What would make an entire family like the Bushes, so well endowed with

KlatooBNikto

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:26 PM
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What would make an entire family like the Bushes, so well endowed with

wealth and power, to stoop to underhanded methods to acquire more power and wealth? It is not as if just one generation engaged in such tactics.It seems to pervade several generations.Very puzzling.

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charlyvi

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:31 PM
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1. Genetic predispostion to

ruthlessness, lying, love of the hunt, callousness and narcissism. And it pays well.

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:32 PM
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2. I'm reading Kitty Kelley's book right now

And the definite sense I get is that this is a VERY competitive and achievement oriented family. Really into sports, and losing or being average isn't tolerated. It's all about winning for them. They may have a lot of money but I'm glad I'm not one of them. I actually feel sorry for any Bush family member who isn't successful or who embarrasses them, like Noelle Bush. God, they must be giving that poor girl hell. Did you see that website released shortly before the election where some of *'s distant cousins were pleading with Americans not to vote for him?

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KlatooBNikto

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:36 PM
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5. They do not particularly give me the impression that anyone has

achieved anything significant.If one looks at George W.Bush, Neil Bush,Marvin Bush or Jeb Bush all one senses are mediocrities that have reached financial successes by who they know and not what they know.

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:39 PM
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6. The appearance of success is more important to them than actual success

You are correct about that. That is why they will fight to the death to maintain their image.

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KlatooBNikto

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:53 PM
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10. I have never sensed in them the kind of decency one has come to

expect from the Kennedys.In fact, one senses that they always opt for the expedient thing in any situation.

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Cleita

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:35 PM
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3. Read Kitty Kelley's "The Family".

She pretty well nails it as a sense of entitlement without any nurture to think about sharing with anyone else. Business is about making money for yourself. It has nothing to do with success in enterprise other than making sure you get out before the train wreck.

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Career Prole

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:36 PM
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4. Greed. It's at the root of our wars, the cause of unemployment, and the

reason for global warming.
It's the disease that will wipe out humankind long before any virus does.

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dweller

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:43 PM
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7. Self importance

the ultimate downfall of human beings.

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SammyWinstonJack

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:51 PM
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8. They're entitled doncha know?

A family full of thieves, murderers and all around crooks. How do you think they got their wealth and power to begin with?

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Mend

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:52 PM
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9. They are obviously not well endowed where it counts...

it is called over-compensation.

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