Talking Point against Jeb Bush in 2008: The Blue Tarp facts

[steve2470]

1- Hurricanes rip up thousands (or millions) of Florida homes. Typically the roof was damaged, resulting in..duh..leaks.

2- Yes, there were labor shortages and material shortages for a while.

3- Housing is a basic need of Floridians.

4- As of May 31st, 2005, SOME Floridians still have blue tarps covering their roofs. This is atrocious.

5- If Jeb Bush had busted his ass to get all Florida homes repaired by now, yes, it's conceivable that not 100% of damaged homes would be fixed by now. But..it'd be a lot lower number.

Use this against Jeb in '08.

[Singular73]

1. /rolls eyes

Please.

[saltpoint]

2. My problem with Slobberin' Jeb is --

-- the soiled origins of his campaign financing when he ran for governor, the anti-intellectual stance he carves out to appeal to the lowest common denominator in Florida's west, north and I-10 corridor regions, his craven support of cretinous social programs to bolster far-right support, his hackneyed, self-important public pronouncements, the over-the-top leveraging of the Terri Schiavo incident, & his questionable role in his brother's "victory" in 2000 over Gore-Lieberman.

[steve2470]

3. all of that also, before the tarp thing lol

:-)

[saltpoint]

4. : )

Hiya, steve2470. Always good to bump into you on DU.

[steve2470]

5. good to bump into you, also.

I do believe that, at the bare minimum, that perhaps Jeb could have helped head up a private fund-raising effort to roof all Floridians. That would have proven to me, and to other voters, that maybe he does give a shit. Or just a consummate politician.

[saltpoint]

6. Yes, agreed. & the damn mainstream media -- in Florida especially --

-- kept reporting how "the Bush brothers" were swift and merciful in getting funds to the storm victims, etc.

How pukey.

I heard both channel 10 and channel 8 in Tampa/St. Petersburg say that, repeatedly.

I get the strong, strong feeling that Jeb likes his fatcat donor Rethugs and little else.