The Bush Family has contributed two members to the Presidency, and in so doing, being one of three families to have done that—with the others being the Adamses (John Adams and John Quincy Adams), and the Harrisons (William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison).
But the two Adams Presidencies lasted one term each, and the two Harrison Presidencies lasted one month and one term.
The Bushes lasted four and eight years, and the first Bush Presidency is rated much higher than the second Bush Presidency, particularly in foreign policy, but also in domestic policy.
So if former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was to say that he would follow the lead of his father, that would be one thing.
But instead, Jeb makes clear now that he would follow the foreign policy of his brother over his father, and calls his brother his major foreign policy advisor.
Jeb also makes clear that the neoconservatives who advised his brother would be his key foreign policy team if he was to be elected President.
Based on these facts, Jeb Bush is, therefore, unacceptable to be the next President, as his brother is ranked in the bottom sixth of the Presidents, at number 36 out of 42, in the C Span poll of 2009.
It is one thing to have a disastrous Presidency in so many ways, but it is something else to decide that we would go down the same direction once again, so Jeb has lost his credibility to be the third Bush Presidency!
If Bush and Clinton are the only options we will have, then I will join the millions of citizens staying home on election day. After all “What difference does it make?”.