Mother Mary Rants

So on Saturday, Jeb Bush was in Pennsylvania to support the reelection bid of a Pennsylvania senator who resides in northern Virginia, when a group of protesters started chanting "Jeb, go home." His security detail thought it appropriate to attack the activists with stun guns while Jeb hid in a nearby supply closet.

This is so startling it bears repeating: The governor of one of the largest states in the Union, the brother of the president of the United States, hid in a supply closet from protesters of a war policy he ostensibly endorses. On a day when most Republicans were hiding from citizens who want to know why the GOP prefers protecting incumbent politicians over protecting innocent children.

Wouldn't it have been a million times better for the GOP if Gov. Bush had engaged with the activists? — had supported his brother, had endorsed his brother's "strategy" in Iraq, had stood up for what he ostensibly believes in? Jeb is, after all, considerably more popular than his brother is, especially in states that do not know him as well as they know his brother.

Jeb missed a golden opportunity to support his brother and further his brother's goals. Instead, he cravenly hid in a supply closet. I guess the nation can infer how Jeb truly feels about the disaster in Iraq....