Thursday, February 26, 2015

Jeb Bush interview with Hugh Hewitt

Recently Hugh Hewitt interviewed Jeb Bush. Hugh asked Jeb
...where do you see the source of the radicalism, the Islamist violence? What’s the root source? We heard Marie Harf say it’s joblessness, in part. What does Jeb Bush think?

JB: I just cannot believe that a spokesman for our government would say that. It is deeply disturbing to me that this is the language that’s used in the Obama administration, that it’s an isolated act if it was in Paris, or that joblessness creates despair that creates this radical behavior, that it’s a law enforcement incident and all these things. It really makes it harder to garner the necessary support in our own country and around the world for what this is. This is radical Islam. And these are barbarians. And they want to destroy Western civilization. I don’t think that’s a gross exaggeration, and that’s what, if you believe, if you start with that premise, you have a completely different strategy.
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Hewitt does not ask any questions about Jeb's unpopularity with conservative Republicans. Perhaps that is because Hewitt, himself, is out of touch with conservatives!

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