{"id":10995,"date":"2015-01-05T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2015-01-05T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:08:47","slug":"oh-yeah-jebs-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10995","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Yeah, Jeb’s Running…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Florida prepares to become the 36th state in the union to follow the Constitution<\/a> and allow marriage equality after midnight tonight, Jeb Bush is still trying to figure<\/a> out how to win the 2016 nomination for President from the base of the Republican Party, while still maintaining viability for a national general election.<\/p>\n

When asked over the weekend, after a round of golf, to comment on court rulings that will lead to same-sex marriage becoming legal across the Sunshine State on Tuesday (and already today in Miami-Dade County), Bush muttered to the Miami Herald<\/i><\/a>:<\/p>\n

“It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision,” the former governor said Sunday in a brief interview. “The state decided. The people of the state decided. But it’s been overturned by the courts, I guess.”<\/div>\n

After the comment was met with criticism from advocates of the Constitution as well as Miami-Dade’s Republican<\/i> mayor who said he “believes adults should be free to marry whomever they desire” and that he “respects anyone’s right to marry, gay or straight,” Jeb attempted a mulligan and offered the following<\/a>, almost impossibly non-committal, have-it-all-ways official statement<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law. I hope that we can show respect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue – including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty.<\/div>\n

Oh, yeah. He’s running.<\/p>\n

Seems like he should have been way<\/i> better prepared for this one, given the amount of lead time he’s had to concoct a position — any position — on it, and given, as @LOLGOP tweeted today…<\/p>\n

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Add same-sex marriage to the list of wars George W. Bush lost.<\/p>\n

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n