As the child of a divorced mother, I cannot help but wonder what my childhood and that of children without "documentation" might have been like if Jeb Bush had been president in the 1940s. According to my mother it was hard enough to be a single woman with a family to support; add in official misogyny and it could only have been worse.

Here are some items from national news sources about Bush League thinking attributed to Jeb:

1. Gov. Jeb Bush to Seek Guardian for Fetus of Rape Victim, The New York Times, May 15, 2003 (LINK)

2. Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed, The Huffington Post, June 9, 2015 (LINK)

3. New Bush staffer under fire for tweets about 'sluts' and gay men, The Hill, February 9, 2015 (LINK)

4. The Patience of Jeb, The Washington Post, February 21, 2003 (LINK)

5. Jeb's abortion nightmare: How he funneled tax dollars to quack anti-choicers and gutted real health care, Salon, April 14, 2014 (LINK)

(My father abandoned both me and my half brother in 1946 not to be seen again until old-age solitude made him seek out family connections after 50 years; both of us were raised by our maternal families in ignorance of one another. In the fantasy world of Jeb, our mothers might have been ostracized and even punished, while dear old dad went on to the freedom and lack of responsibility he favored.)