Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bushis an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 February 1953
CityMidland, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.
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I'm also pleased that a man of the legal skills of Sen. Campbell (says) that I have executive powers that we're still studying to figure out if we have. That helps me determine whether or not we could move forward on our own,
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I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.
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I have a voice: I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican party can regain its footing, because we've lost our way.
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I have a proven record, a record of accomplishment, a record of cutting taxes, of shrinking the government, of reforming education, of challenging the status quo, eliminating career civil service protections, shrinking the government workforce by 11 percent, but leading the nation in job growth.
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We want to demystify the FCAT so that critics of accountability and assessment can't try to scare people or confuse people,
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When you make a mistake it's important to realize it and move on, ... They came to the right conclusion ... the Seminole mascot, and the tradition at Florida State, is not offensive to anyone.
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This region, South Florida, I think probably has the best plans in place and has allocated more resources than anywhere in the country, ... There are things we need to work on.
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Without power at the gas stations, people are going to have to wait, ... Patience is kind of the word of the day.
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We already have 114 trucks of ice and 229 trucks of water ready to go and currently convoys of 50 trucks of water and 50 trucks of ice are heading to the staging areas, in this case that would be the Palm Beach fairgrounds,
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There is no such thing as a good hurricane,
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We thought it would be close. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would be this close, ... I have the greatest confidence in the independently elected bipartisan group of county supervisors of elections that exist all across our state.
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We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.
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We did not perform to where we want to be,