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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 11:07 AM
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First Family Politics (ABC on Neil Bush)
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Observers of the Bush family say Neil has always chosen his friends carefully.

"The history of Neil is essentially a quarter century of moving and shaking and connecting and collecting," Phillips said.

Described as a Dom Perignon affair, the wedding was attended by family patriarch and former President George H.W. Bush, as well as prominent guests from the Middle East and China.

"And there were also very lavish gifts," said Mimi Swartz, executive editor of Texas Monthly. "I think the couple got matching Bulgari watches, I think someone else gave them an SUV."

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"I think Neil is sort of a good time Charlie," said Phillips. "He's somebody who wants to make money on the family connections. I imagine he feels bad occasionally when something goes really wrong. But since he can't do too much else, he keeps doing it." For example, in the deposition Neil said he was brought in to advise the board of a Chinese semiconductor company despite possessing no knowledge about semiconductors.

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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/Politics/Neil_Bush_041001-1.html
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 11:13 AM
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1. Neil is the most incompetent of all the bush* family. Even dumber than
his brother Bunnypants.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 11:18 AM
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2. Sick excuse for a human being if you ask me....
:puke: I wonder if he's Bab's favourite? :eyes:
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 11:23 AM
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3. Do not forget daughter DORO sometimes she looks mentally retarded to me.
I really wonder what's with these bushes, they think they are gods, and boy if they ain't characters straight out of the Beverly Hillbillies! }(
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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 01:45 PM
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4. He embarrassed the family with Asian whores but
Edited on Sat Oct-02-04 01:46 PM by teryang
...he was doing the family business when hundreds of millions of dollars at the Silverado Savings & Loan disappeared.

The indictment out of the US Attorneys Office disappeared as well.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-04 02:17 PM
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5. Once Poppy and Bar are gone, what happens to the dynasty?
None of their offspring have the stature or ability to carry on as figurehead and control the pursestrings. Certainly not the Chimp.
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