Bush asked about gun violence: "Stuff happens'

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It's tough being a Second Amendment absolutist when this happens, but this is the time to stand for principle.  The Constitution is supposed to apply EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE DIFFICULT.

That being said, Obama came off as sincere, and his outrage is, from the point of view of a lot of folks, fully justified and long overdue.  Jeb came off as a guy worried about offending the NRA.  (Even Jeb's Dad once had the guts to tell the NRA to take his Life Membership and stick it after they pilloried a fellow Republican for being "soft".)

Jeb could have stated that obvious.  He could have discussed how fewer lives would have been lost had some of the students there been carrying concealed.  He could have been passionate about that aspect of the issue, and it's NOT an illegitimate argument.  That's not Jeb, however.  Too bad.  Well, not really, because when he looks bad, he's more unelectable.  It's a good thing for America when Jeb LOOKS as BAD as he IS.