The Bush family stationed him there,just like the Kennedy family stationed "Patches" in New Hampshire. Politics be da fambly bidnez,don'tchaknow,and his brother already had dibs on Texas. The Bush family probably thought his Mexican wife would be a political asset there with all the Spanish speaking voters.
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH ! The dearth of knowledge, that now abounds on FR, is shocking.
BTW, your class envy, now entitles you to a GOLD " Marxists " card. :-)