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In reply to the discussion: Why has Jeb Bush's college graduation year been omitted by the media for at least 30 years now? [View all]anobserver2
(928 posts)Jeb Bush's "employers" were friends of his family -- but I notice the alumni magazine omits telling you that. However, it is cited many other places, including this news article:
http://www.sptimes.com/State/92098/Make_The_Money_and_Ru.html
Make the Money and Run
Jeb Bush followed the family game plan: Earn your fortune, then run for public office. A vast network of deals made it possible.
By ALECIA SWASY
and ROBERT TRIGAUX
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 20, 1998
"Still, his earliest jobs came from friends of the family. After earning his degree in Latin American studies at the University of Texas, Jeb Bush was hired in 1974 by Texas Commerce Bank. The Houston institution was founded by the family of James A. Baker III, a pal of George Bush who would later run his presidential campaign and serve as U.S. treasury secretary and then secretary of state.
In 1977, Texas Commerce sent 24-year-old Bush to open a branch in oil-rich Venezuela. When the bank's top executives visited, they brought along bank director Lady Bird Johnson who arranged a visit with Venezuela's president.
Bush acknowledges he was a lousy banker. "I wasn't real good at collecting loans," he said. So it was an easy decision to quit banking and return to the states in the spring of 1979 to help his father campaign for president. "
Do you think maybe the alumni magazine should have disclosed that his "employer" was actually a family friend?