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Looking behind
the Bushes
Great moments in a great American family
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This article appeared in the Progressive Review during the 1992 campaign
1918
Prescott Bush Sr., leads a raid on a Indian tomb to secure Geronimo's skull
for Skull & Bones.
1937
Prescott Bush's investment firm sets up deal for the Luftwaffe so it can
obtain tetraethyl lead.
1942
Three firms with which Prescott Bush is associated are seized under the
Trading with the Enemy Act.
1953
George Bush and the Liedtke brothers form Zapata Petroleum. Zapata's
subsidiary, Zapata Offshore, later becomes known for its close ties to the
CIA.
1954
The Bush family buys out the Liedtke brothers.
1955
George Bush sets up a Mexican drilling operation, Permago, with a frontman to
obscure his ownership. The frontman later is convicted of defrauding the
Mexican government of $58 million.
1959
Manuel Noriega recruited as an agent by the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
1960
Some investigators believe George Bush spent part of this year and the next
in Miami on behalf of the CIA, organizing rightwing exiles for an invasion of
Cuba. Is said to have worked with later Iran-Contra figure Felix Rodriguez.
1961
According to the Realist, CIA official Fletcher Prouty delivers three Navy
ships to agents in Guatemala to be used in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Prouty
claims he delivered the ships to a CIA agent named George Bush. Agent Bush
named the ships the Barbara, Houston and Zapata.
Bay of Pigs invasion fails. Right-wingers blame Kennedy for failure to
provide air cover. CIA loses 15 men, another 1100 are imprisoned.
George Bush invites Rep. TL. Ashley -- a fellow Skull & Boner -- down to
Texas for a party in order to meet "an attractive girl." Bush writes that
"she may be accompanied by an Austrian ski instructor but I think we can
probably flush him at the local dance hall." Bush notes that he's had to
unlist his phone because "Jane Morgan keeps calling me all the time." [From a
letter in the Ashley archives uncovered by Spy magazine.]
Zapata annual report boasts that the company has paid no taxes since it was
founded.
1963
John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Internal FBI memo reports that on November
22 "reputable businessman" George H. W. Bush reported hearsay that a certain
Young Republican "has been talking of killing the president when he comes to
Houston." The Young Republican was nowhere near Dallas on that date.
According to a 1988 story in The Nation, a memo from J. Edgar Hoover states
that "Mr. George Bush of the CIA" had been briefed on November 23rd, 1963
about the reaction of anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami to the assassination
of President Kennedy. George says it ain't him, admits he was in Texas but
can't remember where.
1964
George Bush runs as a Goldwater Republican for Congress. Campaigns against
the Civil Rights Act.
1966
Bush, runs as a moderate Republican, gets elected to Congress. Robert
Mosbacher chairs Oil Men for Bush.
Apache leader Ned Anderson meets with the Skull & Bones lawyer and George
Bush's brother Jonathan who attempt to return the skull Prescott Bush had
looted in 1933. Anderson refuses the skull because he says it isn't
Geronimo's.
1968
George W. Bush joins Skull & Bones at Yale
1970
Bush loses Senate race to Lloyd Bentsen, despite $112,000 in contributions
from a White House slush fund. Jim Baker is campaign chair. Bush later claims
to have reported correctly all but $6000 in cash --which he denies he got. A
1992 story in the New York Times says the $6000 was listed in records of
Nixon's "townhouse operation" which was designed in part to make GOP
congressional candidates vulnerable to blackmail.
1971
Bush is named UN Ambassador by Nixon.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs finds enough evidence of Noriega's
involvement in drug dealing to indict him, but US Attorney's office in Miami
considers grabbing Noriega in Panama for trial here to be impractical. State
Department also urges BNDD to back off.
1972
Bill Liedtke gathers $700,000 in anonymous contributions for the Nixon
campaign, delivering the money in cash, checks and securities to the
Committee to Re-Elect the President (the infamous CREEP) one day before such
contributions become illegal. Bill says he did it as a favor to George.
1973
Bush is named GOP national chair. Brings into the party the Heritage Groups
Council, an organization with a number of Nazi sympathizers.
Bush, according to Lowell Weicker, inquires as to whether records of the
"townhouse operation" should be burned.
