Prince George P.: Bush legacy "idiot-in-training?"

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There are two plausible scenarios for JEB! running in 2016. The unlikely one is a deadpan serious run where the Crown Prince and Rove buy the nomination, and then try to buy or steal the election.   The possibility of throwing enough money or dirty trickery into the process to put JEB! in the White House in 2016 is so remote, this option cannot be taken seriously.

There is a second option.  Run to lose, for the future of the dynasty.  JEB! can force himself on the party as its nominee.  Then he can run as the champion of "sane" establishment "conservatism" against the tea party, and together with Rove, destroy it, and remake the party as more "Hispanic friendly." Proudly and unabashedly advocate for "compassionate" and "loving" Hispanic peonage guest worker schemes. He will lose in a landslide, going down with characteristic fraudulent Bush "dignity." Then after Hillary's eight years, JEB!'s son, George P. inherits the entitlement to the nomination, and can mount a more serious effort to con the electorate, after 16 years of Democrats, into believing he is a "Hispanic" version of Obama.

Meet Prince George P. Bush, the next serious Bush pretender, and confidence gamer.  Salon sums him up just about right in GOP’s secret idiot? If George P. Bush is its future, the party’s in trouble. This cadet is going to buy the obscure, but powerful office of Texas Land Commissioner this fall, and use it as his stepping stone to P! 2024. Si!  How is he doing so far? As Salon notes:

"Bush has run a classic rich man’s non-campaign, ducking the press and limiting public appearances to brief, completely controlled situations. He has avoided newspaper editorial boards and in-depth interviews in favor of brief hits with local TV news...The Bush family passion for “public service” increasingly resembles that of the Romney family, in which running for office is viewed as a sort of philanthropic gesture, as if the candidate is offering the masses the experience of being governed by a decent and right-thinking natural leader. To reject this offer is to appear frightfully ungrateful."

Why that office?  It's easy to buy, doesn't require much public exposure or work, and the Land Commissioner controls oil and gas lease patronage for all state public lands.  He would also control the state education budget, and awarding of state educational contracts to private companies (like his uncle's Ignite! Learning) to implement Common Core curriculum standards.

Next stop?  The White House.

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