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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:23 PM
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Bush family involved in attempt on Reagan's life? AP 1981
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 06:24 PM by Horse with no Name
I've never ever ever heard this. Have you? Is there anything in this country that is evil and immoral that these people haven't touched?
http://www.hereinreality.com/hinckley.html

HOUSTON
The family of the man charged with trying to assassinate President Reagan is acquainted with the family of Vice President George Bush and had made large contributions to his political campaign, the Houston Post reported today.
Scott Hinckley, brother of John W. Hinckley Jr., who allegedly shot Reagan, was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the vice president's sons.

The newspaper said in a copyright story, Scott Hinckley, brother of John W. Hinckley Jr., who allegedly shot Reagan, was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the vice president's sons.

The newspaper said it was unable to reach Scott Hinckley, vice president of his father's Denver-based firm, Vanderbilt Energy Corp., for comment. Neil Bush lives in Denver, where he works for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.

In 1978, Neil served as campaign manager for his brother, George W. Bush, the vice president's oldest son, who made an unsuccessful bid for Congress. Neil lived in Lubbock throughout much of 1978, where John Hinckley lived from 1974 through 1980.
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libertypirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:24 PM
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1. I have read this before...
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:24 PM
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2. Curious, ain't it. nt
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:49 PM
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20. Google George H.W. Bush and JFK assassination you'll be amazed!
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:50 PM
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21. I know about that
and the link with Cuba. I just had NO idea about Reagan and I guess I never seriously thought about it.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:25 PM
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3. Considering their track record, what do you think?
As Bartcop asks, "Would greedy oil men murder for another $100 billion?"
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Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:27 PM
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4. I've read this before
I think Kitty Kelley covered in her book, and I may have seen it somewhere else as well. These are not nice people.
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:28 PM
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5. This is why Nancy hates the Bush family.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:30 PM
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6. I've not heard it 'officially' postulated, but have thought it myself ...
...waiddasec ... what's wrong with this statement?

"Neil Bush lives in Denver, where he works for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana".

Last I checked, Denver was in Colorado ...

Fucking criminals :mad:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:40 PM
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9. Sooo... the two people shot
James Brady (Press Secretary) and Reagan.
Doesn't the press secretary usually know EVERYTHING?

I'm with you...why would he work cross country from where he lives?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:47 PM
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17. I think so
I'm not for sure though.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:46 PM
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16. What he probably does
is have a share or something like that or he works at home and fly's out there when "he's needed".
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:21 PM
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29. Neil needed to be in Denver to loot the S & L,
the Silverado I think that credit union was called.

A bunch of phoney business loans to companies that then diverted the cash someplace else, then defaulted on the bogus unsecured business loans. It's a old shell game played by carnival con men from the days before FDR put the screws to con men in pinstripped suits. The Feds had to jump in and bail the S & L's out. It was the result of Reagan's and the Republicans 'deregulation' of the savings/banking industry. You know, government regulation and oversight is bad and competition is good routine.

And right in the center of it all, is another Bu$h. The whole bunch of them are thugs and crooks.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:32 PM
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7. Reagan may have been a dimwit, but he knew the old adage:
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 06:33 PM by stopbush
"keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

Poppy was definitely the enemy.

And, yes, I remember this from the time and have always believed Poppy was somehow involved. 280 million Americans in the country and your son *just happens* to be dining with the brother of the guy who tried to kill Reagan. Oh, right. That shit happens all the time. Just a coincidence.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:36 PM
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8. Curious as to why the freepers who idolize Reagan
support the family who allegedly tried to kill him?
Food for thought.
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:42 PM
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12. Eventually Poppy decided to just wait the bastard out.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:49 PM
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19. I think Reagan got lucky personally
I think he was just lucky personally. Something happened to make them miss actually killing him.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:48 PM
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18. Because they're ignorant and believe everything they're told from
the rightwingers. If Bil O'Reilly says that Reagan didn't get killed by Bush they'd claim "left wing looney consperiacy" even if years later it's proven true. I'm still convienced too that Poppy was a key player in killing Kennedy. I'd love to nail his freakin ass.
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NEOBuckeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:41 PM
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10. Reagan hated Bush Sr.
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 06:54 PM by NEOBuckeye
“A coalition of multinational corporate executives, big-city
bankers, and hungry power brokers... want to give you George
Bush... their purpose is to control the American government.”
--Ronald Reagan, 1980.


Reagan didn't want Bush as VP, but was told by GOP power brokers (in Bush's back pocket) that he had no other choice.

