Barbara Bush Archives

Barbara Bush Marvels Why Women Would Vote for Trump

July 18, 2016 Buck Banks

I don’t know how women can vote for him … It’s incomprehensible to me.

— Barbara Bush, in an interview with CBS News, on Donald Trump as the Republican nominee.

‘Bar’ Protects Cub

January 22, 2016 Buck Banks

Jeb Bush’s low-energy campaign’s in a slump,
So he created a commercial to give it a jump.
But though he’s losing to the bully,
Jeb’s keeping his hands unsullied,
By letting his mom take on mean old Donald Trump.

Let’s Hope She Keeps Her Promise

June 8, 2015 Buck Banks

I’ve promised that during this next campaign season, I will not talk.

— Barbara Bush, quoted by Politico.

Barbara Bush Changes Her Mind on White House Dynasty

February 17, 2015 Buck Banks

I changed my mind!

— Barbara Bush, quoted by the Washington Post, on whether there have been “too many Bushes” in the White House.

Jeb Bush Disagrees with His Mom

May 30, 2013 Buck Banks

What can I tell you? All I can say is we all have mothers, right? She is totally liberated, and God bless her.

— Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), saying “he’s undecided about running for president but didn’t appear to agree with his mother that enough members of their family have occupied the White House,” the AP reports. Bush said he needs another year before making his decision.

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Barbara Bush Marvels Why Women Would Vote for Trump

I don’t know how women can vote for him … It’s incomprehensible to me.

— Barbara Bush, in an interview with CBS News, on Donald Trump as the Republican nominee.

‘Bar’ Protects Cub

Let’s Hope She Keeps Her Promise

I’ve promised that during this next campaign season, I will not talk.

— Barbara Bush, quoted by Politico.

Barbara Bush Changes Her Mind on White House Dynasty

I changed my mind!

— Barbara Bush, quoted by the Washington Post, on whether there have been “too many Bushes” in the White House.

Jeb Bush Disagrees with His Mom

What can I tell you? All I can say is we all have mothers, right? She is totally liberated, and God bless her.

— Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), saying “he’s undecided about running for president but didn’t appear to agree with his mother that enough members of their family have occupied the White House,” the AP reports. Bush said he needs another year before making his decision.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“I will if he does. That’s a trade-off I’d do.”

— George Clooney, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, responding to Donald Trump’s call for him “to get out of politics.”

– Donald Trump feeble-mindedly mistaking Bagram, an airfield in Afghanistan, with ANWR, a wildlife refuge in Alaska.

“You look at Haiti, you look at the demographic makeup, you look at the average I.Q. — if you import the third world into your country, you’re going to become the third world. That’s just basic. It’s not racist. It’s just fact.”

— “Donald Trump Jr. suggested on Thursday that Haitian immigrants were less intelligent than people from other countries, and claimed that there was demographic evidence to back this up. He provided none,” the New York Times reported.

“Well, I’ve given up. Every time I come on I want to really talk to you about substantive issues. I don’t want to talk to you about this clown sh*t.”

— James Carville, when asked on a podcast about Laura Loomer.

“I observed him to be a man who is not mentally fit for the job … He’s a narcissist, and he’s a pathological liar.”

— Former Rep. Jim Greenwood’s (R-PA), on MSNBC, explaining why he’s voting for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.

Numerati

48 out of 51

A recent study showed that for healthcare coverage, access and affordability for women, Florida ranks 48 out of 51 states including Washington, D.C. For prenatal care, the state comes in dead last – 51 out of 51, WUSF reports.

47%

52% to 46%

A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters nationwide, 52% to 46%. It’s the same margin as before the debate which voters say Harris won by 58% to 36%.

50% to 46%

A new Data for Progress survey finds Kamala Harris now leading Donald Trump by four points nationally, 50% to 46%.

$47 million