Hey, They Said He Was The Smart One. They Never, Ever Said He Was The Honest One.
Remember Jeb and the email dump? And that he did it for the sake of transparency?
Well, not so much.
It seems that Ole Jeb forgot to include emails of his lobbying for Bacardi in exchange for campaign contributions.
In 2002, one email exchange following Jeb’s helping Bacardi’s guy arrange meetings at the Departments of Commerce and Treasury. Bacardi had been in a long trademark fight with a Cuban rum maker. Bush was there to help Barcardi.
Six days later, on Feb. 26, Rodriguez Marquez wrote Gov. Bush again to thank the governor for his “invaluable support regarding our problems at Commerce and Treasury.”
“Thank you, Jorge. I hope it all works out,” Bush replied two hours later.
The next day, Bacardi-Martini donated $10,000 to the Republican Party of Florida. On Feb. 28, Rodriguez Marquez and his wife gave a total of $1,000 to Jeb Bush’s re-election campaign.
Neither the Bacardi chief’s thank-you email nor Bush’s reply was posted on jebemails.com.
And that’s just one example of many that were redacted from his email dump. He didn’t have time to redact other people’s social security numbers but he did have time to redact his own dirty hands.
There’s nothing wrong with Bush lobbying for Barcardi to his Dad and idiot brother. Taking $50,000 total in campaign contributions for himself and the Florida Republican party in direct exchange for it just ain’t right.