End of a Dynasty?

Or, “Yo Quiero Job at Taco Bell”

Yesterday, some people commented on Jeb Bush’s comments that he had no [political] future:

“No tengo futuro (I have no future),” Jeb Bush told Spanish-language reporters in Miami, when asked about any possible political ambitions after he steps down next month.” Jeb Bush told Spanish-language reporters in Miami, when asked about any possible political ambitions after he steps down next month.

Senator Brownback thinks that’s just a shame. Yes, that Senator Brownback.

The nice folks over at The Moderate Voice have a nice commentary with roundup and a brilliant picture of soon-to-be-ex Governor Bush and his esteemed brother, the President.

Now of course political pundits say the Governor is in his current state for no better reason than his brother’s poor approval ratings. Nope, couldn’t have anything at all to do with Terri Schiavo. Nope, everybody secretly hopes the Governor will interfere in their family’s most difficult decisions. Nor could it possibly have anything to do with his stance on the issues, including not even teaching about abortion, supporting “abstinence only” sex-ed, refering to feminism as a “modern victim movement”, repealing motorcycle helmet laws, supporting draconian criminal punishments, spending more money on drug enforcement, bringing in more farm workers from Mexico, and a host of other things that just might not sit well with Joe and Jane Average. At least he supports the Kyoto Treaty.

Alright then, Governor Bush’s comments tend to suggest he is officially planning on not running for President in 2008. Very well. Brother Neil is probably not a viable candidate either. That’s expected; this country has had father/son presidents before, but never brothers. Not even the Kennedys pulled that off.

Now I figure we have 20 years until it’s time to worry about the twins. And even then, I don’t think Jenna is the political one. Barbara is the Yalie, after all. Barbara is in fact the one named after a former first lady, the one who is a fourth generation Yale graduate, the one who was voted most likely to be on the cover of Vogue, and the one who has been clever enough not to say anything stupid on the internet (yet, of course). Oh, and if something she says does get quoted in a bad light, she can always blame Gramma.

In closing: make a better life for yourself, but do it without job training, more education, or help with childcare; “Um yeah, it turns out the economy isn’t doing as well as we told you before, sorry about that”; strangely enough it turns out that contraception reduces infidelity while increasing women’s income potential, put that in your “root of all modern society’s problems” and smoke it; it’s purely a coincidence that yesterday Mr. Bush was talking about a bigger military and today the Canadian news is reporting a test of the Selective Service system; still trying to find a gift for a teenager?; parents, experts agree “maybe we don’t have to drug little Johnny”; how long can Americans continue too spend more than they earn?; an item on ethics, food, restaurants, and you (thanks to Elisa); and finally, GIANT SQUID! Oishii desu ka? (Is it delicious?)