[woofie]

Lets see Prescott was a banker and a ConnecticutSenator....that must be bad! GHW Bush moved to Texas and got in the evil oil business... (oh my GOD!!)...and GW Bush made his money investing in baseball....( Horrors!!!)

[Theyknow]

That is similar to what my neighbor told my son, but the details of those ventures she included are the problem. In other words, my son has been told what you said and more.

[doxteve]

"Lets see Prescott was a banker and a ConnecticutSenator....that must be bad! GHW Bush moved to Texas and got in the evil oil business... (oh my GOD!!)...and GW Bush made his money investing in baseball....( Horrors!!!)"

The Prescotts, according to histories of the Opium Wars in China finger the Prescotts, not Bushs directly, as profiting from the opium trade. The Roosevelts were also named. Try the Prescott family history. You might be unpleasantly surprised, just as I was/

[undeniable logic]

There is some horror in the money he made investing in baseball. He lobbied the city to have a 0.5% sales tax increase to subsidize the stadium. Of course, after this occured, the profitability of his investment shot up, and he sold his share for $50 million. This has always irritated me a bit.