George Jr sent out of Texas by father as a 'drunken liability'

[Clinton Crusader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1296350,00.html

George Jr sent out of Texas by father as a 'drunken liability'
Gary Younge in New York
Friday September 3, 2004
The Guardian

The US president, George Bush, was transferred to the Alabama National
Guard during the Vietnam war because his drunken behaviour was a
political liability to his father in Texas, the wife of one of his
father's former confidants revealed yesterday.

Linda Allison told the political website Salon.com that throughout the
time Mr Bush was in Alabama she never saw him in uniform and had no
idea he was supposed to be in the National Guard.

"Georgie was raising a lot of hell in Houston, getting in trouble and
embarrassing the family and they just really wanted to get him out of
Houston."

Asked if she had ever seen him in uniform Mrs Allison said:
"Good Lord, no. I had no idea the National Guard was involved in his
life." Mrs Allison is the wife of the late Jimmy Allison, a former political consultant
and newspaper owner from Midland, Texas and one time confidant of the Bush family.

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[liveoaktx]

1. Just before that was when he got someone preggers and paid

for her to have an illegal abortion.

Bush was about 32 years old when he had the twins, around 30, right, when he got married? But he was a drunk till he was 40.

[oscar111]

2. freepers will attack website as weak source:who sent the post, really?

this is a great story but will need some firming up of the authenticity of the source.

A post at a website seems to be the current reality of the source.

Someone needs to contact the person , the wife, and get an inperson or onthephone repeat of this story.

As it stands, freepers will tear it to shreds... anyone can post at salon and claim to be anyone, far as i can tell.

[oscar111]

3. "raising a lot of hell"? details

it would be most helpful to get some details on just what bush was doing.. several things are the implication.

but what were they?

[Mad As Hell]

5. You're wrong.

It is a properly sourced story. Salon is a legitimate publiication and we are not talking about a blog entry.

[RevCheesehead]

4. as a drunken HILLBILLY