Why Jeb Bush might not run for president

[mystery-ak]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2627406/A-crack-smoking-daughter-Mexican-American-wife-detained-customs-lying-19k-clothes-jewelery-Why-Jeb-Bush-not-run-president.html

A crack-smoking daughter and a Mexican-American wife detained at customs for lying about $19k in clothes and jewelery: Why Jeb Bush might not run for president

    House Speaker John Boehner is eager for a centrist GOP candidate; a Capitol Hill aide close to him told MailOnline he 'will go to the mat for Jeb'
    But Bush's daughter was arrested in 2002 after she tried to fill a fake prescription for the often-abused tranquilizer drug Xanax
    Sentenced to rehab, she was caught stealing pills and possessing crack cocaine while in treatment, and served 10 days in jail
    The former Florida guv's wife, a Mexican immigrant, was once detained by U.S. Customs for smuggling in clothing and jewelry she bought in Paris
    A Bush confidante told the Washington Post that his top considerations for a 2016 decision 'are Columba, 1, 2 and 3. It's whether she's up for it'

By David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor

Published: 14:41 EST, 13 May 2014 | Updated: 17:20 EST, 13 May 2014



Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's number has come up on the Republican Party's presidential roulette wheel, making a possible third President Bush the talk of Washington, D.C. and fodder for breathless news reports.

A House aide close to Speaker John Boehner told MailOnline on Tuesday that he will 'go to the mat for Jeb.'

'He doesn't want someone in office who's going to keep splitting the party between the center and the right,' the staffer said.

But Bush's family could drag along enough heavy baggage to sink a White House run, including his daughter Noelle's 2002 arrests for prescription drug fraud, stealing pills at a rehab clinic, and possession of crack cocaine.

His wife Columba also was detained at U.S. Customs in 1999, at the Atlanta airport, for under-reporting $19,000 worth of clothing and jewelry she bought in Paris – signing a declaration for just $500.

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[alicewonders]

Sounds like his family is as messed up as Biden's. 

 :nometalk:

[Right_in_Virginia]

A House aide close to Speaker John Boehner told MailOnline on Tuesday that he will 'go to the mat for Jeb.'

The GOPe  is simply not comfortable with victory.

[jmyrlefuller]

'He doesn't want someone in office who's going to keep splitting the party between the center and the right,' the staffer said.

but splitting the party between the socons and the libertarians is just fine, isn't it?

[GourmetDan]

Sounds like his family is as messed up as Biden's. 

Of course, the media is fine w/ Bidens family but will beat this drum 24/7 once Jeb makes it to the general election...

[truth_seeker]

His daughter had a drug problem in 2002. What about now, 2015?

He has been with his wife since they met and he was 18 years old. That is family values, in my book. It doesn't matter if she is of Mexican ancestry, or is a Martian.

I think both dems and GOPers will be digging up anything and everything, because he is a real threat. He has a solid record, speaks fluent Spanish, and can raise big money.

Bottom line; he is better qualified than most of the serious contenders/opponents.

To me his being a Bush is of no more consequence, than being a Roosevelt, an Adams, a Clinton, a Brown (governors of the largest state) or a Cuomo. Political families are reality. It is not good or bad. It simply is reality.

[Oceander]

I don't know of anyone, period, who ever admitted they were bringing in more than $500 worth of stuff.