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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:48 AM
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It appears the Bush family has spread it's tentacles through the whole GOP Presidential race..

Bush Vote Divided in GOP Race
President, Father Are Silent as Others Pick

George P. Bush had just finished telling his father, the former governor of Florida, that he had decided to endorse former senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee for president.

Jeb Bush assured his eldest son that all the Republican candidates are "great" and that whatever he did would be okay with him and the family. Then he offered an unsolicited piece of advice to the young namesake of the 41st and 43rd presidents.

"His personal recommendation was to stay out of the madness of politics and focus on work," George P. Bush recalled last week. Instead, the 31-year-old venture capitalist from Fort Worth signed on to raise at least $50,000 for the "Law & Order" television star, a feat he says he is "close" to achieving. Why Thompson? Because he was the only presidential candidate to call and ask for his vote, the younger Bush said.

With no certain Republican front-runner and the most open-ended nominating process in decades, it is perhaps no surprise that the party's first family is just as divided in settling on a candidate. While its most powerful members -- President Bush, his father and his brother Jeb -- have remained conspicuously on the sidelines, their public statements and body language carefully analyzed for evidence of whom they privately favor, other family members have spread their endorsements around.

George P. Bush's little brother, whom everyone in the family calls "Jebby," has signed on to the campaign of former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as the young professionals chairman in Florida. Their aunt Doro, the president's younger sister, co-hosted a Washington fundraiser in February for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. One of the president's brothers, Neil M. Bush, attended a Texas event for Romney.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501788.html
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:52 AM
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1. some pretty dim bulbs in that family
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:53 AM
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3. With lots of cash and plenty of ruthlessness....n/t
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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:53 AM
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2. Who gives a shit what they think? I certainly don't.
Fuck their "dynasty!"
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:55 AM
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4. Candidates who want their money and power...
they will use their influence from the shadows this time. I can't be apathetic about that, maybe you can.
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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:01 AM
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5. You're right...I let my blind hatred get in the way
I'm all too human, I guess.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:04 AM
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7. I'm guilty of that too...
for some reason to me the prospect of this evil clan operating from the shadows is scarier than when they're in your face...:hi:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:03 AM
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6. George P. is a venture capitalist?
Wonder if he has W's business talent?
Wonder if he has Bi Laden's home number when he needs some money to bail his ass out of a bad decision?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:05 AM
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8. The Saudi Daddies are on every Bush family members speed dial..
you can bet on that, along with the Rev. Moon.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:10 AM
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9. Another crop of Shrublets who will grow up thinking they batted a triple....



when in fact they were born on third base.




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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:48 AM
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10. GAWD I read the subject line as "testicles" the first time....
I need more caffeine.
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