Bush is a product of Social Promotion

[coloradodem2005]

He is not the annoited one.

The Only reason he made it into Yale was because of Daddy. The only reason he completed Yale was because of Daddy. The only reason he got into business was because of daddy. The only reason he ever got into politics was because of daddy.

The major problem with Bush that I have is that he has never known failure, even though everything he has done has been a failure. Failure is a part of life and, all of us fail. The point of failure is to learn from your mistakes and grow. Bush never had to learn because his family has always shielded him from it. Maybe that is why he is like an overgrown child.

[Wapsie B]

1. Somewhere

deep inside me lies the belief that someday chimpy's luck will come to an abrupt halt. It has to end sometime. That's a little prayer I pray every day.

[goddess40]

22. Bush was a Sr. when Dean was a Fr. at Yale

I'm reading Dean's autobiography and was suprised to find out that Yale during Bush's time was still all male.

[onebigbadwulf]

2. I find it ironic

that republicans, who preach hard work and perseverence, voted for a guy who has never worked hard in his life.

Not only that, but he's failed at everything he does. He's the anti-thesis of the "you earn your own way" ethic.

[Coldgothicwoman]

3. Oh SURELY he...

pulled himself up by his bootstraps somewhere. Don't you know that conservative ideals are based only in fact, and ours only in feelings?

</sarcasm> :puke:

[Erika]

4. Bush is for the rich, by the rich, and of the rich

And there are enough rich wannabes that don't care he's slashing needs to the poor to maybe elect him again (or for the first time) if we don't get out there and fight.

[cosmicaug]

5. Diane Sawyer interview.

In the Diane Sawyer interview he did a couple of weeks back, in what appears to be a scripted attempt at appearing humble, he said the following in response to a question regarding his cabinet composition:

"I haven't made any decisions on Cabinet except for the Vice President. I mean, everybody's got to understand that — that their job is for four years, and I'll make those decisions, if [Emphasis added] I'm fortunate enough to win."

He couldn't help but smirk when he said that (completely ruining the obviously intended humility thing his handlers surely intended for him to project). Though I did not mention this in a previous thread, the most likely explanation for this (in addition to a sort of arrogance that seems to form part of his personality) is the fact that things have always ultimately turned out O.K. for him in the end (even when he fails, he wins --as there's always been someone or some thing standing by ready to bail him out). While he may be able to verbalize the possibility of himself not winning the second term, the possibility of this happening might actually seem ludicrous to him (which, in a way, should be somewhat surprising considering how things turned out the first time around --but, on the other hand, the first time around also reinforced his life long pattern since it's another case where he lost facing what most observers considered a fairly bad Gore campaign only to be rescued by daddy's fixer, Baker, and five Supreme Court Justices).

[izzie]

6. You have forgot a few things

He has lost his first race and even he knows he is where he is because of his family. He could not get into Tex. Univ. so goes to Yale? That maybe good to where you end up but he still knows people like Clinton was a better man and I wonder what that does to to ones ego? I am willing to bet the drinking came from that and now he has talked him self into God put him there. It is an interesting thing how we can think of our selfs in many ways to protect our ego.How do you replace merit? Some one or something is to blame for this, it can not be me, right? Have we not all used this way to explain our short comings.

[Unknown Known]

7. This all goes back to Granddaddy Prescott

and even more pointedly, to Prescott's wife, Dorothy's father, Herbert Walker who really got Prescott connected into things, especially with the Harriman family.

No, this family did not just gain success over night. This has been going on for decades. George Herbert Walker Bush then married into the Pierce family (Barbara Pierce) of the Wall Street firm Merrill, Lynch & Pierce.

Both Prescott & George HW married into money/connections - this is what got them started. None of this family ever "worked" for a living. They are truly the US equivalent of the Windsors. And yet, most Americans know so little about them.

Here's a good place to start knowing...

"The House of Bush: Born in a Bank"

http://www.tarpley.net/bush1.htm

[Generic Other]

17. The Bushes are more servant class than the Windsors

They are upstart bootlickers who married the bosses' homely unmarriageable daughters in exchange for a free meal.

[Turbineguy]

8. It could not have been Daddy alone

somewhere along the line College Professors had to give a "Pass" to an unworthy student. Plenty of people traded in their integrity to get Shrub where he is today.

[mrdmk]

9. Yeah, C's and D's

This is not a joke.



A confirmation

http://www.georgewbush.org/bios/yale-transcript.asp

<snip>
After all, as Bush told a New Hampshire fifth-grader, "Some people say that I proved if you get a C average, you can end up being successful in life."
<snip>

http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/06/bush/


on edit: found the Salon article

[Bozita]

10. "Grade inflation" was running rampant at Yale at that time

Vietnam was the next stop for those who dropped or flunked out.

Dumbya's grades are a lot worse than they seem.

[blondeatlast]

12. Is that your site? Excellent work!

[mrdmk]

18. No, great site though

http://www.georgewbush.org/index.asp

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[jpgray]

14. Bush couldn't find oil in Texas

I think that's indicative of his whole experience. He also traded away Sammy Sosa, I believe?

[blondeatlast]

15. HAH! Wish I'd said that . . .

The Sosa trade alone should have kept him out of the White House!

[put out]

16. I don't have hard facts.

A buddy of my mother's went to Yale when George W. was there. Everyone knew who he was. According to my mom's friend (an important guy here in the Midwest), he never went to class. When he was threatened with a grade less than passing, daddy poured some money in and the instructors were instructed to pass him.

And, so they did. Maybe this is not true. Maybe he could have actually done the work, if he had tried. I know the friend of my mother's. He is real specific about what went on.

[Generic Other]

21. The Special Ed President

George W. Bush is a disabled American. He has a low IQ, a serious reading disability, a lack of critical thinking and communication skills, and has very little impulse control. He refuses to take responsibility for his own actions, has weak social skills, and is dishonest. His parents sent him to a high school for slow learners. Not a school for high achievers. Rich special ed students go to this school. They bought him a place at Yale, they bought him a commission in the Texas Air Nat. Guard. They bought him a wife. They bought him connections. They bought him political office.

Only in his world where wealth opens all doors could a man of his limited ability be successful. Even then it was a questionable success. All based on his father's money and influence. On lies, failure, and stupid choices. Who could feel any sense of pride or accomplishment in his position?

Although he failed at every turn in his adult life, he has the hubris to believe he is a great man. He has proven that any idiot with enough money can be president. But he cannot change the the fact that only an idiot would want to have it under these conditions. Most of us have more pride, or at least less ability to blind ourselves to our own inadequacies.

He can strut, primp, and smirk all he wants, but the same old failure of a man still stares back at him from the mirror everytime he
dares to look.

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[Kathy in Cambridge]

25. Is that you MysticMind?

[Cleita]

19. I think reading anything Molly Ivins

has written about BFEE has a lot of hard facts and sources. I dare you to read Molly. You will be enlightened about the man who would be the next King George.

[Karenina]

23. Anyone who has not confronted

The COLD HARD FACTS of *dipshit's silver spoon-fed ineptitude is simply not paying attention.

[BuelahWitch]

13. Excellent main post!

It's so true!

[loudnclear]

20. No, Bush is a product of the privileged class...nothing more.

They don't have to be intelligent, prepared, honest, fair, or experienced. they just have to be a member.