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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)I'll bet every newlywed couple in America would like to know how to live rent-free and without having to pay bills for at least six months after getting married.
Jeb Bush married in Feb 1974. But, according to an ad in an alumni magazine, didn't start a job until "Sept 1974."
Who's paying the bills for him and his young wife from Feb-Aug 1974? Jeb Bush claimed in a Sept 1998 article he was on his own after college, and that his dad only paid tuition.
Is Columba Bush out there working for six months to support her husband while he's in college? Because it's a funny thing; I don't ever recall Jeb Bush once ever claiming to be a "married college student." As I recall, he always claimed he first graduated, then he married,
A conservative encyclopedia puts his graduation date from college at "Dec 1973" -- I'm seeing that same info here -- first graduated, then married:
http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jebbush.html
Jeb Bush met his wife, Columba, while teaching English in Leon, Guanajato, Mexico in 1971. (Columba was born in Leon in 1954.) The two were were married on 23 February 1974, shortly after Bush graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Latin American Affairs
and here:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Jeb_Bush
Personal life
Bush met his wife, Columba, while teaching English as part of a university exchange program in Leon, Guanajato, Mexico in 1971. Columba was born in Leon in 1954. The two were married on February 23, 1974, shortly after Bush graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Latin American Affairs.
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So, who's paying the bills from Feb 1974-Sept 1974 -- whether you want to say he already graduated (prior to "Feb 1974" as these two above sources claim) or not graduated yet (not until "August" 1974) ?
Just wondering. Sure would be great if every newlywed couple could have their first six months of married life rent/mortgage/bills all paid for! Wonder how Jeb Bush did it...