Jeb Bush Jr. backs Rudy

Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:47 AM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray
The Giuliani campaign announced today that Jeb Bush Jr. -- the son of the former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is President George W. Bush's brother -- has endorsed Giuliani.

But there appears to be a split in the family. Jeb Bush Jr.'s more famous brother -- George P. Bush -- previously endorsed Fred Thompson.

*** UPDATE *** This is the same Jeb Bush Jr. who was caught having sex in a car in a Tallahassee, Fla., mall parking lot in 2000 when he was 16 (no charges were filed) and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest in Austin, Texas in 2005.

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Comments

Oh God, there are more of them?

Amy B Portland, ME (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:07 AM)

So would they be bush princelings or something like that?

Rick, WS, NC (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:19 AM)

Right now, Fred and Rudy are thinking, "If I can just make it to Florida...". Both know the Court is already in the Bag.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:19 AM)

Headline should be: Proof: Entire Bush Family is Brain Damaged.

Terry Shrivo's family urges "pulling the plug."

Dr. Feelgood (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:20 AM)

There's a Bush for every Clinton. This could be a long, slippery road.

So, if Jeb Bush Jr. backs Rudy G., is that an indication that G.W. Bush also backs Rudy G? I mean, the family must talk. If that is the case, great endorsement Rudy G. from the worst president in recent history.

--NSMSNBC (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:20 AM)

Oh great... I can't believe anyone would back Giuliani, he is a racist and is responsible for firefighters deaths on 9/11, what a disgrace. No wonder Jeb is backing him, hopefully he looses out on the nom..

Alexa (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:25 AM)

Let's just hope that Americans wake up and keep these war-mongering, evil, dangerous, stupid people from ever serving again. Maybe then we can begin to heal!

Laura, New York, New York (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:25 AM)

Yes there are more and we such be thankful for them. We are not finished with the Bush family. The next one will be Jeb Bush or his son George P. Bush. It will be the true political family of our nation.

Whit Grace, Jackson, MS (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:31 AM)

Would someone please tell the Bush family that there are more then two names for boys! God, I'm sicking of hearing about Georges and Jebs!

Don Donofrio, Queensbury, NY (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:31 AM)

You've got a lot to talk about Amy B:

birth control for 11 year olds in Portland maine?????

Must be a lot of parents dropping the ball when it comes to child care in Maine.....

Will the pills be covered under Dirigo?

jerry/corpus christi texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:36 AM)

Four years of Hillary will make whatever wounds you liberals are supposedly thinking about bigger.

jerry/corpus christi texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:37 AM)

No surprise. Birds of a feather flock together. The Bush family appears to be blue-bloods, maybe Gudy Riuliani is also.

John Doe, Seattle, Wash. (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:45 AM)

I bet all you liberals wouldn't vote in 1941
to start a war with Japan. People who live in
Glass Houses shouldn't throw stones.

Jack Little- Houston, Texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:45 AM)

Us Floridians unfortunately got shafted from both Grim brothers and their crime family including Jeb's wife who felt she did not have to declare anything with customs and pay for it as well as daughter who had major drug issues who was found with crack in her shoe while in drug rehab while on probation. Lets not forget about Neil who ripped off tax payers thru the savings and loans fiasco in Colorado. I say we pass a law that forbids the Bush clan from breeding anymore.

juan,ft lauderdale,fl (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:49 AM)

Thanks for the update FirstRead. I had previously thought the endorsement was based on national security and fear-mongering. Now it is evident that Jeb Jr. supports Rudy G's abortion views.

--NSMSNBC (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:50 AM)

Little Jack - there was a liberal in the WH at the time.

. (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:52 AM)

It is nice that the authorities let this particular bush tar baby out, so that he could endorse mr lawnorder. Every republican candidate should grab one of these bush crime family tar babies. I wonder who the bush family bank robber, neil bush, is supporting.

O'toole (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:52 AM)

<<I bet all you liberal wouldn't vote in 1941.....>> NEWS FLASH Jack If you knew any thing about history you would know that WW2 was the last time Congress declared war on a country....You know as written in the CONSTITUTION that you sheep would not know if it hit you in the face.

juan,ft lauderdale (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:59 AM)

There are plenty of little shrubs just waiting to grow on the White House lawn. Maybe banning DDT wasn't such a good idea after all.

