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George W Bush was not an upstart by any definition of the word. To be sure, he had no particular claim to talent but then his father had been President and his
by CalChris 9y ago
George W Bush was not an upstart by any definition of the word. To be sure, he had no particular claim to talent but then his father had been President and his grandfather had been Senator.
- eropple 9y agoAnd he'd been a governor.
- CalChris 9y agoFWIW Texas is a weak governor system. Pretty much the only thing the governor does is throw the switch during executions which W did with abandon. The Roman Republic had a concept, the New Man. W was not a New Man nor was his father. Neither were upstarts.
- StevePerkins 9y agoHe's also outside the range that I just said. As old as this might make one feel, George W. Bush's last victory was four election cycles ago.