With a little help from family and friends, Bush has always managed to fail upwards to Yale, to wealth, and probably the White House:...

Even in politics, Bush has been blessed. This year, friends gave him $50 million and he lost the New Hampshire primary to John McCain. Never mind. His friends came to the rescue, slandered McCain in South Carolina, tried to keep McCain off the ballot in New York and kept independents from voting in California and Bush won the GOP nomination...

[sorry, this article is not complete!
You would be very welcome to send me the whole document to be published here, if you have it.]

(Sun, November 12, 2000)