"Jeb Bush" by [Gage Skidmore via Flickr]
Elections
The Jebbiest Jeb! Moments of the 2016 Race
If you had any doubt that politics are more like "Veep" than "The West Wing," Jeb! Bush resoundingly proves that awkward tragicomedy is the reigning genre of Washington. Constantly avoiding comparisons to his older brother, taking his mother along for campaign appearances, and struggling with a "glasses-on or glasses-off" wardrobe choice, Jeb!'s presidential campaign feels more like a kid desperately trying to run for class president after his brother ran a few years ago promising free pizza for lunch and ended up invading the neighboring middle school. You might find Jeb! listed in the thesaurus as an antonym for suave—and his total inability to hide how poorly he is doing gives him a touch of humanity that is never afforded to a frontrunner. Here, we've collected the most "Jebby" moments of the 2016 campaign, for your cringe-inducing pleasure.
“I want to be your first,” Bush awkwardly tells a college kid who said he will be a first-time voter. — Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) February 2, 2016
Oh, Jeb!, you’re making us blush! O’Keefe, a reporter from the Washington Post, caught this ‘barely-legal’ exchange between Jeb! and a young voter. In many ways, Jeb! and his supporters are like a high school couple—overly eager about their chances, and blissfully unaware of how uncomfortable they make others.
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