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Poor Jeb Bush. What level of ineptitude does it take to make Hillary Clinton look good?

By Martin Sieff · May 15, 2015 ·

Shrewd, scathing Anthony Zurcher of the British Broadcasting Corporation got it just right. His article was headlined “Jeb Bush: Four days, four answers on Iraq.
Everyone makes mistakes, everyone flubs. But for a twice-elected governor of a major state and presidential candidate to flub, reflub, triflub and then quartroflub takes some doing.
On Monday, when asked about invading Iraq, he sounded decisive – and stupid. “Yeah, I would have.”
On Tuesday, retreating in front of the unexpected media frenzy, he told Sean Hannity –a toothless, thrower of softballs to any GOP frontrunner what was clearly the truth. He hadn’t a clue what he would have done.  “I don’t know what that decision would’ve been.”
This was truthful, at least. But it was hardly presidential.http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/poor-jeb-bush-what-level-of-ineptitude-does-it-take-to-make-hillary-clinton-look-good/2015/05/15

The Phony ‘Bad Intel’ Defense on Iraq

May 15, 2015 | https://consortiumnews.com/2015/05/15/the-phony-bad-intel-defense-on-iraq/

Exclusive: Jeb Bush’s stumbling start to his presidential bid has refocused attention on Official Washington’s favorite excuse for the illegal, aggressive and disastrous war in Iraq – that it was just a case of “bad intelligence.” But that isn’t what the real history shows, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern recalls.
By Ray McGovern