Robert Mosbacher wins an offshore drilling concession from Philippine
dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Watergate tapes indicate concern by Nixon and aide HR Haldeman that the
investigation into Watergate might expose the "Bay of Pigs thing." Nixon also
speaks of the "Texans" and the "Cubans." and mentions "Mosbacher."
In another tape, Nixon decides following his re-election to get signed
resignations from his whole government so he can centralize his power. Says
Nixon to John Erlichman: "Eliminate everyone, except George Bush. Bush will
do anything for our cause."
1974
Bush is named special envoy to China.
1975
DEA report notes Noreiga's involvement in drug trade.
George W. Bush graduates from Harvard Business School
1976
Jerry Ford names George Bush CIA director, his fourth political patronage job
in a little over five years. Bush later claims this is the first time he ever
worked for the CIA. At his confirmation hearings, Bush says, "I think we
should tread very carefully on governments that are constitutionally elected."
Bush holds first known meeting with Noriega. Noriega starts receiving
$110,000 a year from the CIA.
Noriega found to be working for Cubans as well, but keeps his CIA gig.
Bush sets up Team B within the CIA, a group of neo-conservative outsiders and
generals who proceed to double the agency's estimate of Soviet military
spending.
Senate committee headed by Frank Church proposes revealing size of the
country's black budget -- intelligence spending that, in contradiction to the
Constitution, is kept secret even from the Hill. According to journalist Tim
Weiner, Bush argues that the revelation would be a disaster and would
compromise the agency beyond repair. By a one vote margin the matter is
referred to the Senate. It never reaches the floor.
Chilean dissident Orlando Letelier is assassinated by Chilean secret police
agents. CIA fails to inform FBI of pending plot and of assassins' arrival in
US. CIA claims the hit was the work of left-wingers in search of a martyr.
Bush writes internal CIA memo asking to see cable on Jack Ruby visiting
Santos Trafficante in jail. In 1992, Bush will deny any interest in the JFK
assassination while CIA head.
Bush claims nuclear war is winnable.
1977
Philippine dictator Marcos buys back Robert Mosbacher's oil concession.
Mosbacher claims he was swindled. Philippine officials say they never saw any
expenditures by Mosbacher on the project.
1978
Bush, Mosbacher and Jim Baker become partners in an oil deal.
>From a Washington Post article by Bob Woodward and Walter Pincus: "According
to those involved in Bush's first political action committee, there were
several occasions in 1978-79, when Bush was living in Houston and traveling
the country in his first run for the presidency, that he set aside periods of
up to 24 hours and told aides that he had to fly to Washington for a secret
meeting of former CIA directors. Bush told his aides that he could not
divulge his whereabouts, and that he would not be available." Former CIA
chief Stansfield Turner denies such meetings took place.
George W. Bush declares his candidacy for the Midland Congressional district.
He wins the Republican primary and loses in the general election.
George W. Bush begins operations of his oil firm, Arbusto Energy. With the
help of Jonathan Bush, he assembles several dozen investors in a limited
partnership including Dorothy Bush, Lewis Lehrman, William Draper, and James
Bath, a Houston aircraft broker
1980
Bush becomes Reagan's vice presidential candidate. Runs as a rightwinger
again.
Mosbacher becomes chief fundraiser for Bush's presidential campaign. Forms a
millionaire's club of 250 contributors, each of whom cough up $100,000.
William Casey forms a working group to prepare for possible Carter October
political surprise. In early October, an Iranian official meets with three
top Reagan campaign aides. All three deny memory of the meeting in subsequent
proceedings.
On October 21, Reagan hints he has a secret plan to release the hostages.
This is right around the alleged date of a Paris meeting at which the
so-called "October Surprise" was settled. Some allege that at this meeting it
was agreed to end the arms embargo against Iran if Iran would release its
hostages after the election. While Bush's presence at this meeting has been
denied by the House committee investigating the October Surprise, Bush's
whereabouts at this critical time remain in doubt. The White House, in fact,
has leaked conflicting stories.
Rep. Dan Quayle goes on a Florida golfing vacation with seven other men and
Paula Parkinson -- an insurance lobbyist who later posed nude for Playboy.
Parkinson describes Quayle as a husband on the make, but says she turned him
down because she was already having an affair with another congressman.
Marilyn Quayle says, "anybody who knows Dan Quayle knows he would rather play
golf than have sex."
