Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...family will take pride that he went as far as he did. It is not that this is John F. Kennedy's father driving his sons to do something. We are not that way in this family. This is not about vindication or legacy or entitlement. It is about the love of a father for his son, the love of a mother for her son...
...George P. [Jeb's son] brought us great family pride. When he got out there, he lighted up the world. But he had been accepted for law school at the University of Texas in the fall. He wrote his uncle this beautiful e-mail that he felt he just had to go to law school, and he would miss the campaign. We wondered how George, who was so driven, would feel. George W. wrote P. back that he understood. He was doing the right thing. He had done everything he could in the campaign. That was a beautiful thing from...
...were dedicated carnivores who loved the red meat of their party's most militant wing and swooned at language against affirmative action and abortion and for cutting taxes and spending. They loved the name Reagan and had always been suspicious of the name Bush. And now along came his son, and no one knew how it would all go over...
...eldest Bush son couldn't resist at least one gag. Neil Bush, the former President's sweetest son by far, is also the most naive about politics. Neil was the one who got badly tangled up with some crooked Colorado bankers 10 years ago and never knew what hit him. One afternoon, out by the pool, Dubya and Jeb walked out, saw Neil and began talking loudly about a long list of crazy, outrageous things that just had to be in the convention speech. Pile 'em on, said Dubya. Let's do it, said Jeb, both men pretending to sound...
...Bush confided to a friend, "I was the mother of a President for 30 minutes, and I loved it." When it came time to speak, both the President and the former President tried to reach across the breach. Bush talked about the pride he and Barbara had in their son, and Clinton told of the pride they deserved to feel. The two men had been seen talking alone, smiling and nodding. Bush was scheduled to leave on a late flight to Spain to go hunting with the King, so he left early. But he came back a few minutes later...