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(Alledgedly) Jeb Bush: A main advisor for my Middle East policy is my brother George

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Trojita

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/politics/jeb-george-w-bush-adviser/index.html

Jeb Bush cited his brother, former President George W. Bush, as one of his main advisers on the Middle East in a private meeting in Manhattan on Tuesday, according to three people who attended the off-the-record event.

The comment came as a shock to some who were in the room because Jeb, a likely presidential contender, has taken pains to publicly distance himself from his brother and his controversial policies, particularly in that area of the world.

In a national security speech in February, Bush said, "I am my own man," and he has insisted he would develop his own policies on foreign affairs if he decides to run for president.

His comments behind closed doors indicate a closer connection to his brother. After a previous dust-up about who was counseling him on world issues, Jeb was asked Tuesday about his foreign policy advisers. That's when he listed his brother.

The Washington Post reported that Jeb cited his brother as an adviser on Israel, however, four sources confirmed to CNN that the comments were focused on foreign policy more broadly. Three of them said Jeb noted his brother was an adviser on the Middle East.

One of the people in the room jotted down Jeb's comment as such: "What you need to know is that who I listen to when I need advice on the Middle East is George W. Bush."

Bush spokesman Tim Miller said in a statement to CNN: "Gov. Bush deeply respects his brother's service to this country and in response to a question about James Baker and Israel, he reiterated that he looks to his brother whose stalwart support for our ally is in line with his commitment to standing with Israel in the face of great threats to their security and our own."

Two sources who the Bush staff put in touch with CNN said they understood Bush's comments to be specifically regarding Israel.

"There were some eyebrows raised because people might not have realized it was in the context of Israel," said one of these two sources. "I knew it was in respect to Israel." ​

The other source provided a similar account, saying, "it was clear that Jeb was referring to Israel."

Paul Singer, the founder of the hedge fund Elliott Management, hosted the event Tuesday, but it was not a fundraiser for Bush. The roughly 50-person crowd tended to be foreign policy-oriented and included prominent Republican donors, former ambassadors, and members of the conservative media. CNN granted sources anonymity because it was an off-the-record event.
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Wag

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massoluk

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The dude that didn't know the difference between Sunni and Shia is your advisor in the Middle East. That's comforting.
 
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dabig2

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Makes sense. He already copped most of his brother's advisors. Might as well bring aboard the head honcho at the time.
 
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TheXbox

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Sounds like maybe he's just doing his brother lip service. Idk, it might be true, but I feel like that would be blatantly self-destructive.
 
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pigeon

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entrement said:
He's gonna win the nomination. He has no competition and has the crazy Bush connections and money.

This is gonna be a blip.

He may even win the Presidency honestly.
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He's polling at 5% in Republican primary polls. He's in like seventh place! And that's before this quote.

The only person saying that Jeb is inevitable right now is Jeb, because the only way for Jeb to win the nomination is if he's inevitable. But if he were really inevitable he'd be ahead by now.
 
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TheDrizzlerJ11

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For what it's worth, Jeb did a lot of good things for Floridas environment. Which is the opposite of every red governor we've had. He is far from the GoPs worst candidate.
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Makes sense. He already copped most of his brother's advisors. Might as well bring aboard the head honcho at the time.
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Cheney is an advisor too?
 
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teruterubozu

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entrement said:
He's gonna win the nomination. He has no competition and has the crazy Bush connections and money.

This is gonna be a blip.

He may even win the Presidency honestly.
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He's getting skewered by his own party. He's been the butt of jokes on Rush, Beck, Hannity, etc.
 
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Grover Cleveland

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Even if you could argue that large swathes of Bush 43's Middle East policy was actually composed of Cheney's ideas, he still is the figurehead who receives all of the blame for its failures. The optics of actually including him in Jeb's advising team would be irreparably damaging to the campaign.
 
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I thought Jeb went out of his way to say he's his "own man"? No one likes W. If Hillary brings up that W is one of his advisors you'd think he'd be doomed from the start.
 
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WaffleTaco

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Well I guess he's got my vote...not only did he do a great job handling the Middle East, if he was still President we would not even have to deal with ISIS because it would have been dealt with explosive preemptiveness the likeness you have never seen.
 
Interfectum

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WaffleTaco said:
Well I guess he's got my vote...not only did he do a great job handling the Middle East, if he was still President we would not even have to deal with ISIS because it would have been dealt with explosive preemptiveness the likeness you have never seen.
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joke post?
 
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Plinko

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I think he meant Dick Cheney.
 
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HylianTom

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We have jungle (open) primaries here in Louisiana. He has my vote in the primary.

I was weighing Cruz, but Jeb's too easy at this rate,
 
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Raistlin

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So what he's really saying is Dick Cheney is his main advisor.


Makes Obama's joke at the White House correspondents' dinner all the more tasty:

"He [Cheney] thinks I'm the worst president of his lifetime," Obama said, "which is interesting because I think Dick Cheney is the worst president of my lifetime."
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Stinkles

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I don't know why you guys are laughing, we wouldn't ever even have been in the Middle East if Obama hadn't invaded Iraq on trumped up but also simultaneously real WMD charges. After all the 911 bombers were controlled from Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, but also they were actually all from Iraq probably. Which is a country that used to be run under Sharia law. By Sadaam Hussein Obama.
 
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