On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:33:19 +0000, Ray Andrews wrote: >> Bush's slips of the tongue are a result of his Texas heritage > I may be mistaken about this, but isn't the Bush family from > New England? The Bush family is from New England. His grandfather was a United States Senator from Connecticutt. His father, the former President, moved to Texas as a young man to make his fortune in the oil business and to get away from his overbearing father. The family summer home was in Maine. George W, the current President, grew up in Midland, Texas--but spent summers in Maine and went away to Prep school in New England, (I think at Hotchkiss) then went to Yale where he concentrated on being amiable and partying. Back in Texas, George W. was not very sucessfull in the oil business and then became a part owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team. He was a popular figure with the baseball team and after selling out his interest at a good profit became active in politics with the support of his father and other mainstream business and polictical leaders. He was "safe and predictable". He doesn't have a gift for language and likely suffers from dyslexia. It's quite possible that he has other virtues. I fervently hope that he rises to occasion. Other American presidents have distinguished themselves after lackluster early careers--notably Lincoln and Harry Truman. We need effective leadership in this crisis. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
