Quoted in full because it is just that damn good - from The Z Blog:
The Madness Will Never End
Sextus Julius Caesar I was the man who killed the Roman Republic. He was not the Julius Caesar, but he was the man who started the line that would eventually give us the Julius Caesar. In 208 BC, no one could have possibly known that a man of his line would bring down the Republic. If they did, I’m sure he would have been murdered along with all of his kin. But, we can never know these things. You just have to hope you get lucky and the fates handle it.
No one could have known that an eccentric school master would found a line whose men would bring about the end of the American republic.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is “moving forward” on a potential 2016 White House run and it appears more likely he will enter the Republican field, according to his son, who’s running for office in Texas.
George P. Bush told ABC’s “This Week” that his father is “still assessing” a presidential bid, but suggested it was more likely that he would seek the White House this time. The ex-governor declined to run for president in 2012 despite encouragement from Republicans.
“I think it’s more than likely that he’s giving this a serious thought and moving — and moving forward,” said the younger Bush, who is running for Texas land commissioner.
Asked if that meant it was “more than likely that he’ll run,” George P. Bush responded: “That he’ll run. If you had asked me a few years back … I would have said it was less likely.”
Jeb Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush, would stand out in what could be a crowded Republican field in 2016.
Bush has headlined fundraisers for Republican candidates and committees and helped campaigns for governor in Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada, three of the first four states to hold early presidential primaries.
Family considerations could play a factor in his decision.
In an interview with The Associated Press this month, Jeb Bush said his wife, Columba, is “supportive” of a potential presidential campaign and his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was now “neutral, trending in a different direction.” Barbara Bush declared last year there had been “enough Bushes” in the White House.
“But that doesn’t mean that I don’t understand the challenges that this brings,” Jeb Bush told the AP. “This is ultimately my decision with as much consideration as I can to take into account the people that I really love.”
George P. Bush, in the interview aired Sunday, said his family would be “100 percent” behind his father if he decides to run.
God help us.
The ZMan has articulated what has been rolling around my brainpan for the better part of this year. Jeb is the lowest rung of that family. I would like to have a beer with G.W. - he seems to be a decent hard-working man but his spending and foreign policy decisions were not good for this nation. He had the chance and failed to act - he went along to get along.
We need strong bold leadership to get us out of the hole we are in - we do not need to continue digging - that is not in our best interests as a nation and as a civilization.