The Reagan-Bush campaign receives stolen copies of Carter's briefing books.
Bush's campaign manager, James Baker, forces the dismissal of Bush aide
Jennifer Fitzgerald, described in a 1982 Time story as having "much to say
about where Bush goes, what he does and whom he sees." Bush continues to pay
Fitzgerald out of his own pocket.
1981
Reagan-Bush inaugurated. Hostages released moments before. Shortly
thereafter, arms shipments to Iran resume from Israel and America. In July,
an Argentinean plane chartered by Israel crashes in Soviet territory. It is
found to have made three deliveries of American military supplies to Iran. In
a 1991 story in Esquire, Craig Unger quotes Alexander Haig as saying "I have
a sneaking suspicion that someone in the White House winked." Says Unger:
"This secret and illegal sale of military equipment continued for years
afterwards."
James Baker named Reagan's chief of staff.
SEC filings for Zapata Oil for 1960-66 are found to have been "inadvertently
destroyed."
Reagan authorizes CIA assistance to Contras.
1982
CIA director William Casey begins Operation Black Eagle to expand US role in
Central America. Urges use of "selected Latin American and European
governments, organizations and individuals" in the project.
Inslaw, a computer software company, signs a $10 million contract to install
a case-tracking program in 94 US Attorney's offices. Four months later, after
obtaining a copy of Inslaw's proprietary version of the program, the
government cancels the contract and begins an aggressive campaign to force
the company into bankruptcy. Later sources claim that the program was
installed by the CIA and sold to various foreign intelligence agencies.
After $3 million is poured into Arbusto with little oil and no profits, just
tax shelter George W. Bush changes the company name to Bush Exploration Oil
Co. Subsequently he is kept afloat by an investment from Philip Uzielli, a
Princeton friend of James Baker III. For the sum of $1 million, Uzielli
bought 10% of the company at a time in 1982 when the entire enterprise was
valued at less than $400,000. Subsequently, to save the company George W.
Bush merges with Spectrum 7, a small oil firm owned by William DeWitt and
Mercer Reynolds. DeWitt had graduated from Yale a few years earlier than Bush
and was the son of the former owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Bush becomes
president of Spectrum 7. He also gets 14% of the Spectrum's stock. Meanwhile,
50 original investors in Arbusto get paid off at about 20 cents on the dollar.
1983
Noriega meets again with George Bush.
Bush presents an autographed photo to a WWII Ukrainian leader under the
Nazis, whose regime killed 100,000 Jews.
KAL 007 crashes under circumstances that remain suspicious to this day.
Bush promotes Jennifer Fitzgerald from appointments secretary to executive
assistant. Seven staffers resign in protest. Fitzgerald tells the New York
Post: "Everyone keeps painting me as this old ogre. I really don't worry
about it. All these bizarre things just simply aren't true."
Neil Bush forms his first oil company. He puts in $100, his partners
contribute $160,000 and Neil is named president of the firm, JNB Exploration.
Jeb Bush's business partner, Alberto Duque, goes bankrupt, is eventually
convicted of fraud and is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
1984
Jeb Bush lobbies the Department of Health & Human Services on behalf of
Cuban--American businessman Miguel Recarey, Jr., whose medical firm later
collapses. Recarey, who was close to mobster Santos Trafficante, later
disappears with at least $12 million in federal funds.
George Bush takes part in meetings to plan increased "third country" aid to
the Contras..
CIA mines Nicaraguan harbors.
1985
Jennifer Fitzgerald is sent to work on Capitol Hill after stories arise
linking her romantically with George Bush.
Stuart Spencer's public relation firm starts receiving over $350,000 from
Panama to improve Noriega's image.
CIA starts using BCCI as a conduit.
George Bush thanks Oliver North for "dedication and tireless work with the
hostage thing, with Central America." Bush will later deny knowing about the
Contra effort until late 1986.
Neil Bush joins the board of Silverado S&L, serves until 1988. Silverado
loans his partners in JNB $132 million which they never repay. Silverado will
eventually collapse at a taxpayer cost of $1 billion.
408 TOW anti-tank missiles are shipped from Israel to Iran. A day later, US
hostage Benjamin Weir is released.
1986
VP Bush goes to Honduras to promote support for the Contras. Takes along
baseball players Nolan Ryan and Gary Carter.
