{"id":14700,"date":"2015-02-12T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T21:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14700"},"modified":"2015-02-12T13:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T21:46:54","slug":"strike-three-proved-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/12\/strike-three-proved-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Three Proved Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

GHW was Strike One.  He was so incompetent that he couldn’t win with his opponent in the midst of the Paula Jones sex scandal.  But he did appoint enough Supreme Court Injustices that they could steal the presidency for his son.  GW was Strike Two, the worst President the US has ever had.  Hundreds of Bushisms reveal his incompetence.  Jeb is trying to portray himself as a different kind of Bush: smart and techy, an e-Bush.  Strike Three!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0212Jeb\"Jeb Bush may make a presidential run in 2016, but the Republican politician has already make a glaring faux pas, ironically compromising the privacy of some his supporters and critics alike in a blundered attempt at transparency.<\/p>\n

Bush decided to publish in Personal Storage Table (.PST) format thousands of emails he received during his eight years as the governor of Florida between 1999 and 2007.  The published emails had been received by his official gubernatorial account, jebATjeb.org. [Strike Three delinked<\/em>]<\/p>\n

What began as ostensibly well intentioned attempt to showcase his open door policy went astray when visitors discovered that the published data trove contained unredacted names, email addresses<\/a>, physical mailing addresses, phone numbers, and even Social Security numbers<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Daily Tech><\/p>\n

Exposing the personal particulars and violating the privacy of everyone who reached out to him demonstrates a level of competence in the ballpark with Strike One and Strike Two.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"02121Jeb2\"In what may well be the shortest-lived career as a political technology officer, Jeb Bush’s newly appointed Chief Technology Officer, Ethan Czahor, resigned yesterday after he was called out in media for deleting a series of "offensive" tweets.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post’s headline<\/a> was, "Jeb Bush’s chief technology officer resigns after racially insensitive comments."<\/p>\n

Czahor, one of the co-founders of Hipster.com, admitted to what the Bush camp described as "regrettable and insensitive comments," such as suggesting that<\/a> "black parents need to get their sh@# together." He also, in backhanded fashion, expressed his relief that Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t wear "pants sagged to his ankles," or speak in "jibberish." These tweets were written several years ago, but, as Post writer, Phillip Rucker explained, Czahor, "could not survive the racially insensitive comments that surfaced on Tuesday."<\/p>\n

Czahor could, however, have survived the sexist ones. The first media reports of his tweets were about his opinions regarding gender and sexuality. Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski<\/a>  cataloged a whole series of tweets prior to their deletion… <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…For good measure, there were also disparaging, homophobic ones. Racist commentary was also brought to light. It’s a bundled service\u2026<\/p>\n

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While his choice’s values line up perfectly with those the Republican Party practices that message is far more honest than the one he wants to send.  He\u2019s certainly no better at choosing people than Strike One and Strike Two.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow provided even more detail.<\/font><\/p>\n