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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the "Great Society," if he were elected president.

According to the Miami Herald, Bush made those comments Wednesday night in San Antonio, Florida at Saint Leo University, while speaking about education, immigration, and energy policy.

Bush did not address Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, about which Ronald Reagan once famously quipped, "We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."

Instead, he was referencing Johnson's mastery of the so-called sausage-making process in Congress.

He vowed to approach the presidency as "master of the Senate," as biographer Robert Caro described Johnson.

“He went and he cajoled, he begged, he threatened, he loved, he hugged, he did what leaders do, which is they personally get engaged to make something happen,’’ Bush said of Johnson. Bush cited Caro's latest book about Johnson, The Passage of Power, which covers the first part of Johnson's presidency.

The wheeling and dealing Johnson loved and relished is what will be needed to pass bills such as immigration regulations. That process is also how government gets expanded and cronyism thrives, as Peter Schweizer's nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute and directer Stephen K. Bannon documented in "Boomtown."

Bush, who has a book on comprehensive immigration reform due out next month, said it was "un-American" to have illegal immigrants living in fear of exposure.

“To me — and I’m here at this great Catholic institution and this is what my church teaches me — it is completely un-American to require people living in the shadows," he declared.

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Johnson was a corrupt Senator before he was VP and POTUS. That is why he could wheel and deal with the Senate. He was a mamber of the ol' boys network. Either Bush is an idiot, or he is fully aware that his Progressive big govt' plans will sail right through with Rat Senators. Either way it is very bad for freedom and the country.

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Johnson was a corrupt Senator before he was VP and POTUS. That is why he could wheel and deal with the Senate. He was a mamber of the ol' boys network. Either Bush is an idiot, or he is fully aware that his Progressive big govt' plans will sail right through with Rat Senators. Either way it is very bad for freedom and the country.

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Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #2

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ALL I WANT TO SAY IS ....... Jeb Bush was a very good Governor of Florida !!

and that is all I am saying !!

J-Girl

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Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #1

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Johnson was a corrupt Senator before he was VP and POTUS. That is why he could wheel and deal with the Senate. He was a mamber of the ol' boys network. Either Bush is an idiot, or he is fully aware that his Progressive big govt' plans will sail right through with Rat Senators. Either way it is very bad for freedom and the country.

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Not deterred by the beating, I just took in a prior thread .......

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS ....... Jeb Bush was a very good Governor of Florida !!

and that is all I am saying !!

J-Girl

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I agree. I think Christie Creme is one of the best Gov's NJ ever had, I wouldn't want him as POTUS either. I just think a man needs to know his limitations.

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/15/Jeb-Bush-I-d-Strive-to-Be-Like-Lyndon-Johnson-if-Elected-President

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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the "Great Society," if he were elected president.

According to the Miami Herald, Bush made those comments Wednesday night in San Antonio, Florida at Saint Leo University, while speaking about education, immigration, and energy policy.

Bush did not address Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, about which Ronald Reagan once famously quipped, "We had a war on poverty, and poverty won."

Instead, he was referencing Johnson's mastery of the so-called sausage-making process in Congress.

He vowed to approach the presidency as "master of the Senate," as biographer Robert Caro described Johnson.

“He went and he cajoled, he begged, he threatened, he loved, he hugged, he did what leaders do, which is they personally get engaged to make something happen,’’ Bush said of Johnson. Bush cited Caro's latest book about Johnson, The Passage of Power, which covers the first part of Johnson's presidency.

The wheeling and dealing Johnson loved and relished is what will be needed to pass bills such as immigration regulations. That process is also how government gets expanded and cronyism thrives, as Peter Schweizer's nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute and directer Stephen K. Bannon documented in "Boomtown."

Bush, who has a book on comprehensive immigration reform due out next month, said it was "un-American" to have illegal immigrants living in fear of exposure.

“To me — and I’m here at this great Catholic institution and this is what my church teaches me — it is completely un-American to require people living in the shadows," he declared.

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Johnson was a corrupt Senator before he was VP and POTUS. That is why he could wheel and deal with the Senate. He was a mamber of the ol' boys network. Either Bush is an idiot, or he is fully aware that his Progressive big govt' plans will sail right through with Rat Senators. Either way it is very bad for freedom and the country.

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Actually, johnson was well know for buying votes with hookers, and he said so in one of his tapes.

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Beating, that is funny, put it this way, if the choice is jeb bush or hillary, I wll vote for hillary. Never going to vote for a moderate amnesty pushing jeb, never.

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Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #3

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I agree. I think Christie Creme is one of the best Gov's NJ ever had, I wouldn't want him as POTUS either. I just think a man needs to know his limitations.

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....but I also believe the best "well" to go to for a POTUS is a governor !!

Only speaking of GOP-GOV's - of course !!

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Actually, johnson was well know for buying votes with hookers, and he said so in one of his tapes.

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Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #8

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Again. I agree. I just am more partial to a fresh new younger Gov like Scott Walker or Bobby Jindal than Kasich or another Bush.

(See how easy going and agreeable I am W.)

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Beating, that is funny, put it this way, if the choice is jeb bush or hillary, I wll vote for hillary. Never going to vote for a moderate amnesty pushing jeb, never.

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Nerd, you are not from Florida right ??

You know, they say that if Jeb had not lost his first run for FL Gov ...he would have run for POTUS instead of his brother.

He was always thought of as the "smarter" brother.

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jeb was just another dishonest real estate agent at the time..

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Actually I lived in sanford for a while and built homes in deland.

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LOL, I was the contractor. But yes, I can swing a hammer also.

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LOL, I was the contractor. But yes, I can swing a hammer also.

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