On the positive side, Jeb Bush actually made the effort to make sure that his voter registration was current in 2009. On the negative side, he registered as an Hispanic.
The brain is a wonderful thing. My brain reminds me of the exact moment when I first learned that there was a person in the world named John Ellis Bush (or, should I say, Jebby?):
August 17, 1988|Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A bristling Vice President George Bush today defended his description of his three Mexican-American grandchildren as “the little brown ones,” saying, “This heart knows nothing but pride and love” for the children.
“For anyone to suggest that that comment of pride is anything other than what it was, I find it personally offensive,” Bush said at a news conference with his running mate, Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana.
Bush on Tuesday introduced his grandchildren to President Reagan at a brief airport meeting.
“These are Jebby’s kids from Florida, the little brown ones,” the vice president said. The three youngsters are the children of Bush’s son, Jeb, and his Mexican-born wife, Columba.
“Those grandchildren are my pride and joy, and when I say pride, I mean it,” Bush said today.
“I don’t want to see these kids hurt and they weren’t hurt by what I said, and if they’re hurt by misinterpretation, that isn’t fair and I don’t like it,” he said.
Some people never leave the news.
Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III, Bush’s campaign chairman, told reporters, “The vice president is extremely proud of the fact that his grandchildren are 50% Hispanic.”
The funny thing is, James Baker made no mention of Poppy Bush being proud that one of his sons was 100% Hispanic.
Contacted by the New York Times, Jeb’s campaign “could offer no explanation for the characterization” Jeb made on this voter registration form.
I await some reaction from Donald Trump and Orly Taitz.
