Discussion: Jeb Likes The Redskins Team Name So Much He Added It To His Stump Speech

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So the name of the father of our country is offensive and a racial slur is not. He is jaw dropping in his stupidity. I truly did not expect this.

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What a dumb thing to do.

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JEB Bush is using the same Redskins dog whistle that Ed Gillespie used in the Virginia US Senate race last year, and Gillespie came pretty damned close to beating Warner. Gillespie publicly announced he was in favor of keeping the Redskins nickname, and stoked the ignorant fan base into nearly winning a senate seat for the GOP.

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I actually see it the opposite way. He is having no impact in the polls, or actually declining, because at a time when the country has some really serious issues going on, JEB has pivoted to discussing the naming of a professional sports team. (and gotten on the wrong side of that issue, too).

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Poor Jeb! The nation’s first openly asshole presidential candidate is kicking his ass by appealing largely to assholes, and then Jeb!'s foray into asshole politics by gratuitously offending the nation’s original Americans just makes him look the fool.

Just substitute “Jeb!” for “George” in Ann Richards’ famous quote

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Jebya is less wedded to that team’s name than he is to campaign against the hoary chestnuts of federal government and political correctness. He probably thinks trolling the “PC Establishment” using the team moniker makes him appear au courant and appealingly “naughty” on the stump. He reminds me of the Monty Python character saying “bottom” then tittering behind his hand.

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This jerk sits astride his white privilege like an engorged hog deep in its own shit.