TAMPA, Fla. — President George W. Bush didn’t attend Mitt Romney’s Republican convention here this week, but he had a strong defender in his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Thursday night.The kind words about the former president didn’t appear in advance remarks of Jeb Bush’s speech, though he hinted he would be speaking about him in TV appearances earlier in the day. When he stepped to the mic, he delivered an addition to his original text that took on President Obama for blaming George W. Bush for the nation’s economic woes.
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