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Jeb Bush: I’m ‘Quite Comfortable’ Being George W. Bush’s Brother [VIDEO]

Alex Griswold Media Reporter
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It’s often assumed a major roadblock in former Florida Republican Governor Jeb Bush’s presidential aspirations would be his last name, but Bush told talk show host Hugh Hewitt that he was “quite comfortable” being the brother of former president George W. Bush. (VIDEO: Scott Walker: ‘I Didn’t Inherit Fame Or Fortune From My Family’)

HEWITT: Now Governor Bush, what interests me about that is when you look forward into a possible third Bush presidency, not how the Iraq wars went or your opinion of your father’s order to invade Iraq, or your brother’s order to invade Iraq, but whether or not you’d be overly cautious about using force for fear of having a “third Bush war” occur?

BUSH: No, that’s an interesting question, and I’m glad you asked it. It wouldn’t, if I was, if I decide to go forward with a race and I’m fortunate enough to go through that whole process, and God willing, win, then I would have a duty to protect the United States. And there are circumstances where a commander-in-chief, the president of the United States has to make tough decisions. And history’s full of examples of that. I wouldn’t be conflicted by any legacy issues of my family.

I actually, Hugh, am quite comfortable being George Bush’s son and George Bush’s brother. It’s something that gives me a lot of comfort on a personal level, and it certainly wouldn’t compel me to act one way or the other based on the strategies that we would be implementing and the conditions that our country would be facing.

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