Jones, a political analyst at Rice University in Houston.

    “This is clearly beneficial in Texas, because every other Republican candidate for a non-judicial statewide race in 2014 will be a white male,” Jones said.

    Bush, a lawyer and co-founder and chairman of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, is active in the latino community, and would be good for the image white male-dominated party. According to CBS, he speaks Spanish and has worked to stifle the expectations caused by his family’s standing, but he is still being spotlighted by the Republican party, in order to garner attention from an increasingly influential latino community.

    However, the question is, when will we stop assuming that people are so, um, unintelligent that they will vote for a candidate or a party simply based on the color of the candidate’s skin? Do people really do that? Well, apparently a few, but not enough to make broad assumptions.

    State Representative Jose Menendez, a Democrat, said he considers the assumption “insulting”, as he should. “I think the Hispanic community is not a monolithic community, it is a community that is independent.”, he said.

    Menendez pointed out that he believes Hispanics support “policies over personalities” just like anyone else, and Cal Jillson, a political analyst at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, agrees with that sentiment.

    “There will be a few people who are attracted to Bush personally due to his connection to Hispanic Texas, but there will be just a few,” Jillson said.

    Surely we don’t think that little of our fellow man, to assume he will blindly follow someone else’s ideals because his skin is the same color? I know that a few will, but surely not the majority.

    What do you think? Would you vote for a candidate simply based on ethnicity?

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