Robert Catalano, Salem, OR (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:01 PM)

the nut doesn't fall far from the tree

nuanced (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:02 PM)

Where do you liberals(socialists) get your hate? Wake
up and stand with all Americans to oppose Islamic war
mongers!

Mark Phillips, Collierville, TN (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:03 PM)

Has someone checked back in the Bush family tree for evidence of inbreeding?

nuanced (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:03 PM)

It appears that Jeb, Jr. has the same lack of morals as their uncle...

From Reuters:

Bush brother's divorce reveals sex romps
Tuesday, November 25, 2003

The Bush divorce, completed in April after 23 years of marriage, was prompted in part by Bush's relationship with another woman. He admitted in the deposition that he previously had sex with several other women while on trips to Thailand and Hong Kong at least five years ago.

The women, he said, simply knocked on the door of his hotel room, entered and had sex with him. He said he did not know if they were prostitutes because they never asked for money and he did not pay them.

Charles, Kansas City, MO (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:06 PM)

Juan:

I've suggested a law for years that liberals have brain surgery at least twice a year.....

your chances of having your law passed are as good as mine......

jerry/corpus christi texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:07 PM)

Well, Jerri, if one looked beyond sensationalist headlines, one would discover the school board OK'ed providing birth control in middle school to prevent unwanted pregnancies for a few at risk individuals. Obviously, the majority of middle schoolers are not having sex, and this is not a way of promoting sexual activity, its a way of getting healthcare to a few tragicaly un-parented young people.

Amy B Portland, ME (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:08 PM)

Hey First Read... I thought you didn't allow posts that attack the comments of others??? Why approve jerry's post attacking Amy???

jerry/corpus christi texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:36 AM)

Charles, Kansas City, MO (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:10 PM)

Wow, having sex at 16 and drinking. I don't know any other teenagers that have done that. Great post First Read - some great journalistic work there.

Who Cares (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:15 PM)

Wow, having sex at 16 and drinking. I don't know any other teenagers that have done that. Great post First Read - some great journalistic work there. If he was a DEM he would have been having a gay relationship and doing drugs.

Who Cares (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:16 PM)

You libs have the same old line every day.. take a breath, go outside and come up with something new. Trust me GWBush is not the worst President in the history of this country, but the gimme population, and the 'trying to please everybody to get elected and not achieving anything' Congress is just about the worst I've seen in over 50 years. If you think so, stop looking for what you might get and change it. Vote them out!!!! All of them!!!

jl warwick,ri (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:18 PM)

The two Bush Presidents that we have had, have not had an easy time in the White House. Both have been involved with a war, and that is not an easy thing to have to deal with. Gov. Bush did a decent job while in office and would do a good job as president if him were to be elected. If I were him, I wouldn't even think about running for the office. We do need a good person that is willing an able to do the job, and that man would be another Southern, this time, he should be from Tennessee. Tennessee has a few men in the highest office and we sure could use another one as they seem to be more in touch with the people. After all, Fred Thompson did what he said he would do and that was to serve no more than two terms and that's what he did.
People need to just sit and listen to he speak, as what he says makes a lot of sence, about the war and how long the U.S. should leave our troops over there, and the other ideas that he has about how this country should be managed.

Jim Boshers, Memphis Tennessee (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:19 PM)

Apparently getting arrested for alcohol-related incidents is a rite of passage for the younger generation of Bushes. Jenna and Barbara got arrested for underage drinking, one of them (can't recall which) twice. Following in daddy's footsteps.

