It was only about winning.

i thought i'd share some meangingful excerpts with you from kitty kellys THE FAMILY!

on gwBUSH, page 253

George's first English assignment was to write an essay about an emotional experience. He chose his sister's death.
He struggled to find the right words. He wanted to write "and the tears ran down my cheeks," but he had already used the word "tears" several times. So he turned to the the thesaurus  his mother had given him when he left home. He searched for another word for "tears". He wrote: "And the lacerates ran down my cheeks."
 The essay was returned to him with a big red zero. Scrawled across the top were the words: "DISGRACEFUL. See me immediatley." George was so scared, he asked his friends, "How am I going to last a week?"
 Years later he told the "lacerates" story to illustrate how poorly prepared he was for the rigors of Andover. Neither his previous education nor his home life had fostered any kind of appreciation for learning. He did not realize that most fifteen-year-olds of his social and educational level would have known the difference between "tears" as a noun and "tears" as a verb.

on ghwBUSH, page 278

He later explained this ambition to an interviewer: "I want to score and then be captain, get promoted and then be the boss, acheive something and then get elected to something else."
 To him life was a series of successes in which he would always wind up on top. There was never any sense of ideological purpose. It was only about winning.

are you reading kitty kellys THE FAMILY?

 what do you think?

 

•  I bought

  the book yesterday and have only flipped through it. I came upon a part that Bush LIED about his come to Jesus moment. He didn't do this with Billy Graham, he did it in a tent revival. He lied about this because he didn't think that the American people would like the tent revival aspect.

  by Ga6thDem on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 11:44:47 AM PDT

  •  During an election campaign

    he did it in a tent revival

    during an election campaign in which he was Poppy's liaison with the religious right.

    by TarheelDem on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 12:17:44 PM PDT

•  That's been my suspicion all along

  Bush is the perpetual Prom-King, but the problem is that in real life the prom king never has to do anything but smile and dance (and maybe spike the punch) -- and soon, the prom will be over and we'll be stuck with a drunk jock with no plans beyond Saturday's kegger at the Howard Johnson's parking lot...

  by PBJ Diddy on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 11:55:12 AM PDT

•  repeating a comment from another thread

  a good friend of mine, who is about as progressive-left as they come, informed me today that a relative was married to "Uncle Herbie"  that is, George Herbert Walker,  who was the bankroller for Bush I's efforts in business.

  This firend had occasion to see and interact with member of both the bUsh and Walker families on occasion.   The friend informs me that Kelly is "right on" in her descriptions of the family, and gets it far better than any other outsider this friend has read.

  As far as I have any knowledge, which is almost all from  public and published sources, Kelly is 100% right on.  I ahve about 40 pages left to go, and I have yet to find an error.

  The book is selling   -- I have no idea what impact it will have on the election.  I can imagine a large number of selections make their way electronically around the net, posted on various lists and sent out via email.  I can also imagine that Howard Stern might choose to read aloud some of the more "interesting" passages.  Of course, he cannot use the lnaguage Kelly quotes Bush as using, even after he "found jesus"  -- she notes that there are those who ahve accused him of "using the Lord's name in vain" although she does not cite an example.

  The man does have a temper  -- very much like his mother, whom Kelly completely unmasks.

  Worth a read, but only if you don't ahve to pay full price   -- I got it for 40% off at Costco.

  by teacherken on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 03:12:52 PM PDT