{"id":3691,"date":"2010-11-06T10:02:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2010-11-06T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T18:41:28","slug":"ramesh-ponnuru-a-ticket-for-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/06\/ramesh-ponnuru-a-ticket-for-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramesh Ponnuru: A Ticket for ’12"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spotted this post<\/a> by Ramesh Ponnuru on National Review Online’s Corner blog yesterday and thought I’d weigh in:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a lot of talk about Jeb Bush over the last few days. If he does run, he should consider Liz Cheney as a running mate. They won\u2019t even have to design new stickers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m assuming that he’s being tongue in cheek here, but on the off chance he isn’t… Not just no, but hell no.<\/p>\n

I love Liz Cheney and I’d love to see her run office, but when it comes to the Bush clan — no more. I came of age during the Reagan ear and I watched as George H. W. Bush and then George W. Bush squandered the Reagan legacy and did far more damage to the conservative movement than Democrats ever could.<\/p>\n

No more Bush’s — not now, not ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spotted this post by Ramesh Ponnuru on National Review Online’s Corner blog yesterday and thought I’d weigh in: There\u2019s been a lot of talk about Jeb Bush over the last few days. If he does run, he should consider Liz Cheney as a running mate. They won\u2019t even have to design new stickers. I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[748,1107,123,1104,1105,1106],"class_list":["post-3691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-2012-elections","tag-george-h-w-bush","tag-george-w-bush","tag-jeb-bush","tag-liz-cheney","tag-ramesh-ponnuru","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Xx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3869,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/2012-presidential-straw-poll-round-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":3691,"position":0},"title":"2012 Presidential Straw Poll — Round 3","author":"Jeff","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s time for round three of our 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll. 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