Tuesday, May 20, 2014

JEB! and the "empty suit" effect

One the best quotable lines about any Bush presidential candidate ever was written by Brendan Nyhan, and recently appeared in his New York Time's article, "Jeb and the G.O.P: An Awkward Match."  The awkward part is debatable, but his characterization of JEB! is not:

"In reality, though, all politicians are inauthentic; some are just forced to be more obvious about it than others. In this sense, Mr. Bush’s changing positions on immigration shouldn’t be seen as a character flaw but the price of his ambition."

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