"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.
Select Sector C-7. Zoom. Enhance. Enhance. Zoom again. Enhance. Yes, after a close CSI-style examination, experts have detected a zipper on the hoodie that Jeb! awkwardly worms his way into during an “unfiltered Jeb! moment” that was actually released by his own campaign. I suppose there’s something to be said for refusing to take the easy path, but, in this case, no matter how he puts the hoodie on, we’re left with a haunting image of Jeb!’s face swaddled up in the hood. It’s oddly reminiscent of when you put clothes on dogs—it’s cute in a sad way because you can tell he’s uncomfortable and doesn’t understand why it’s on his body.
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