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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-04 09:54 AM
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Poppy Bush got preferential treatment during WW II. Prescott pulled strings
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<snip>In his new book, "American Dynasty," author Kevin Phillips traces three generations of Bushes and the web of favoritism and influence that perpetuates the line. Phillips says it was against Navy regulations in 1942 to place 18-year-old George H.W. Bush in flight training, but the rules were bent for the son of Sen. Prescott Bush. The Los Angeles Times found a similar bending of the rules 26 years later, Phillips writes. George W. didn't qualify for either a direct commission or flight training, but he received both when he jumped several waiting lists for a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard.

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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-04 10:33 AM
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1. The wealthy/well-connected have always been treated differently than
you or I.
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