Monday, January 26, 2004
Cognitive Dissonance
Here's how AP writer Pam Easton began a story today on Neil Bush:
Jan. 26, 2004 | HOUSTON, (AP) -- In the annals of embarrassing presidential relatives, Neil Bush is no Billy Carter or Roger Clinton.Oh, got it so far? "Neil Bush is no Billy Carter or Roger Clinton". You'll remember that Roger Clinton was bagged for dealing cocaine, and Billy Carter was a redneck who accepted money from Libya (with no understanding of why that was bad). Now read on about Mr. Bush:
But his messy divorce has produced some eye-opening disclosures. Among them: He had sex with women who showed up uninvited at his hotel rooms in Asia; he had an affair and may have fathered a child out of wedlock; and he stands to make millions from businesses in which he has little expertise -- including a computer-chip company managed in part by the son of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin."Neil Bush is no Billy Carter or Roger Clinton"? We'd say not. Those two are amateurs compared to this guy.
Sharon Bush also accused Neil of fathering a child with the woman he now plans to marry. The woman's ex-husband has filed a defamation lawsuit, and DNA testing has been requested.
It is not the first time Neil Bush has caused his family some trouble. At the end of his father's presidency, Neil was among a group of defendants who agreed to pay $49.5 million to settle a negligence lawsuit over the $1 billion collapse of the savings and loan he directed in Colorado.
