"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.
It’s no surprise that Jeb! would be interested in starring in Showtime’s “Homeland.” Who wouldn’t want a guest spot on a TV drama? His qualifier that the role would need to be G-rated also makes sense, given his need to remain family-friendly. But his request to “kill a terrorist with my bare hands” signals a bloodlust not expected from the more moderate conservative. The clincher, however, is that when asked what his favorite part of “Homeland” is while being whisked away in his vehicle, Jeb! tries his best to shout out to the reporter, “Keeping our country safe!” Which is kind of like saying your favorite part of Paula Deen’s Home Cooking is “Eating healthy!”
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