Posted on 08/30/2012 1:38:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In celebrity-shy Colorado, a president's son definitely qualifies. While the first President George Bush was in the White House, George Walker's little brother Neil lived in Denver, where he got embroiled in an S&L scandal known as Silverado. But Neil's fame -- and infamy -- here is nothing compared to what he has now achieved in China. When Neil Bush was put on the board of Silverado, a savings and loan, in the '80s, his primary credential was his political family. Today, Neil Bush is co-chair of a Beijing-based real estate company, CIIC, and has a Sina Weibo account with more than 120,000 followers; when he set up that account on the micro-blogging site in August 2011, he introduced himself as "the unpolitical member of a very political American family."
Photo Neil Bush posted on Weibo. But a recent post by Bush -- complete with a photo of him wearing clothes from the Chairman Mao line with the caption "I'm thinking of joining the Chinese Communist Party -- What do you think of my accessories?" -- has launched a very political discussion, and rated an NPR story discussing the heated response in China, most of it focused on the Communist Party rather than Bush himself. But a post on Beijing Cream reminded readers of Neil Bush's "high-profile divorce in which he admitted to consorting with hookers in Thailand and Hong Kong; he may or may not have contracted herpes from one of them." And a comment on that post comes from Justin Mitchell, the former Rocky Mountain News staffer who now works in China: "It's not just hookers 'n' herpes for that douche. Google Silverado Savings and Loan scandal and his name and you'll get an eyeful of corruption."
There were other, slighter blips during Neil Bush's time here in Colorado. In 1990, while the feds were trying to figure out how to settle the $1 billion Silverado bailout with a $200 million deal, the pre-web Westword reported on how Neil had taken his kids to the Old Spaghetti Factory -- and had to sign an IOU for the meal, because he'd forgotten his wallet and his Secret Service guard detail didn't have a credit card or enough cash to cover the tab.
A Bush creates controversy with Communist party comment, but it's not who you think
With Photo And A Joke, Neil Bush Becomes Internet Sensation In China
Another day, another Bush...
I got in Neil’s face one time years back. A couple of secret service guys moved me a few feet away from him.
Neil is a punk.
Those wacky Bushes.
Just another of his daddy’s “Thousand points of light”.
Go NWO!
Neil is a punk.
I tend to agree. He is the guy that cost us a ton of money from the S&L scandal. Never liked him much.
Oh, goodie. Daddy WAS ambassador to China back in the day, wasn’t he? Guess that came in handy when he really, really needed a job, huh?
Lso I am not sure why they are saying this is bad???
Some people think communism is bad.
Every big family has at least one jerk among them.
One has to live in Calirado for a long time while being one of the few anti-communist residents to see more of the bipartisan breadth and depth of the matter.
So...how does this news hurt the Republicans during this election?
I don’t think it hurts them during this election.
Which one is it in the Bush family?
Another day, another Bush...
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Yep.
Neil Bush actually authored an ingenious legal theory which would be a remarkable help to anyone facing partnership liability; when called to testify before Congress about the mess at Silverado and the ‘doins of some of his associates, he stated “they were partners of mine, I wasn’t a partner of theirs”.
By this point we shouldn't have to go on keeping all these Kennedys and Bushes straight.
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