You all know I’m a relentless gossip about the Veepstakes, which is sadly diminished this year from last cycle by 50% because Uncle Joe went all Super-Ghey on Barack, making it impossible to kick him out of his Observatory Circle digs without incurring the wrath of and enraging the Lavender Dems, David Geffen and other wealthy Gays Who Bundle (heh).
But the GOP Veepstakes are rich this year. As much as I’d like to see AMC’s “The Walking Dead” get the boost in ratings that a certain non-recalled Wisconsin governor might give Mitt (Rmoney-Walker: GET SOME!) it appears the Bush family is unwilling to be so easily shunted aside.
G.P. Bush says his Pa would serve if asked, hurray!
In an interview, 36-year-old George P. Bush is as plain-spoken as his grandmother Barbara, who in his telling wears the pants in the Bush family.
And while he says his father Jeb, the former governor of Florida, is sincere when he says he isn’t campaigning to join the Romney ticket, George P. also strongly suggests that his dad would say yes if asked: “If called upon to serve, he will,” he says flatly.
And (if you can believe this) Jeb! is enjoying spending time with his mother, who is most likely screeching at him day and night for not grabbing the brass ring from Rmoney this go-round while she now pushes her first-born to take the Number Two slot — “It worked wonders for your father’s marital performance, I’ll say that for being Veep!”
G.P. Bush does the obligatory Marco Rubio VP push, but (to me, anyway) bringing up his dad’s willingness to serve reminds everyone that as Governor during Rubio’s best cash-grabbing years, his dad likely still has all the Rubio files locked up tight. Any one of which would end Marco’s candidacy, and Mitt’s if Marco’s picked.
Only a plutocrat as clueless as Mitt Rmoney would think America was ready for a Bush on the national ticket. A plutocrat named G.P. Bush, for instance. Get a clue, dude: your uncle W is the only living ex-Pres under 50%. And likely to stay there.



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Don’t count on it, Pee-Pee. Your daddy is far too controversial; he’d draw attention away from Captain Bland.
Teddy!
It would be hard to find a plutocrat more clueless than Mittens. I think he actually makes Paris Hilton seem a deep and perceptive thinker. Let the hilarity commence!
Also: wealthy Gays Who Bundle
Sounds kind of kinky (and possibly fun) to me.
We should be careful what we say about Mittens. I hear he’s a master of disguise on a par with Inspector Clouseau himself.
Pee-Pee and Jebspawn? The name-calling here is …
Hilarious.
Thanks, Teddy. Dr.
Well, he must be a genius then, because he has successfully disguised any degree of perception or intellect for his entire life.
Good evening all.
It’s important to remember that this isn’t George Pierce Bush (easily the nastiest name in the oligarchy). This one is named for the first war criminal in the clan, conspirator with Nazis and entreater of Smedley Butler Prescott Bush, 41′s pop.
Hey, demi!
How’s life down in sunny SoCal? Here in the northern Rockies, it has been pretty much cold and wet, though it is supposed to warm up and be sunny and dry for the next week.
I like “Pee-Pee.”
Ahh, named for the family traitor, how fitting.
Yup.
Fixed it for you.
This is one of the children 41 referred to, when speaking about his grandchildren, as “the little brown ones.”
Is GP growing a beard? He has that same look of entitlement that every Bush seems to have. The very name is poison.
It’s always heartwarming to see such love for one’s family.
So how was your bearfest this weekend? I managed to any further encounters with the creatures after Thursday’s adventure.
It’s beautiful. We’ve had gorgeous clear skies and it’s rather cool most of the day.
We just made some reservations to go camping. Coupla days next week and some days later in the summer.
I do love my camping. Thanks for asking, Dick.
(And, now my favorite part: planning the food!)
That isn’t facial hair, per se. The picture was taken just before the full moon rose.
Truly a sickening factoid about the Bush family…They all should have joined been tried for TREASON!
Seems crazy to me that almost no one knows just how traitorous the Bush family was and is still today… Putting Family riches before the United States… Ya know the country that made them rich in the first place and on the backs of the rest of us….
I saw your story on facebook. Nice shot, but I wanted to see the bear.
Guess that’s why I had to show up here tonight. Get it?
Got it.
LOL! Unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera that day and did not get a picture. I would have had plenty of time to get several pictures. It was standing upright looking around, no more than 40-50 feet away, and we stood there looking at each other for quite a while.
Good explanation. He’s one of the kids that Poppy called “the little dark ones”. isn’t he?
I haven’t heard this story. I’m guessing it was a black bear and not a grizzly?
So Teddy@12 says.
Oops – missed it.
Me too!
This damn cold/bronchitis/United-Airlines-infection has kept me mostly indoors, until today, when I joined the throngs touring the International Rose Garden for our Festival’s final day. It was lovely — sunny and mid-sixties — and we were visited by a truly international crowd.
Did not see bears, though. Either type.
Next weekend: Pride Portland!
I’m convinced the short run of great weather here mooshes everything together — we have hardly a non-activity weekend until mid-September.
Bada Bing, funny boy.
My youngest is graduating HS next week, thus the camping the following week. Last week we attended the Senor Awards Night. Academic Achievement was what James got. I told him that’s the goal, bud.
Ow Ow my fav thing to do also… We are going up to the mouth of the Klamath on July 8th for 5 days of camping… My oldest is bringing his Drift Boat and we hope to catch some Salmon… And ya know that goes well on the BBQ camp fire…
Hope all is well demi have fun camping ☺ ☺ ♥♥
Congratulations to the newly-minted adult! Sounds like he might be college bound?
