Jeb Bush: Obama Is ‘a Christian and an American’

Jeb Bush: Obama Is ‘a Christian and an American’

by Breitbart News18 Sep 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/obama/2015/09/18/jeb-bush-obama-is-a-christian-and-an-american/

MACKINAC ISLAND, Michigan (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush reacted Friday to the latest controversy roiling the GOP race by identifying President Barack Obama as “an American” and “Christian,” and calling for a return to civility in national politics.

Bush was alluding to an episode Thursday in which rival Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner who called Obama “Muslim” and “not even an American.”

Bush told roughly 2,000 Michigan Republican activists, “I will commit to you that I will never violate my conservative principles. But I will assume that someone that doesn’t agree with me isn’t a bad person.

“We need to begin to get back to that degree of civility before it’s too late in this country,” Bush said.

Bush, the lead speaker at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, said a Republican could carry Michigan in 2016 – for the first time since his father, George H.W. Bush, did it in 1988 – “if we run with heart.”

He said Republicans can “expand the map” of electoral swing states to include Michigan, where metropolitan Detroit has been a Democratic roadblock for the GOP, if “we run a campaign with our arms open, with a hopeful, optimistic message” and “don’t run a campaign looking down at people.”

The Michigan conference comes two days after 11 leading GOP candidates participated in a marathon televised debate in California. It resumes Saturday with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 96^%, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) 93^%.

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Louis Farrakhan is the acting head for the Nation of Islam, and was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine.

Note: Trumpeter Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).

Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. is a senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and was a member of the African American Religious Leadership Committee.

African American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Barack Obama was the candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.        

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.   

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).  

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Frederic V. Malek is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the chairman for the American Action Forum, a member of the Alfalfa Club, a trustee at the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, the founder & board member for the American Action Network, and a board member for the Congressional Leadership Fund.

Jeb Bush was a board member at the American Action Forum, is a member of the Alfalfa Club, a trustee at the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network, and a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election.

Hispanic Leadership Network is an offshoot of the American Action Network.

John Vincent Weber is a board member for the American Action Network, and a board member for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Congressional Leadership Fund was a contributor for the American Action Network.

Donald Trump was a contributor for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a donor for the Drumthwacket Foundation, and is a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election.

Christopher J. Christie is an honorary chairman for the Drumthwacket Foundation, and a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election.

Bobby Jindal is a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election, and was a guest at the Koch Industries annual conference.

Koch Industries is the sponsor for the Koch Industries annual conference.

David H. Koch is the EVP for Koch Industries, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013       

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).

Trumpeter Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).

Louis Farrakhan was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and is the acting head for the Nation of Islam.