That was before that even. The “stuff” that was going on in Mena, Arkansas, for example, when Bubba Clinton was Governor and Bush VP.
It’s funny, I remember (almost 30 years ago) my Communist half-sister ranting about Papa Bush and his “corrupt” CIA connections (his brief service as Director under Ford), emphasizing he was part of the Deep State. I dismissed it at the time as partisan nonsense, though there was a kernel of truth to it. Then again, why she would’ve been bothered by it, given he was ultimately promoting a leftist agenda ?
To be honest, I’ve never known what to make of that book and the things described in it.
To me, it was a given that there was a crime syndicate working in Arkansas. The Ives boys and the other events... there were very ugly forces at work.
People were dropping dead around the Clintons like it was a warm summer night, lots of lights, and bug zappers apleanty.
Around the Bush’s, nothing like that.
It would seem to me that if the Bushes were involved, their family wealth would have been far north of what it was. There would also be a death toll around them.
I say this, because if this “underground” was taking care of business around Clinton because he knew, wouldn’t it also have been taking care of business around Bush because he knew?
It was quite a tale. I don’t totally dismiss it.