Jeb And Mitt Didn’t Actually Talk About 2016 At Utah Meeting

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is seated with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as they fly on his campaign plane to Miami Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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It sounds like Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney covered a wide range of topics at their meeting Thursday in Utah — except the one on everybody’s mind.

Bush was asked about the meeting on a Friday at an event in San Francisco, the Washington Post reported. He said the two potential 2016 contenders, who are expected to vie for many of the same donors and voters if they both decide to run, chatted about the National Football League — but they didn’t really touch on the fact that they could be political opponents soon.

“We talked about the Patriots,” Bush said. “We talked a little bit about politics, not as much as you might imagine. We talked about the future of the country. We talked about the need for a more engaged foreign policy,” Bush said. “The awkward side of this, about running and such, we put aside.”

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  1. Oh, what a loathsome couple they make.

    From their altitude, the 99% look like ants.

  2. oh yeah right okay sure, we believe you.
    We were all born stupid and unknowing that u 2 together was just a howdy doody moment in crossing while flying in your lear jets. Which island in the sky did you stop at to chat a little about where the foreign policy on hiding money was best suited in this day and age.
    It’s like, hey jeb, where are you hiding yours?
    Oh mitt, you know better than I.

  3. Well, if they didn’t discuss running for the Presidency, then they are both disqualified for the simple reason that neither of them has any sense of reality. Really? What idiots! What a mammoth lay blown opportunity.

  4. No, they did not.

    They talked about loopholes in the tax code, debated whether New England Mormon royalty (By way of Michigan, Mexico and Utah.) is above New England WASP old money and who is the more important donors between the Kochs and Sheldon Adelson.

  5. So, they flew across the country to San Francisco - of all places - to chat about football?

    Yeah. Right.

    LOL

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