Contra figure Felix Rodriguez meets with Donald Gregg, Bush's national
security advisor, to complain about Iran-Contra operatives skimming funds
from the Contras.
Bush may have made several secret visits to Damascus between 1986-88
according to a 1992 report in Time, which said two senior GOP senators were
pressing for a probe. The allegation is that Bush went to negotiate the
release of hostages in Lebanon but in fact stonewalled Syria, "playing for
campaign timing. Republicans want to get to the bottom of
intelligence-community suspicions that the US somehow blew a chance to free
Terry Anderson and his fellow captives."
Iranian arms runner Manucher Ghorbanifar proposes "diversion" of profits from
Iran arms sales to Contras.
George W. Bush and partners receive more than $2 million of Harken Energy
stock in exchange for a failing oil well operation, which had lost $400,000
in the prior six months. After Bush joined Harken, the largest stock position
and a seat on its board were acquired by Harvard Management Company. The
Harken board gave Bush $600,000 worth of the company's publicly traded stock,
plus a seat on the board plus a consultancy that paid him up to $120,000 a
year.
When Harken runs short of cash it hooks up with investment banker Jackson
Stephens of Little Rock, Arkansas, who arranges a $25 million stock purchase
by Union Bank of Switzerland. Sheik Abdullah Bakhsh, who joins the board as a
part of the deal, is connected to the infamous BCCI.
1987
Bush's former chief of staff, Daniel Murphy, flies to Panama with South
Korean influence peddler Tongsun Park on a private plane owned by arms dealer
Sargis Soghnalian to meet with Noriega. Murphy later tells a Senate
subcommittee that he informed Noriega that he need not resign before the 1988
election despite the Reagan administration public pressure to the contrary.
Bill Casey dies.
Lee Atwater accuses Robert Dole of spreading stories about Bush and Jennifer
Fitzgerald. An agreement is worked out, as reported by Sidney Blumenthal in
the Washington Post: "The Dole people didn't spread any rumors and promised
not to do it again. And the Bush people haven't spread rumors about the Dole
people spreading rumors and won't do it again. "
Harken Energy project gets rescued by aid from the BCCI-connected Union Bank
of Switzerland in a deal brokered by Jackson Stephens, later to show up as a
key supporter of Bill Clinton.
1988
Dan Quayle is named VP candidate. Stuart Spencer is assigned to improve Dan
Quayle's image, the same job he handled for Noriega and Nixon.
Quayle embarrasses campaign by such statements as "[The Holocaust] was an
obscene period in our nation's history," adding that "I didn't live in this
century."
Prisoner who claimed he sold marijuana to Quayle is put into solitary
confinement by the head of federal prisons, aborting a planned news
conference shortly before the election.
Silverado S&L goes under after receiving 126 cease & desist orders in past
four years from the Topeka office of the Office of Thrift Supervision. These
orders found conflict of interests, insider abuse and other violations.
Dwight Chapin, ex-Nixon dirty trickster, gets job in Bush campaign.
Rudi Slavoff becomes head of Bulgarians for Bush. In 1983, Slavoff organized
an event honoring Austin App, promoter of the theory that the Holocaust was a
hoax.
Slavoff joins other GOP ethnic leaders in the Coalition of American
Nationalities co-chaired by Edward Derwinski. Among them is a former member
of an Hungarian pro-Nazi party. After press revelations, eight of the leaders
accused of anti-semitism resign from the campaign. Bush says: "Nobody's
giving in... These people left of their own account."
GOP flier warns that "all the murderers, rapists and drug pushers and child
molesters in Massachusetts vote for Michael Dukakis."
Bush establishes Team 100, which will eventually grow to 249 individuals who
contribute nearly $25 million in soft money to help the GOP cause. The
contributions also apparently help the contributors, various of whom get
ambassadorial appointments, legislative favors, and intervention on
regulatory and criminal matters.
Bush denies knowledge of Noriega's involvement in drug dealing.
The Willie Horton ad is aired. Credit for similar tactics is given to
campaign guru Lee Atwater, whose PR firm had represented drug-connected
Bahamian prime minister Oscar Pinding and the Philippines' Marcos. Atwater
himself had represented UNITA, the CIA-backed Africa rebel group.
