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Jeb Bush: GOP can't be 'old white guy party'

By Eric Zimmermann - 10/23/09 02:15 PM ET

The GOP needs to shed its image as the "old white guy party," Jeb Bush said this week.

Speaking at George Washington University, Bush said Republicans need to reach out to a more diverse group of voters.

"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that in order for a political party to be successful it has to reach out to everyone," Bush said, according to the GW Hatchet. "In politics, you never win when you say 'us and them.' We need a more welcoming message."

Finally, seizing on a DNC talking point, Bush suggested his party needs to come up with more ideas of its own.

"We just can't be the party of no," he said. "Republicans need to offer, based on their own principles, solutions to these problems."

Bush also hinted that his party has come across as intolerant at times.

"Tone matters,” he said, according to New Majority. "In twenty or so years our country will have a minority majority."


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Comments (42)

With all due respect, Mr Bush needs to pay attention to what is happening throughout the country NOW. I'm a registered moderate Democrat who is looking for a new party since the communist left has taken over my party. I went to the DC TEA Party and donated money to my nephew who organized one for Charlotte, NC. Many people are looking to get back to constitutionali ty limited govt. intrusion. That is what keeps a capitalist society innovative creates wealth! Why don't you folks try getting on board with the wave sweeping the country? I was in DC for that TEA Party; there were old, young, Asian Indian black people there. Remember when Ross Perot took 20% of the vote in one presidential election? There were Libertarians there too. You folks are going to miss the boat if you stick with RINOs like Scozzafava whoever is the RNCC person against Rubio! I'm just sayin'…BY sandyinohio on 10/23/2009 at 16:21
Jeb Bush is a farce and has no integrity. Jeb Bush is a Obama boot lick and only the RINO's who are trembling in their betrayer's boots inside the GOP in the beltway listen to that hack anyway. Jeb Bush is in 100% agreement with Obama and after the election when Obama's popularity was highest started signing how the GOP should pick up his ways too. Screw Jeb Bush he's just another country club Repugnicant slug. He is also clearly a race baiting hater too. Jeb Bush is a disgusting and pathetic example of what we conservatives need to root out aggressively from the GOP and we are doing it. Just check out NY 23 Jeb, how's that taste you sack of crap?BY SPQR_US on 10/23/2009 at 16:25
I am so disappointed in Jeb Bush, He paints all Republicans as the Democrats have stereotyped us and it just isn't true. the perception of an anti-minority party and a party that is opposing everything, is not true and he knows it. Just because we don't want amnesty for illegals and are against the radical agenda of the Democrats and therefore oppose thier legislation, is what I call standing up for Republican principals and values and is what I expect from our Republican representatives . Too bad. I really thought he had a good future in the Republican party but now see he is a panderer and no different then the Democrats and too much like his brother!BY Reneeca on 10/23/2009 at 16:29
Jeb Boosh (racist) said: —Bush also hinted that his party has come across as intolerant at times."Tone matters,BY SPQR_US on 10/23/2009 at 16:34
Please Jeb stay out of it. Come 2010, we will tell you what the Republican Party is or isn't. Ideals have nothing to do with color, ethnicticity or any of this big tent rhetoric. I am an American of Mexican decent. The only thing I want is this country to continue to resemble what the founding fathers had envisioned. What your brother did (statrting with the H. Meyers supreme court nomination) was to help left wing liberalism off the ropes. This was his greatest accomplishment. Please just go away.BY Ralph on 10/23/2009 at 17:26
Jeb Bush is wrong. The Republican party is NOT an old white guy party. It's a poor white Southern backward trash party. Age is of no import to these inbred birther jokers who seem to have a sustained allergy to factsBY YEE HAW on 10/23/2009 at 18:48
re: Jeb Bush being "no different THEN the Democrats"It's "than"Why can't any of you spell? It's epidemic among you. Etymology is your friend. Don't be afraid.Sincerely,Ivy League educatedBY YEE HAW! on 10/23/2009 at 18:50
Sure the GOP is "old white guys":THE BUSHES.100% profiteers who still siphon $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ of your tax moneyout of US Treasury via their corporate pals' long term deals.BY darkler on 10/23/2009 at 21:47
Ah, 'tis the death rattle of a dying party. (see: Whigs and Know-Nothing parties for the final outcome.)BY Gotami on 10/23/2009 at 22:09
I totally gave up on the Republican party when Sarah Palin was selected to be McCain's running mate. The Republican party has been pushing me away since George H W Bush. The Republican isn't just the white people's party, it's also the party of anti-science and anti-technology.Our industry headed toward Asia a long time ago and it doesn't take an economist to know the results. At at time when more Americans than ever identify as Atheist/Agnostic, the Republican party insists on being the party of "WOO".I'm a veteran of nearly 10 years in the USAF, my American ancestry goes back to 1636, Henrico County Virgina. You'd think the GOP would give a damn about keeping me. But they don't.BY DaliDaagger on 10/23/2009 at 22:35

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