前佛罗里达州州长杰布•布什周一启动了他的美国总统竞选活动，这是布什家族第三位美国总统参选人，但父亲老布什与哥哥小布什并未出席。

　　Denisha Merriweather (Jacksonville, FL): My mom, my brother,and my uncle all dropped out of school, by the time I was in thethird grade I had failed twice.

　　Miguel Manrara (Miramar, FL): My first job was picking up garbage and cardboard, so I could havesome money to feed, to help feed my family, my mother, my father.

　　Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte (Cooper City, FL): Lucy has autism, she doesn’t speak, she doesn’twalk, but not being able to speak is not the same as not having anything to say. People withdisabilities, they want to have freedom, just like anybody else.

　　Kim Donatelle (Sarasota, FL): One out of four women are going to be victimized by somebody whoclaims to love them. Domestic violence is an epidemic, this isn’t a small problem.

　　Governor Bush: The barriers right now on people rising up is the great challenge of our time. Somany people could do so much better if we fixed a few things. My core beliefs start with thepremise that the most vulnerable in our society should be in the front of the line, not the back. Andas Governor, I had a chance to act on that core belief.

　　Denisha Merriweather (Jacksonville, FL): Governor Jeb Bush instituted the first voucher program inthe United States to give low-income kids an opportunity to go to a private school. Out of myimmediate family, I am the first person to graduate from high school. And then I went on tograduate from college.

　　Miguel Manrara (Miramar, FL): I am currently an account manager. And the main reason I’m in thesituation and the position that I am right now is because Jeb Bush allowed companies like GoyaFoods of Florida to grow, to create high-paying jobs. I am the perfect representation of theAmerican dream.

　　Governor Bush: This is what leadership is about, it’s not just about yapping about things. There area lot of people talking, and they’re pretty good at it. We need to start fixing things. I said I wasgoing to do these things and I did them, and the result was Florida is a lot better off.

　　Kim Donatelle (Sarasota, FL): I think Governor Bush changed a lot of lives in Florida. I am verygrateful that he was our Governor. I don’t think that we would be where we are today, withregards to domestic violence, had he not been the Governor. He wanted women to not live theway that I found myself, it’s changed so many lives.

　　Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte (Cooper City, FL): He really cares about us. He really cares aboutpeople with developmental disabilities, and with all disabilities. There are people today that aregetting services because of what Jeb did. He doesn’t do it for himself, he does it because he is atrue servant. He is the best voice that we can have.

　　Governor Bush: I am proud of the fact that many families now have the chance to live lives ofpurpose and meaning. You can improve the life of people, whether it’s in the programs for thedevelopmentally disabled, or changing our economy, or fixing our higher education system. All ofthese things can be fixed – I am absolutely convinced of it. What we need is new leadership thattakes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up. America’s best days arein front of us, and we are going to lead the world.

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