george p. bush starts small amid high expectations

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THE_NEXT_BUSH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-07-20-09-06-16


In this photo taken June 25, 2013, George P. Bush, 37, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press in Frisco, Texas. Bush is running for Texas Land Commissioner, a post unfamiliar to most Texans, because he says it best suits his skills, not because it could launch him to bigger things in America’s largest red state. Born in Houston, Bush grew up in Florida, graduated from and played baseball for Rice University in Houston before teaching school in inner-city Miami and working on George W. Bush's presidential campaign. He earned a law degree from the University of Texas and clerked for a federal judge, then founded a capital company in Fort Worth. He served an eight-month tour in Afghanistan in 2010 with U.S. Naval Intelligence. Bush is on the board of Uplift Education, a major charter school operator in North Texas, and is a strong proponent of school choice for all families. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)

FRISCO, Texas (AP) -- On a recent evening, George P. Bush was telling a packed room of wealthy North Texans how he got his start in politics. It was May 1979 and the then 3-year-old was in a Houston park, clutching a balloon and watching his grandfather, George H.W. Bush, announce his first campaign for president.

"It was my first memory," Bush recalled. "I was wearing a George P. Bush, er, uh, George H.W. Bush for President T-shirt."

Drowned out temporarily by laughter, Bush insisted it wasn't a Freudian flub. An aide approached a reporter scribbling notes and jokingly commanded: "Stop writing!"

The light moment underscores the dilemma of the latest scion of an American political dynasty.


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[CurtEastPoint]

1. visually palatable but still a Bu#h

[AndyA]

2. No. More. Bush. Family. Members. In. Politics.

They are criminals--they should be scorned, not revered. They should hold their heads down in shame in public for what they have done over the years. They are America's Official Crime Family.

[LuvNewcastle]

9. +1000

He's going to be the Republican Party's great hope to win Hispanic votes. I don't think America's Hispanics are so shallow, but I guess we're going to see if they're as gullible as the rest of the population.

[malaise]

3. Wasn't he a drug user in Florida?? n/t

[RudynJack]

4. Dunno about drugs

but he was busted, iirc, for doing donuts on his ex-girlfriend's lawn.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Was he also the one busted while his GF gave him cuccinelli in a parking lot?

[LuvNewcastle]

10. Since when has doing drugs kept a Bush away from power?

[monmouth3]

11. I believe his sister was a user, has been rehabbed a few times..n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

5. Poppy must be proud that one of "the little brown ones" is running for office.

Bush on Tuesday introduced his grandchildren to President Reagan at a brief airport meeting.

"These are Jebby's kids from Florida, the little brown ones," the vice president said. The three youngsters are the children of Bush's son, Jeb, and his Mexican-born wife, Columba.

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-17/news/mn-655_1_pride

[kestrel91316]

7. He isn't a real Amurkin. His mom is a furriner, and she tried to smuggle

contraband into the US on at least one occasion and is an ex-con.

I wanna see his long form birth certificate. I'm sure he was born in Cuba and is a closet commie-soshalist.

[elehhhhna]

8. stalking, b&E, creeper, drunk

a true Bush

[HiPointDem]

12. he looks crazy.