Fred Malek, ex-Nixon aide, resigns from the Bush campaign after it's revealed
that he compiled a list of Jews in the Labor Dept. as part of a Nixon
investigation of a "Jewish cabal."
A few days before the supposedly surprise arrest of five BCCI officials, some
of the world's most powerful drug dealers quietly withdraw millions of
dollars from the bank. Some government investigators believe the dealers were
tipped off by sources within the Bush administration.
Although Felix Rodriguez, former leading cop under Batista, claims he left
the CIA in 1976, Rolling Stone reports that he is still going to CIA
headquarters monthly to receive assignments and get his bulletproof Cadillac
serviced.
Bankruptcy judge George Bason Jr. concludes that the government stole
Inslaw's software through "trickery, fraud and deceit."
Stock market drops 43 points on false rumor that Washington Post was about
the publish the Bush-Fitzgerald story.
1989
Bush inaugurated. Aides tell the press that the new administration would
rather "stay one step behind than be one step ahead."
Bush authorizes CIA support to Noriega's opposition, giving Noriega an excuse
to annul Panama's elections.
Bush claims executive privilege to avoid testifying in the Oliver North
trial, thus becoming first president to use this power to keep his acts as
vice president under wraps.
Dan Quayle declares changes in Soviet Union "just a public relations
extravaganza."
Bush brother Prescott flies to Shanghai after the Tiananmen Square massacre
to close a deal for an $18 million resort there, despite his brother's ban on
high-level Chinese contacts. Prescott says, "We aren't a bunch of carrion
birds coming in to pick the carcass. But there are big opportunities in
China, and America can't afford to be shut out."
Prescott Bush also visits Japan, searching for consulting contracts just ten
days before his brother arrives on a presidential tour. The Japanese firm
that paid Prescott a quarter-million dollar consulting fee comes under
investigation for exchange law violations and links to the Japanese mob.
C. Boyden Gray, the president's top ethics official, corrects his 1985 and
1986 financial disclosure forms. He forgot to include $98,000 in income.
George Bush signs the S&L bailout bill promising that "these problems will
never happen again."
The Chicago Tribune reports: "After 14 fishing outings, the President has
failed to catch a single fish."
At White House behest, the DEA lures drug dealer to Lafayette Park to make
arrest in front of presidential home for the benefit of Bush's upcoming drug
speech. At first, drug dealer is dubious, asks DEA agent, "Where the fuck is
the White House?"
Defense secretary nominee John Tower runs into confirmation troubles when it
is revealed that he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in
consulting fees from defense contractors. Runs into more trouble with
revelations of womanizing and drinking. His nomination is rejected.
The sale of three communications satellites to China is announced. Prescott
Bush is a $250,000 consultant in the deal.
GOP memo is leaked implying that House Speaker Tom Foley is a homosexual.
President Bush signs a top-secret directive ordering closer ties with Iraq,
which opens the way for $1 billion in new aid just a little more than a year
before Bush goes to war against that country. The agricultural credit allows
Saddam Hussein to use his hard currency for a massive military buildup.
A second judge concurs that the government stole Inslaw's software.
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published by the US
government, reports that the GNP of East Germany during the 1980s was greater
than that of West Germany. The figures come from the CIA.
Bahrain officials suddenly break off offshore drilling negotiations with
Amoco and decide to deal with Harken Energy, George Bush Jr.'s firm. Harken
has had a series of failed ventures and no cash, so the Bass brothers are
brought in to finance Harken's efforts at a cost of $50 million.
Neil Bush bails out of JNB Exploration, the firm where he became president
with a $100 ante, leaving his partners to worry about its debt. Days earlier
he forms Apex Energy with a personal investment of $3000. The rest of the
money -- $2.7 million -- comes from an SBA program designed to help "high
risk start-up companies." Like JNB, it proves to be just that. Apex will
later go belly-up with no assets.
Two months after his father's inauguration, George W. Bush announces that he
and a syndicate of investors have purchased the Texas Rangers. The investors
are Edward "Rusty" Rose, Richard Rainwater, Bill DeWitt, Roland Betts (a
former Yale frat brother) and Tom Bernstein (Bett's partner in a film
investment concern). While Bush appears to lead the group, Rainwater makes
clear that Rose is to control how the business is run. Bush's stake in the
$86 million deal is 2%, financed with a $500,000 loan from a Midland Bank of
which he had been a director and $106,000 from other sources. Rainwater and
Rose put up 14.2 million, Betts and Bernstein invested about $6 million and
the balance comes from smaller investors and loans. Bush will eventually sell
his share for $15 million.
