12-10-2008, 06:08 PM
This isn't all that relevant to the original topic, but continuing on the "insider" background:
One of my college profs (and mentors) grew up with Bush Sr., attending the same schools, including Yale. He said "Old Man Bush" (I guess this would be the Nazi profiteer) "drove his kids hard, all the time." This prof had no love loss for Bush I. When Bush I came to our college for a visit in '88, the prof donned a paper sack over his head and stood along the roadside as the Bush motorcade passed the crowds. He told me that the sack over the head was the ultimate insult to a Yalie.
EDIT: Of course Bush I seems outrageously great compared to W.
Bush I was actually a moderate on many issues.
One of my college profs (and mentors) grew up with Bush Sr., attending the same schools, including Yale. He said "Old Man Bush" (I guess this would be the Nazi profiteer) "drove his kids hard, all the time." This prof had no love loss for Bush I. When Bush I came to our college for a visit in '88, the prof donned a paper sack over his head and stood along the roadside as the Bush motorcade passed the crowds. He told me that the sack over the head was the ultimate insult to a Yalie.
EDIT: Of course Bush I seems outrageously great compared to W.
Bush I was actually a moderate on many issues.