[dennisw]

It seems to be an old money old family delusion. We all hoped he had escaped that by moving to Texas and working as a roughneck in the oil fields. Evidently not.

It got worse because George Bush one was just an American aristocrat
George Bush Jr is an aristocrat of the Mexicans and Americans. This way he scores lots of Mexican servants same as the rest of the brain dead hacks inside the beltway

Back in George Herbert Walker Bush's day the aristocracy also fought in wars. President Bush One had an exemplary wartime record

[Cicero]

Yes, I’m afraid you’re right. A lot of old families I’ve known for a long time used to be conservative, but now they’re almost all liberal. The same with my old prep school. Noblesse oblige may be an annoying sort of attitude, but it’s better than what you get these days.