Bush is one of us, say French

[emad]

Telegraph
By Henry Samuel in Paris
(Filed: 30/10/2004)

Knocking John Kerry's Gallic roots could be a thing of the past for George W Bush's camp after a claim that the president, too, is descended from the people his supporters call "cheese-eating surrender monkeys".



French historians believe that Bush is a corruption of the name Boucher (butcher).

The apparent connection was uncovered by a reporter on Le Figaro in a book on French America, Histoire de l'Amerique Française.

The paper suggested that was why the president's official biographers never traced the family tree beyond 1850.

"Perhaps that is the moment when the Boucher of the old world became the Bush of the new?" Le Figaro said.

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Boucher? or maybe Bouche - Fr for Big Mouth

[freeplessinseattle]

1. "butcher" how appropiate (nt)

[emad]

2. Bouche to Bouche

[meganmonkey]

4. Eeeww! That's a creepy pic!

WHo is that lady?!

[progressivebydesign]

7. Why does he always look like he's going for the Freedom Kiss? n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. Oh shit! Could Junior be related to JELLO BIAFRA???

If I remember correctly, his birth name is Eric Boucher

Poor Jello. Well at least we can assume he's in the "Bush cousins against Bush" camp.

[leftofthedial]

5. or douche n/t

[wildflower]

6. And, Bush and Kerry are ninth cousins, twice removed...

I always think of that when people denigrate Kerry's lineage in one form or another.

-wildflower