Posted on 09/06/2015 6:55:08 PM PDT by jimbo123
When Jeb Bush set out to build a political base of his own in South Florida three decades ago, he did not lack for new friends. He was a magnet for a long line of Republicans eager to be associated with him and his powerful family, including a Cuban immigrant and former corrections officer named Tony Campos.
Mr. Campos ended up working as an advance man for Mr. Bush’s father, George, when he ran for president in 1988 and on the inauguration after he won. Jeb Bush was impressed enough that he recommended Mr. Campos for a job in the new administration, describing him as someone who “has been a loyal, hard-working supporter of George Bush and has the skills to serve.” And for years afterward, he continued to cultivate a friendship with the Bush family, especially its matriarch, Dorothy Walker Bush, who spent winters in Florida.
But Mr. Campos’s interests in the family were not entirely innocent. Ultimately he would try to exploit those relationships, entangling Jeb Bush, by then the governor of Florida, in a case of misplaced trust and the theft of public funds.
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Wow, just wow. I know Trump will read this since it’s in the NYT. Oh my, this will probably do Heb in for good. I hope so.
If Heb is nominated, I will fight for the right to ask him a question. Will he allow an independent examination of OKC and World Tower debris/videos?
It’s the good ol’ boys club. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours but if anyone asks, we don’t know each other.
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