Jeb! We Hardly Knew Ye

Jeb Bush Drops Out of the Republican Race for President

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican Jeb Bush ended his campaign for the presidency Saturday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, acknowledging his failure to harness the hopes of Republican voters angry at the political establishment.

The former Florida governor and political scion told supporters in Columbia that he’d tried to stay true to what he believes. Still, he was lagging far behind in the primary in South Carolina, where his well-organized campaign was outmatched by insurgent billionaire Donald Trump, and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

“I’m proud of the campaign that we’ve run to unify our country and to advocate conservative solutions,” a visibly emotional Bush said. “The presidency is bigger than any one person. It’s certainly bigger than any one candidate.”

“I firmly believe the American people must entrust this office to someone who understands that whoever holds it is a servant not the master,” Bush said.

[Ariadna Note: He did not say whose servant. Maybe he thinks it should be self evident to all by now. One has to feel sorry for him though: he, whom the family always considered the smart one, never got to be a war criminal like Daddy and Dubya, whom they considered the dumb alky. I hope Dubya doesn’t start bullying him now and teasing him with the nickname Trump gave him, “Low Energy.” Sibling rivalry can be so cruel.]