Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Sunday praised Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who is currently facing calls for his resignation over his handling of the Flint water crisis, for taking responsibility for the fiasco.
“I admire Rick Snyder for stepping up right now,” Bush said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “He’s going through the challenge. And he’s fired people and accepted responsibility to fix this.”
When host Jake Tapper said he was surprised to hear praise for Snyder, Bush said that he thought the governor has “taken the lead now.”
“What I’m saying, though, instead of saying the dog ate my homework, it’s someone else’s fault, once it became clear, he took — he’s taken the lead now,” Bush told CNN. “And that’s exactly what I think leaders have to do.”
Even if you’ve been living off planet for the last two years, the above should tell you all you need to know about Jeb Bush.
First, the Flint case is yet another example of environmental racism and the result of conservative ideology that sacrifices the common good to increase profit.
Second, the fact that lead (Pb) and lead (show the way) are homonyms make this statement and Bush’s following one singularly ironic:
accepting responsibility for fixing the problem isn’t the same as accepting responsibility for causing the problem in the first place…
That’s really funny if you pronounce lead “led” instead of “leed”.
Inability to recognize incompetence seems to run in the family.
“You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie.”