The staff here at the Café was taking it easy as the weekend approached. All the takeout orders regarding the pope's visit to America were pretty well filled. However, just as we all were settling down to count our tips, along came a familiar face, dragging behind him a familiar exclamation point.

"Our message is one of hope and aspiration," Mr. Bush said. "It isn't one of division and get in line and we'll take care of you with free stuff. Our message is one that is uplifting — that says you can achieve earned success."

John Ellis Bush, whose great-great grandchildren will not have to work for a living, is talking about "earned success." Sooner or later, the Inner Willard comes out in all of them. And it gets better, because with these guys it always gets better.

HARWOOD: How does eliminating the estate tax helps anybody's right to rise? That tax only applies to people who have made it big time—they've risen.

BUSH: Well, they're dead. If they've lived a good life, outside the money they've made, they're up in heaven looking down on us.

Apparently, their accountants are up there with them. Maybe Jeb! isn't the smart one, after all.

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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