George H. W. Bush has always been a cunning, conniving sort. The slimy kind who slithers about upon his belly. Or as the proverbial Satan in the Bible...

And the LORD said unto Bush: Where do you come from?

"Then Bush answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro within the earth, and from walking up and down within it......"


Wherever you spot him, you know there is a trail of blood, anguish, buried bodies and destruction not far away in his wake -- always the price paid by other people in order for him to get to that spot.

Some might call Reagan "lucky". After all, he likely wasn't the first presidential assassination Bush played some seemingly non significant role in. Remember that Bush was in the CIA when President Kennedy was murdered in Texas. By Bush's own admission, he could not account for his whereabouts during the time immediately before and after Kennedy's assassination.

As you can see with Dubya, Jeb, Neil and Marvin, the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:46 PM
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15. Yet "Bill" is their adoptive son. Imagine that. nt
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:54 PM
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23. That is what is really strange to me
I can't get that. I don't know if it's about "keep thy enemy closer" or what. :shrug: But it is mind-boggling after all they've been through from the rightwing.
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Blasphemer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:43 PM
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31. Ditto
I can't think of any worthwhile reason for that kind of fraternizing with these people. Yes, there is politicking and PR but really, is it worth it? No one who ascends to the Presidency is a saint and we will probably never know of all the nasty business they have all been involved in but the BFEE is a whole other level of evil. The stuff Poppy has been involved in and involved in covering up goes beyond power and money games.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:51 PM
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22. Of course, I've heard this too
I've heard this a lot before too. I wonder who Reagan really wanted and I wonder if we would've had Iran/Contra and all of that if it wasn't for Poppy. Poppy has been running things for years. Sometimes I think I give him too much credit but then I remember who I'm thinking of and all of that and I know I'm not. It seems as though Reagan was controlled too. I wonder if Poppy pressured the GOP folks.
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NEOBuckeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:02 PM
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26. Poppy Bush is not the "Nice, Granfatherly Old Man" he'd have you believe
He seems pretty harmless at a glance, no? But have you ever spotted him in front of a mirror? Seriously.

Think of all of the Presidents you've known during your lifetime. Now try and recall everything that you knew about them, not just as Presidents, but as individuals outside of the Presidency.

I bet you can tell me a ton about Clinton, Reagan, Carter... even Nixon.

How much can you tell me about Bush Sr? Forget the manufactured campaign crap. Tell me what you really know about the man.

Think about it.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:29 PM
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30. Hmmm
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 07:29 PM by Horse with no Name
You are correct.:scared:
The guy is a ghost.
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 05:53 AM
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32. Naturally, I cannot prove this but
I think that "Nice, Granfatherly Old Man" he presents himself as is a mean vicious guy that likes to screw little children.

But that is only suspicion. If it could be proved, that would bring the whole DC establishment to it's knees.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:42 PM
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11. I'm aware of that story.
Just another coincidence. :sarcasm:
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:43 PM
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13. This was on MSM (CBS?) at the time
and disappeared virtually overnight.

Always keep in mind that during the Warren Commission only R M NIXON and G H W BUSH could not recall their whereabouts the day of JFK assassination.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:57 PM
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24. Yep
Nixon claimed not to "remember" and then I think he made some claim he was in New York for some private party but it was checked out and there was nothing he could've been at. And I find it so hilarious since Poppy Bush sent a memo "warning" Kennedy. :eyes: Then a few minutes after it happened he called up about Lee Harvey Oswald. :eyes: Even my own mother remembers where she was when Kennedy was shot and she was a young kid! (She was eating turkey at the table watching the parade).
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:08 PM
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27. Nixon was in Dallas on 11/21/63
Speaking at a Pepsico board meeting? I think he was in on it...in some peripheral sense. Nixon was a protege of Prescott Bush who helped RMN with his 1st run for Congress. Of course, Nixon returned the favor when he brought GHWBush into the US Government with his ambassadorships and greased the way for his RNC chairmanship.

All kinds of interesting "coincidences" that a Bush is always close to the bad things that have happened to this country over the last 40 years or so.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:46 PM
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14. All I have to say is
duh. The Reagan's and Bush's have never liked each other.
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newscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:00 PM
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25. I blow people away when I mention this to them.
I'm surprised it's not more well known.

Those Texas politicians.....
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Stirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:16 PM
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28. I used to think this was a ridiculous conspiracy theory. A coincidence.
But after watching the last 5 years, seeing one ridiculous coincidence after another, I've reconsidered. Their "coincidences" began on election night 2001 and just kept on coming.

I wouldn't be surprised at all.
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