Brother of Shrub, Just as Dumb
From Morons dot org. Apropos, no?
Jeb Bush has a history of opening his mouth and having stupid things come out of it; his latest spew is that residents of San Francisco may be "endangered"...
You might recall that last year, Jeb Bush told some of his associates that two women involved in a child disappearance were lesbians (they were actually sisters). His comments drew immediate fire from gay rights groups and people with functioning cerebrums for pulling crass, locker-room humor out of his nether-region in regard to a case of a missing child.
I'm pleased to report that Jeb's made an ass of himself again. Here's his comment this time: "It looks like the people of San Francisco are an endangered species, which may not be a bad thing. That's probably good news for the country."
This time the subject of conversation was environmental protection and Bush was showing a map of locations of wildlife.
I'd just like to point out that the Gross Metropolitan Product of San Francisco (2001) is $113.1 billion, and that the Gross State Product (that is, for the entire state) of Florida (2001) is $491 billion. That is to say, Jeb's entire state produces only a little over 4 times what the small city of San Francisco produces. (San Francisco's GDP is also more than the GDPs of Singapore and New Zealand.) I don't think it would be "good for the country" if such a city's population went extinct, do you?
Bush went on to ask, "did I say that out loud?" (I'm not making that up).
Yes, you did. And boy do you ever look stupid for it.
---Nick