Conservative Historian Links Bush Family to Oil Scandals

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[chance33_98]

Election year kooks - expect to see more of these things as November gets closer.

A. The bumbling is certainly there. You have to go back to the Yale Skull and Bones and the O.S.S., the World War II intelligence agency.

Where did I leave my Tin Foil? I think I am going to be needing a lot of it this year!

[mrs tiggywinkle]

thought this might interest you

[Xenalyte]

historian and political commentator Kevin Phillips, a populist social critic who has decried the growing gap between rich and poor,

Tell me, please, someone, how he became a "conservative" for the headline.

[anniegetyourgun]

He was a walking preppy watchband.

Then Kevin is a foot-dragging, suede-elbowed tweedy boy.

[narby]

A good friend of mine, Bill Hubbard, who passed away a few years ago was in the oil business in west Texas for over 40 years. He said he had dealings with Bush lots of times, and the greatest thing that impressed him was that "Bush paid his bills on time".

There were a lot of crooks in the West Texas oil business, but Bill Hubbard respected Bush Sr., and knew him personally. That's enough for me.

[Leroy S. Mort]

. The bumbling is certainly there. You have to go back to the Yale Skull and Bones and the O.S.S., the World War II intelligence agency.

Where did I leave my Tin Foil? I think I am going to be needing a lot of it this year!

And Kerry's Skull & Bones too! Where's Fox Mulder when we need him?

[mystery-ak]

I bet if someone digs deep enough they will find that this author has some kind of grudge against the Bush's.

[ohioWfan]

Hmmmmm...........not sure I'm interested, but I'm sure he'll be quoted by the I-hate-everyone-named-Bush crowd here on FR.

Sounds like he's jealous to me.

[plain talk]

I was thinking the same thing. Phillips is a cynical sneering liberal.

[Xenalyte]

And Kerry's Skull & Bones too! Where's Fox Mulder when we need him?

Yo Fox, Leroy is lookin' for you.

[Rome2000]

Alzheimers set in kind of early.

[anniegetyourgun]

He in as much admits so in answer to second Q above.

[snooker]

Berserk-ly speak

[RightWhale]

Tell me, please, someone, how he became a "conservative" for the headline.

He probably is sort of moderate, but this is the campaign season, as they say on CNNCBSNBC, so publication now is de facto if not de jure guilty of politicizing.

[RedMonqey]

"The bumbling is certainly there. You have to go back to the Yale Skull and Bones and the O.S.S., the World War II intelligence agency. There was this whole id ea of the gentleman amateur, where serious clandestine activities were threaded through with comic book stuff. "

O.k. which is it? Bush is an idiot or Bush the Master Manipulator?

The Left has got to get their propaganda straight!

[NutmegDevil]

NPR has used Phillips as their example of having - even, fair & balanced commentators - he has been their token Conservative. And I don't think they were using sarcasm - they were serious.

Kevin Phillips is soft spoken (not ranting), so could pass for a reasonable person, 'til you listen to his words. He was never really a Conservative, though I believe he worked as a low level minion in the Nixon White House.

He went even farther to the Dark Side prolly when no one would be nice to him at NPR - being shunned is a very effective enticer to change.

NPR may be using David Brooks nowadays for their toke right winger.

[Xenalyte]

I bet you're right about that - I avoid NPR like sewage, but I can totally see anyone right of THEM, no matter by how small an increment, being considered conservative.

NPR may be using David Brooks nowadays for their toke right winger.

Likelier their "token" one, although "toke right winger" and "David Brooks" produces a great visual. ;)

[okie01]

Kevin Phillips is a conservative???

Have they told him yet...???

[leprechaun9]

PHILLIPS major contribution was Milk of Magnesia and KEVIN needs an overdose!

[mystery-ak]

Yes, I read that, but there's more to this story...that just sounds like jealousy.