John Ellis Bush is finding that his family name is beginning to sound tired — even among Republicans.
Will that stop the man known as Jeb from running for president next year?
Hardly.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/235638-walker-bush-is-like-other-failed-gop-candidates
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, another probable GOP candidate, said of Bush that his name is “of the past.” The party and the nation need new names, meaning new blood, to lead it.
Walker said he wouldn’t speak ill of Jeb Bush … but then he did. According to The Hill, Walker said: “You’re not going to hear me speak ill will of Jeb. He’s a friend of mine. He called me two days before (announcing) his PAC, I think highly of him. I just think voters are going to look at this and say, ‘If we’re running against Hillary Clinton, we’ll need a name from the future, not a name from the past, to win.’ ”
So, what I’m reading from that is Bush’s name will hurt him if he gets his party’s nomination.
I’ve long said you shouldn’t ever criticized anyone’s appearance or anyone’s name.
Walker has just gone mildly negative against the family name of Jeb Bush.
That is “speaking ill will” of someone.