"Neocons" (as in neo-Confederates) for JEB! Bush?

Publicly, the Crown Prince John Ellis Bush has attempted to "distance" himself from the neo-Confederate voters and "Southern Strategy" that Lee Atwater and Karl Rove courted so effectively to boost the political fortunes of his father, King George I HW, and brother, King George II W. But has JEB!, to paraphrase from the title of one Thomas Dixon's novels, really changed the color of his family's leopard spots?

(fitsnews) - ...Jeb Bush [publicly] occupied the opposite end of the “heritage” spectrum.  He referred to the flag as a “racist” symbol during a June 2015 visit to West Columbia, S.C.

“If you’re trying to lean forward rather than live in the past, you want to eliminate the barriers that create disagreements,” Bush said during a tour of Nephron Pharmaceuticals, the site of one of [S.C. Governor] Haley’s most infamous crony capitalist failures.

Bush – who was supposed to reap the whirlwind of Southern scorn – has actually been benefiting from some serious institutional neo-Confederate support.  In fact we’re told he has received the private backing of Richard Hines, the flag’s most notorious (and well-financed) South Carolina neo-Confederate.

“Publicly Hines waffles,” an Upstate flag supporter told us, “but follow the money – he is supporting him under the table.”

The source added that Hines – an influential member of the U.S. military-industrial complex – was loyal to the Bush family because he had profited from its warmongering during the administration of Bush’s brother, former president George W. Bush.

“He makes money off war – and the Bushes want to give him more of it,” the flag supporter said.

Wow …

So … where will the “Heritage vote” in South Carolina ultimately go?

We asked a grassroots backer familiar with the rank-and-file of the movement, who gave us a one word answer – which wasn’t “Cruz” or “Bush.”

“Trump,” they said.

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