I learned something new tonight. Neil Bush/Hinckley connection?

[Pale Blue Dot]

It's amazing what a trip in the wayback machine will bring up. Does anyone else know anything about this?

Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting
The Associated Press Domestic News
March 31, 1981, Tuesday, PM cycle

http://www.hereinreality.com/hinckley.html

The family of the man charged with trying to assassinate President Reagan is acquainted with the family of Vice President George Bush and had made large contributions to his political campaign, the Houston Post reported today.

The newspaper said in a copyright story, Scott Hinckley, brother of John W. Hinckley Jr., who allegedly shot Reagan, was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the vice president's sons.

The newspaper said it was unable to reach Scott Hinckley, vice president of his father's Denver-based firm, Vanderbilt Energy Corp., for comment. Neil Bush lives in Denver, where he works for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.

In 1978, Neil served as campaign manager for his brother, George W. Bush, the vice president's oldest son, who made an unsuccessful bid for Congress. Neil lived in Lubbock throughout much of 1978, where John Hinckley lived from 1974 through 1980.

[FloridaPat]

1. The father was having dinner with Bush Sr. either the night of or the

night before the shooting of Reagan. They were good friends.

[seabeyond]

4. i think you are getting mixed up. neil to have dinner. bush sr breakfast

with a bin laden and get this, ..... bush jr and mama having lunch in dallas waiting for papa on kennedy shooting. can you believe

[havocmom]

2. Yep. Any wonder why Nancy not fond of Bushes?

;)

[NewJeffCT]

3. Those Bushes get around

I believe the day JFK was shot, Poppy flew into Dallas for business.

On the morning of 9/11, Poppy was in a meeting with members of the bin Laden family...

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. It's incredible the coincidences, isn't it?

Makes me want to put on the tinfoil hat. Tighter.

[kath]

9. Poppy Bush says he doesn't recall where he was on Nov. 22, 1963. Jeebus H.

Christ, everyone who was over the age of 5 that day can remember what they were doing when they heard the news of the shooting. Except GHWB. Veddy interesting.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Yes, old news

and there is NO such thing as coincidences.

[Octafish]

7. The Hinckleys. The bin Ladens. The Oswalds.

The Bushes cross, or double-cross, paths with the most interesting people.

On Tuesday, March 31 the Houston Post published a copyrighted story under the headline: "BUSH'S SON WAS TO DINE WITH SUSPECT'S BROTHER, by Arthur Wiese and Margarte Downing." The lead paragraph read as follows:

Scott Hinckley, the brother of John Hinckley Jr., who is charged with shooting President Reagan and three others, was to have been a dinner guest Tuesday night at the home of Neil Bush, son of Vice President George Bush, The Houston Post has learned.

According to the article, Neil Bush had admitted on Monday, March 30 that he was personally acquainted with Scott Hinckley, having met with him on one occasion in the recent past. Neil Bush also stated that he knew the Hinckley family, and referred to large monetary contributions made by the Hinckleys to the Bush 1980 presidential campaign. Neil Bush and Scott Hinckley both lived in Denver at this time. Scott Hinckley was the vice president of Vanderbilt Energy Corporation, and Neil Bush was employed as a land man for Standard Oil of Indiana. John W. Hinckley Jr., the would-be assassin, lived on and off with his parents in Evergreen, Colorado, not far from Denver.

Neil Bush was reached for comment on Monday, March 30, and was asked if, in addition to Scott Hinckley, he also knew John W. Hinckley Jr., the would-be killer. "I have no idea," said Neil Bush. "I don't recognize any pictures of him. I just wish I could see a better picture of him."

Sharon Bush, Neil's wife, was also asked about her acquaintance with the Hinckley family. "I don't even know the brother," she replied, suggesting that Scott Hinckley was coming to dinner as the date of a woman whom Sharon did know. "From what I know and have heard, they are a very nice family...and have given a lot of money to the Bush campaign. I understand he was just the renegade brother in the family. They must feel awful."

CONTINUED...

http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/hinckley.html

MASS MURDERER
AND TRAITOR,
THE SON OF A
MASS MURDERER
AND TRAITOR.

[durtee librul]

8. Again, as my dear parents

always used to say,....."birds of a feather flock together and you won't see a robin in a sparrow nest."

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Both families go back to Midland, TX, and the oil business....

...they've known each other for a long time.

Despite the sensationalistic appearance of the webpage, you might like this particular article:

<http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/reagan.html>

[global1]

11. The Bush Family - The Real Forest Gump's.......nt