Jeb Bush > Joseph Curl

In a recent article at the Daily Wire, petulant ass clown Joseph Curl referred to the former Florida Governor and Presidential candidate as a "bitter little man" over comments Bush made during a Sunday morning talk show in south Florida recently.

When asked about President Trump's recent ups and downs during the first 100 days of his administration, Jeb replied that "He's a distraction in and of himself... He's got a lot of work to do, and some of these things — the wiretapping and all of this stuff — is a complete distraction that makes it harder to accomplish the things I know he wants to do."

Jeb went on to correctly point out that Trump "...hasn't shifted to being president in the way that people are used to, and I think that's the problem, I would say. The strength is that he's acted in a good way and lifted people's spirits in terms of economic growth and job creation. But he's a distraction in and of himself by creating all of these, through Twitter and..."

Continuing along the same lines that many thoughtful commentators and pundits have taken, Bush advised that Trump "...should stop saying things that aren't true that are distractions from the task at hand." Jeb also pointed out that "...my whole approach to this is to watch his deeds, not his words. His actions matter in terms of the long-term consequences for people."

Showing more class and deference than candidate Trump ever showed him, the former Governor lauded some of the President's personnel choices so far: "I love the [Neil] Gorsuch pick. I love Betsy DeVos. I think the generals he's picked, which it's pretty extraordinary to have that many generals, but they're all people of great integrity. General [John] Kelly, who lived here, is a patriot. General [James] Mattis, Rex Tillerson — these are all top-notch people, and he's been decisive on the regulatory side, where he has unique control."

Trump and a great many commentators such as Curl here bashed Jeb relentlessly throughout the primaries. But as I said before, those of us who lived in Florida while Jeb was Governor for eight years, knew him to be an excellent administrator and highly competent chief executive for our state.

Imagine the difference in competence and tone if we had Jeb or Marco Rubio in the White House now. I was #NeverTrump for a reason. It wasn't a stance I took lightly. And as we watch Trump and his minions stumble around Washington, lashing out at conservative grass-roots organizations like the Freedom Caucus for properly standing on principle, one has to wonder what's in store for then next four years.

And for the record, Joseph Curl? F*ck you! Let me know when you've done anything other than type at a keyboard and hide behind the internet's anonymity.

I was heartened a bit by the comments below Curl's hit piece, where commenters pointed out that though they didn't care for Jeb as a candidate or even personally, he was right about everything he said.