Jeb: ‘The White Lebron’

Mark Matassa • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Jeb: ‘The White Lebron’</h1>
                <h2><p>Jeb Bush, the long-acknowledged but only recently announced Republican presidential candidate, is off to a rocky start in the media. Wired rips his “Jeb!” campaign logo as bush league. Says one designer: “It’s what I would expect if Jed! Clampett were running for mayor of Beverly Hills. This logo</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i5GMhGpk5jY" width="500"></iframe></figure><p>Jeb Bush, the long-acknowledged but only recently announced Republican presidential candidate, is off to a rocky start in the media. <em>Wired</em> <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/06/jeb-bush-logo-jeb/?mbid=synd_slate&ref=avalancheghost.one">rips his “Jeb!” campaign logo</a> as bush league. Says one designer: “It’s what I would expect if Jed! Clampett were running for mayor of Beverly Hills. This logo suggests nothing new, exciting or progressive, nor serious or highly educated. Good ole boy comes to mind; also SALE TODAY, painted on the side of a building.”</p><p><em>The New York Times</em> takes on Bush's “fashion statement,” noting that he <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/fashion/jeb-bush-makes-a-major-fashion-statement.html?mabReward=CTM&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&ref=avalancheghost.one">announced his candidacy in shirtsleeves</a>, without coat or tie. And “The Tonight Show,” with Bush himself as an accomplice, slyly mocked the candidate’s profile.</p>
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Jeb Bush, the long-acknowledged but only recently announced Republican presidential candidate, is off to a rocky start in the media. Wired rips his “Jeb!” campaign logo as bush league. Says one designer: “It’s what I would expect if Jed! Clampett were running for mayor of Beverly Hills. This logo suggests nothing new, exciting or progressive, nor serious or highly educated. Good ole boy comes to mind; also SALE TODAY, painted on the side of a building.”

The New York Times takes on Bush's “fashion statement,” noting that he announced his candidacy in shirtsleeves, without coat or tie. And “The Tonight Show,” with Bush himself as an accomplice, slyly mocked the candidate’s profile.

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