Carrie, Eastern Iowa (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:23 PM)

'Oh God, there are more of them?'....exactly my sentiments, Amy

Coy Reese, Shady Spring, West Virginia (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:25 PM)

Well, there's a reason not to vote for Guiliani. Here in Florida we are still reeling from the failed appointments made by Jeb Bush--appointees who one by one had to resign in disgrace when their cronyism in contracts, misdeeds, etc was revealed. (Sounds just like the Bush Family, huh?) The wounds caused by Jeb's unwillingness to follow laws and precedences caused him go where no Governor every belongs--into national affairs at the policy level. We are still reeling from the illegal antics of the despicable Catherine Harris, Bush crony, and the amazingly unfair, inaccurate and illegal Felon's List which Jeb used to try to steal more legitimate Democratic votes in the State. Jeb, we don't miss 'ya! Nepotism in politics is loathsome and despicable. Rudy, be careful who your "friends" are. Surely there are other Republicans whose backing you could court? Unless they are too busy with their whores, flirtations with congressional pages, or playing footsie in the Men's Room.

Jerry, Miami FL (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:27 PM)

Nice to see a Bush who thinks about 'bush'-
mall parking lot indeed....

bruce kay Atlanta GA (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:27 PM)

I wonder if Jeb Bush Jr. has ever pondered the question, Who is Ron Paul?

Robert, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:33 PM)

Is t6here anyone on this site with a brain. Why don't you look at Jeeb Bush. He has announced he will not run for president. His wife and he both speak Spanish fluently. He is more centrist. And for you Dr. Feelgood. I think you must have of had a recent prostate exam. If yiou need that explained to you send me an email. Before, you start comparing anyone to the Clinton's you should know something.

Joe Walker, Augusta, Ga (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:33 PM)

Who cares about Bushist! It does not make any difference at all. it does not change anything in the race. No matter who endorse Guliani, he will never be elected. i am sorry for anybody who thinks they elect G. for President of thiws great nation. A man who does not even care about his own family, or his own son, with no moral values, how would anybody think he will be care for the country or for those who are really in needs.

Mark, Union, NJ (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:33 PM)

Why is George W. Pardoning the illgal alien in a Texas prison who murdered two young girls in Texas?

Jeanne (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:36 PM)

it's amazing how the only remotely "pro" bushies are from the buckle of the bible belt in the Deep and truly ignorant South. (i can say that as I am from here and live here and can't wait to escape!)
Then again, who cares what neo-Nazi some little bushie endorses? When will this moronic family finally go away?

Cella, Baldwin County, Alabama (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:38 PM)

Jack, Japan started a war with us in 1941. Prior thereto, the isolationists who wanted to stay out of war with Nazi Germany were mostly republicans.

Scott in South Texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:39 PM)

This kind of report is why msnbc is going "you know where in a hand basket". This important(sic) announcement is as news worthy as letting us know who Britney, Lindsey or either of the Bush daughters (what are their names again?) have endorsed. Are you kidding me????? Jeb Bush Jr is worth our attention why? You people must be retarded.

Mike Horton, Greenville, NC (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:50 PM)

Not Another George Bush!!!!!!

Richard, West Hollywood California (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:52 PM)

Joe Walker, ah.. jeb is more of a centrist? Now that is the dumbest, 100% BS statement written today so far. Congrats, you won the dumbass statement award.

John, Florida (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:52 PM)

how can you dance with two left feet

RT (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:53 PM)

It amazes me that you in the media.....seek to give a careful hand job to all the bush clan....you make me SICK MARK

Don Scottsboro alabama (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:56 PM)

Jack

I don't think Franklin Roosevelt would be considered a conservative. He was President when US entered WWII.

Dot, Illinois (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:01 PM)

I love to read liberal comments: uneducated, moral and physical cowards, sense of entitlement, history dumb, tax and spend liberals and they all love illegal aliens.

sandra rich, sparta, tn. (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:04 PM)

Yes Amy! There are more of them, Jesus!

Check this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Bush_immediate_extended_family.jpg

God Bless America

Larry, Toronto (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:08 PM)

Re Jeanne,

While President George W. Bush can properly be criticized for a number of actions, as far as I know he has not pardoned the person to whom you are referring.

MIke RC, Rockwall, Texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:09 PM)

another jack who don't know jack..must be from texas...it was the rightwing fruitcakes who opposed the US entry into WWII...they wanted to buddy up with hitler

Jerry/CorpusDelecti Texas (Sent Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:10 PM)

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