Congrats to James and the whole family. You must have done a good job, Demi.
Oh my gosh. I love the standing there staring at each other, but my preference is that the activity is between me and the humming birds in my yard.
Did you wonder what he was thinking as he was Checking you out?
Yep. It was a young (probably a yearling) black bear. I went hiking on Thursday and on the way back saw this bear on top of a 25 foot bluff overlooking the trail. It was standing upright on its hind legs looking around for a way down (it is a sheer bluff). This was maybe a quarter mile from the trailhead and parking lot of what has to be one of the most heavily used trails in the area. They probably get 50-100 people a day during nice weather, at least on the first half mile to a mile. No more hiking up there without bear spray for me.
Great news! You must be quite proud. Does he have plans for college?
Good thought on the bear spray. I was guessing it wasn’t a grizzly, or you might have mentioned a change of pants after meeting one at that distance. Although the bluff might have made the encounter a little safer.
Yum! Eating fish while camping at a river spot or at the beach is just the best. One time we took lobster tails. Yep.
Low rent rendezvous – Spend bucks on the meals!
Leftovers with eggs the next morning is always good too. :)
I was a bit startled that it seemed completely unperturbed and simply seemed curious as to what I was and what I might do. I suspect we both felt fairly safe given that he was atop a 25 foot sheer bluff.
He was accepted at Cal Poly Pomona. Very Proud here. But, after crunching numbers….he’s decided to stay home and do community college first. There’s a really fine one, Glendale, which has an honors program where after two years he would be automatically accepted into any of the UC Universities.
I have had some experience with that as well. Not quite as close (about 50 yards away), but closer than I ever want to be again without a car around me.
Probably a good idea and what the CC systems are really designed for (along with the kids that need a bit of academic seasoning before they hit the big leagues). One of my colleagues did the same thing up north in Hupa country when he was younger (he got his Ph.D. at UC-Davis)
That’s a sweet image.
You and the bear. Safe and Happy.
Black bears are actually fairly mellow, as long as you do not startle or scare them. Grizzlies are a bit more aggressive and unpredictable.
Thus their name. :)
I think I have to go to bed to read now.
Thanks for the good chat you guys.
I’m going to wander off. Peace out, y’all!
Ya mean Lobstah don’t ya?? I do come from Nahant after all.. But that would be great eggs and left over Lobstah.. hmm seems I have memories of making just such dishes ….
Off to grill Dinner now that it has cooled down here hit 90 today… And when ya not used to it it kicks yer ass….
Night Demi & EDP! Sleep the sleep of the just and have a beautiful day tomorrow.
Eating well is a good revenge.
Night All, Sweet Pups.
If I were Mitt I would worry if The Jebster was my VP.
Thanks, Twain. Just cruised up and noticed I missed a few comments.
See? Why I need to go get horizontal.
zzzzzzzzz
I should toddle off as well. I have a MA defense tomorrow morning and need my beauty sleep, so I don’t scare the poor girl more than I already have. Take care all.
Maybe that’s why Jeb Bush was on Charlie Rose last night…and Charlie was sucking up to him. I couldn’t stand to watch. Well, in truth, I can’t stand to watch Charlie Rose much at all any more.
My new best friend is a black bear about that age.
Takoda
From Montana, by the way.
Aloha, Teddy, so if it’s not Rubio, or Walker(why waste all that Chamber of Commerce money?), and certainly not Jebbie, who’s left but Caribou Barbie…? ;-)
I’ve been watching Charlie Rose for years now, mostly because he gets fantastic guests ( a lot of the time). Taking in his show is often exasperating, but being a suck-up is WHO HE IS. There’s no misdirection, no guile involved. Sometimes it’s worth it to endure him, oftentimes not.
Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, Kenneth the Page (Bobby Jindahl), Rob Portman, Nikki Haley.
My money’s on Nikki Haley. I think she’s more controllable than Palin, and the righties seem to think she’s just as hot.
Teddy !
Methinks the Bush name would still get out lots of Repubs to vote, are there polls on their side, regarding Veep picks ?
I am from the land of the Jebster and Janet Reno. The Bush crime family still runs Florida. They control our education. Do we all remember Neil Bush and the savings and loans collapse in the eighty’s? Not oNly did his compaNy give us the 2000 and 2004 felons list here in florida. the education curriculum we have based on a test called FCAT if schools do not pass it they lose money. guess whose family administrates that test. and having ultimate control of education in florida having a bush controlled education system explains the miami zombie.
Jeb Bush purged the rolls and denied legitimate voters access to the polls in order to get his brother elected. Denying people their voice clearly makes Bush unfit to serve. Sneak. And Rubio misrepresented his history to get himself elected. He knowingly betrayed the trust of his constituents to get his job. He is also not fit to serve. Liar.
When I look at this pic, and see that his last name is Bush, why am I not the least bit surprised?
Will the Jeb make him an offer he can’t refuse ?
Right now, I think very little is graven in stone, as far as veep choices go, for both Obama and Romney. Biden would seem a “safe” bet, but if Obama’s numbers should really start to tank, than I think that that bet, and some others, will be off.
As for Jeb, flacking for him presumes that the “Bush” name on a ticket would be a plus instead of a minus, and I think that assumption is wrong, this close to George’s 8 years of bloody fuckery.
What a cutie! The zoo lady said ‘found at 3 1/2 lbs” that’s really young. Umm, why is he an orphan?