Thread: THE LOGICAL BUSH - NOT JEB, BUT GEORGE P

This is from 2004.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections20 ... 81,00.html

He's young, good looking, and Hispanic - could he be the next George Bush in the White House?

Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Tuesday August 31, 2004
The Guardian


The polished young man speaking on Univision, the biggest Spanish-language TV channel in the US, might have been a movie star. Or perhaps, with his fluent Spanish and handsome features, a sports star.
Or he might be the next member of the Bush dynasty to take to the political stage and become possibly, just possibly, the first Hispanic president of the US.

Meet George P Bush, 28, nephew to W, grandson of H, son of Jeb.


"George P Bush is a tremendous asset to the family," said Dario Moreno, director of Florida International University's Metropolitan Centre. "He's obviously Hispanic, he's an attractive young man, he's articulate and he's a Bush. That's a powerful combination. It raises the dynastic possibility, and it could be a hoot if the first Hispanic president of the US is a Bush."
George P Bush's TV appearance last week came as he completed a four-day swing through Mexico, ostensibly to encourage US citizens living abroad - there are 1 million in Mexico - to vote in November's election, preferably for his uncle.

But the visit also served to remind the Latino community that he is there and to let them know that his uncle and the whole family understand the Latino experience.

With over 6.7 million Latinos expected to vote in November's election, their votes are crucial, especially in Florida, the state which handed the election to George W Bush in 2000 by a little over 500 votes.

With a large Cuban-American population, it is vital for Republicans and Democrats to mobilise support in the state. The Republicans have several advantages: Cuban-Americans tend, unlike most other Latino groups, to vote Republican; and they have the president's brother, Jeb, Florida's governor, to help remind them. And now they have Jeb's son to help them make up their minds.

George P Bush - the P stands for Prescott - is the son of Jeb Bush, the president's brother and governor of Florida, and his wife Columba, who was born in Mexico, the daughter of migrant worker José María Garnica.

Celebrity


George P first emerged as a political asset in the 2000 presidential campaign, when he gave a well-received speech at the Republican national convention and appeared in Spanish-language TV commercials for his uncle's campaign. He also became a minor celebrity, making his way on to a list of the nation's 100 most eligible bachelors.

He studied law at the University of Texas at Austin, where he met his wife, Amanda, whom he married earlier this month at a ceremony attended by the entire Bush family. Earlier this year he left his position as an assistant to a Dallas judge and spent the summer as an intern with two leading south Florida law firms.

"That strengthens the family's political base in Miami," said Mr Moreno. "And it lays the groundwork for an eventual entry into politics. It seems clear to me that he's being groomed."

George P's trip to Mexico, however, did not go entirely smoothly. He made outspoken comments about events in Venezuela, calling President Hugo Chávez a dictator, an epithet his uncle's administration has strenuously avoided of late, and waded into a controversy about the US border patrol's use of guns which fire plastic pellets packed with chili powder.

"If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible," Mr Bush said. "It's kind of barbarous." He blamed the use of the guns on "some local INS [immigration service] guy who's trying to be tough, act macho." In fact, the use of the guns is federal policy.

But he made good use of his proximity to power, referring constantly to "mi tío" - my uncle - and promising that with the war in Iraq "almost done with", his uncle will turn his attention back to relations between the US and the countries that lie to the south.

"There's a long tradition in American politics of using surrogates," said Harry Pachon, president of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, an independent thinktank in Los Angeles. "The young Bush is an excellent example. He's very confident, he speaks Spanish. I can see him being used for outreach to Latinos." However, a survey published last month by the thinktank of 1,600 registered Latino voters across the country found that while they liked the current president on a personal basis, they did not agree with his policies. And the judgment was based not on issues to do with immigration, but the war in Iraq, the economy, and education.

Although President Bush captured 35% of registered Latino voters in 2000, the survey showed John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, claiming 60% of registered Latino voters this year and Mr Bush 30%.

"Fourteen percent of marines are Hispanic," said Dr Pachon. "The war in Iraq is not a distant event. They can make a distinction between the man and his policies. It shows that they are an increasingly sophisticated part of the electorate."

That sophistication, said Mr Moreno, might find its reflection in the president's nephew. "He shows that not all Hispanics are poor Mexican immigrants. It's a very powerful message. He represents how much the country has changed. Here's an old Yankee family that has a Hispanic in it.

"Hispanics see a Hispanic, but they also see a grandson and a nephew of two American presidents. They know his experience is very different from theirs. But there's a pride and a recognition of how the stereotypes of Hispanics are changing."

Ah, another piece of the puzzle. That's why he's just thumbing his nose at us and probably telling Congress not to worry that if they vote with him they can legalize enough people for a replacement Republican base.

IMPORTANT: Start writing to Congree and ask for paper only ballots starting this November on onward. Lets head Bush off at the pass. We know he waters at the same well again and again.

We must fight even harder to keep him from legalizing 12 million illegal immigrants because he's bringing in the new Republican base. He doesn't think he'll need the American citizens when he has a Mexican army. I hope even the most conservative of conservatives can see that Bush is thumbing his nose at Americans and posturing to the Mexicans. HIS NEPHEW!!!!!! Well I guess it will take him longer than the next two years to finish America.

That man is so low I don't see how he lives with himself.