1990
Federal regulators give Bush son Neil the mildest possible penalty in the $1
billion failure of the Silverado S&L. The deal is so good that Bush drops his
appeal. Among other things, Neil, as a Silverado director, voted to approve
over $100 million in loans to his business partners.
January: Bahrain awards exclusive offshore drilling rights to Harken Oil.
This is a surprise as Harken is in very shaky financial condition, has never
drilled outside of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma and had never drilled
undersea at all. The Bass brothers are brought in by Harken for sufficient
equity to proceed with the effort. Harken's stock price increases from $4.50
to $5.50.
George W. Bush sells two-thirds of his Harken Energy stock at the top of the
market for $850,000, a 200% profit, but makes no report to the SEC until
March 1991. Bush Jr. says later the SEC misplaced the report. An SEC
representative responds: "nobody ever found the 'lost' filing." One week
after Bush's sale, Harken reports an earnings plunge. Harken stock falls more
than 60%. Bush uses most of the proceeds to pay off the bank loan he had
taken a year earlier to finance his portion of the Texas Rangers deal.
August: Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. Harken's stock price drops
substantially. Two months after Bush sells his stock, Harken posts losses for
the 2nd quarter of well over $20 million and is shares fall another 24 %, by
year end Harken is trading at $1.25. Bush has insisted that he did not know
about the firm's mounting losses and that his stock sell-off was approved by
Harken's general counsel.
George W. Bush is asked by Carlyle Group to serve on the board of directors
of Caterair, one of the nation's largest airline catering services which it
had acquired in 1989. The offer is arranged by Fred Malek, long time Bush
associate who is then an advisor to Carlyle.
October: Arlington, Texas Mayor Richard Greene signs a contract that
guarantees $135 million toward the new Texas Ranger Stadium's estimate price
of $190 million. The Rangers put up no cash but finance their share through a
ticket surcharge. From the team's operating revenues, the city will earn a
maximum of $5 million annually in rent, no matter how much the Rangers reap
from ticket sales and television (a sum that will rise to $100 million a
year). Another provision permitts the franchise to buy the stadium after the
accumulated rental payments reached a mere $ 60 million. The property
acquired so cheaply by the Rangers includes not just a fancy new stadium with
a seating capacity of 49,000 but an additional 270 acres of newly valuable
land. Legislation is passed and signed that authorizes the Arlington Sports
Facilities Development Authority with power to issue bonds and exercise
eminent domain over any obstinate landowners. Never before had a Texas
municipal authority been given the license to seize the property of a private
citizen for the benefit of other private citizens. A recalcitrant Arlington
family refuses to sell a 13 acre parcel near the stadium site for half its
appraised value. The jury awards more than $4 million to the family.
Fred Malek returns to power with ambassador status to head up planning for
the economic summit.
S&L industry is losing money at the rate of $3 million a minute. Bailout
chief estimates total cost at $325-500 billion.
Some 200 young soccer players have their games canceled for security reasons
because Bush wants to go fishing on the Potomac nearby. Says one
seven-year-old player: "We had a tough soccer game and he's just going
fishing. He could play somewhere else."
Bush son Jeb gets the federal government to pay off the $4 million he owed to
a failed Florida thrift.
Bush brother Jonathan's east coast brokerage fined in two states for
violating laws and Jonathan is barred from public trading in Massachusetts.
Bush's attorney general, Richard Thornberg, is warned about BCCI but does
nothing.
Federal court of appeals throws out the Inslaw case on the grounds that it
did not belong in bankruptcy court.
Bush says, "The economy is headed in the right direction."
1991
Former top aide to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu goes to work for a
prominent figure in the BCCI scandal less than a month after leaving the Bush
administration. Edward Rogers Jr. signs a $600,000 contract to give legal
advice to Sheik Kamal Adham, an ex-Saudi intelligence officer who is being
investigated for his role in BCCI's takeover of First American Bancshares.
The Miami acting US Attorney is allegedly rebuffed by the Justice Department
in his efforts to indict BCCI and some of its principal officers on tax fraud
charges. Justice Department later denies this occurred.
