"It's tempting to give Jeb Bush credit for being far less ridiculous than Donald Trump on, well, pretty much everything. Over the last week, as Trump's radicalism has exceeded any normal boundaries of propriety, the former governor has been willing to call out the New York developer for going too far.
But if Bush is going to claim any credit for taking the high ground, he's going to have to stop dipping his feet in the same waters in which Trump is taking a swim.
Last week, for example, the Florida Republican argued that the United States should reject Syrian refugees for reasons he has not yet explained. Bush later clarified that some refugees might be able to enter the country, but only if they're members of a religious group he approves of.
'You're a Christian--I mean, you can prove you're a Christian.' Jeb inexplicably argued."
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"...Jeb Bush said in a radio interview Tuesday that 'you can tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East... I can promise you that,' Bush told New Hampshire radio host Jack Heath. 'By name, by where they're born, their birth certificates. There are ample means by which to know this.'...
...On Tuesday, Bush also repeated that he feels the country has a 'moral obligation' to support Syrian Christians."
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eye'm thynkin': So only people BORN Christian and given a name off a pre-approved list would pass the ex-governor's sniff test? No one else would be deemed good enough for Jeb? I find it difficult to imagine Jesus asking for proper ID before welcoming anyone into his temple.
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