Danny Casolaro, a reporter investigating the Inslaw story, is found dead in a
motel room bathtub, the day after he met a key source. The death was ruled a
suicide. Perhaps he is despondent over the loss of his briefcase, which is
missing from the room.
George Bush spends three nights in a Houston hotel so he can claim Texas
residency. Texas has no income tax.
Neil Bush bails out of Apex Energy after collecting $320,000 in salary plus
expenses. Bill Daniels, cable-TV magnate who has been lobbying against
regulation of the cable industry, offers Neil a job. According to a
representative, he "thought Neil deserved a second chance."
1992
New York Times reports that three of Bush's top fundraisers are being sued in
connection with bank failures and another pleaded guilty to mail fraud in
connection with an S&L. These men include the GOP national finance chair,
vice chair and two co-chairs of the President's Dinner, which raised $9
million for Republican causes.
Former US Attorney General Elliot Richardson, representing the owners of
Inslaw, tells Mother Jones, "I don't know any case where the government has
stonewalled like this."
First of Harken Energy's wells off Bahrain comes up dry. George W. Bush takes
a leave of absence from the firm to work in his father's campaign, saying "I
don't want to involve this company in any kind of allegations of conflicts or
whatever may arise."
Village Voice reports that President Bush has taken at least 76 partisan
flights during his term, at a cost to the taxpayers of over $6 million.
Nixon's Jew hunter Fred Malek is back as Bush's campaign manager.
Campaign sells photo opportunities with the president at a fundraiser for
$92,000 each.
Washington, DC, loses $52,000 in taxes because Bush claims to be a Texas
resident.
Donald H. Alexander contributes $100,000 to Team 100; shortly thereafter he's
named ambassador to the Netherlands.
Bush says: "I will do what I have to do to be reelected."
1993
With the new Ranger stadium being readied to open the following spring,
George W. Bush announces that he would be running for governor. He is says
his campaign theme will be self-reliance and personal responsibility rather
than dependence on government.
1994
George W. Bush is elected Governor of Texas, defeating Ann Richards 53 to 46
%.
1999
George W. Bush executes his 99th prisoner.
George W. Bush celebrates the Martin Luther King holiday by staying inside
the Governor's Mansion with the windows closed so he wouldn't hear the
thousands of Martin Luther King celebrants listening to speeches right
outside his window on the Texas capitol grounds, less than a football field
away . .
Bush claims to be reading four serious books while campaigning for president.
Total pages of the four books: 1,762
* "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world and you knew exactly who
they were. It was us versus them and it was clear who them was. Today we are
not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there." -- Texas Gov.
George W. Bush, presidential candidate.
* "Food on the family." -- George W. Bush listing one of the priorities of
his future administration.
* "This is Preservation month. I appreciate preservation. This is what you do
when you run for president. You've got to preserve." -- George W. Bush to
several hundred children at an elementary school in Nashua that was
celebrating what it called Perseverance Month (not Preservation Month).
* "Is your children learning?" -- George W. Bush on education.
* "Some people have too much freedom." -- George W. Bush
* "The Grecians." -- George W. Bush on Greek people.
* "What I'm against is quotas. I'm against hard quotas, quotas that basically
delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think,
vulcanize society." -- George W. Bush, meaning to say "balkanize," not
"vulcanize" -- we think -- and something about quotas (Austin
American-Statesman 3/23/99).
* "Sitting down and reading a 500-page book on public policy or philosophy or
something." -- George W. Bush when asked to name something he isn't good at
(Talk magazine, September 1999).
* "Please! Don't kill me." -- George W. Bush to Larry King, mocking what
Karla Faye Tucker said when asked "What would you say to Governor Bush?"
prior to her execution by lethal injection (as reported by Talk magazine,
September 1999).
* "Tell them I have learned from mistakes I may or may not have made." --
George W. Bush
2000
"Jeb's the smart one" -- George Bush Sr. to dinner partner
Former President George Bush tries to block Gen. Manuel Noriega's release
from a US prison because he fears the Panamanian strongman wants to kill him.
Noriega attorney Frank Rubino says the assertion was made by Assistant US
Attorney Pat Sullivan, who represented the government at a parole hearing for
Noriega.
Copyright 2000, The Progressive Review
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