3884 Funny Interlude
The Texas Permanent School Fund is the second largest education fund in the United States after Harvard University. The primary mission of this fund is to support the development of public education in Texas.
Whoever is in charge of the foundation means that it is easy to build good relationships with groups such as the Parents' Federation and the Teachers' Federation in Texas. The Teachers' Union is generally the second largest group of public employees in each state, after the civil service.
And the parents' association has a lot of influence on most families with children. If George W. Bush can win the support of these two groups, it will mean that he can gain countless votes.
Money and votes are always the two most important things for every politician. For George W. Bush, the Texas Land Commissioner is undoubtedly a very good transitional position. Whether he is running for governor or representing Texas in the House of Representatives or Senate, he has a bright future ahead of him!
In fact, Li Xuan didn't know that George W. Bush in another time and space was still spending all day drinking, relying on the vice president's son's signboard to make money. Don't really think that the United States is a beacon of democracy, in fact, there are countless dirty things in the secret!
For example, Kennedy, one of the most admired presidents of the American people, has definitely played with double digits of women. And Clinton, another president who is also on various rankings and has a high approval rating, this guy still hasn't restrained much even after he and Lewinsky made a "zipper door" that shocked the world.
Former Vice President Walter Mondell, who is preparing to challenge Reagan this year, has a daughter who will have an affair with Clinton in the future, and he has recorded it in detail in his diary. The diary was eventually dissolved. It was not announced to the public, but it still made a lot of trouble for Clinton's wife Hillary, who was preparing to run for president!
George W. Bush's trajectory is due to the influence of Li Xuan's butterfly. It's getting a little different, but it's actually going in a good direction. in another time and space. George W. Bush did not enter politics until 1994, but he was elected governor of Texas in his first run.
This is a vivid example of how unreliable American voters can be. The subsequent 2000 presidential election can be described as the most "earth-shattering, crying ghosts" tragicomedy in all previous presidential elections in the United States.
Although Bush Jr. was lower than Al Gore in terms of total votes, he finally won the presidency by a narrow margin of five electoral votes more than his opponent. Democrats and Republicans battled for 36 days over the issue of votes and tickets in Florida, and finally relied on the Supreme Court to finally make a final decision.
You know, the nine justices of the Supreme Court are precisely not elected by the people. This has to be said to be a small irony of the American electoral system. Although Bush Jr.'s ascension to the presidency is full of controversy and does not seem so reasonable, I have to admit that his luck is indeed very unexpected!
And if George W. Bush can enter the political arena in 1986, with the Bush family's connections in Texas and the strong support of Li Xuan and other financiers, it can be said that he will be able to win the post of land commissioner.
Then, after four years of accumulating experience and connections, Bush Jr. is absolutely more sure that he will impact the governor of Texas again. In another time and space, George W. Bush was elected governor in 1994. Actually, it's a very surprising thing!
In fact, the number one contributor to Bush Jr.'s ascension to the governorship was none other than the then Democratic President Mr. Clinton. After Clinton officially entered the White House in 1993, he was too impatient to carry out his political ideas. As a result, his introduction of universal health care and income tax increases and other important issues suffered a fiasco, so much so that in the subsequent midterm elections in 1994. Yan zhòng dragged down the Democratic Party's election results.
Republicans won a large number of seats in the House and Senate, so much so that for the first time in decades, the Democrats were in a situation where they lost control of the House and Senate. And it is against this favorable background that George W. Bush is also in this favorable background. He was very lucky to defeat the Democratic candidate and successfully became the governor of Texas.
And if George W. Bush could have a four-year term as land commissioner as an endorsement. The situation is completely different. What's more, now that George W. Bush has ended his term as land commissioner, the timing is also very good.
The biggest historical event of 1990. It must have been the outbreak of the Gulf War. That was the most glorious moment for the elder Bush to represent the United States as the world's policeman and uphold fairness and justice. Although the elder Bush won the war and lost the election in the subsequent presidential re-election because of domestic economic problems.
But in 1990, he was definitely the most glamorous and had the highest approval rating, which was undoubtedly a great positive factor for Bush Jr.'s son. Voters who supported his father could easily support his candidacy for governor.
And if George W. Bush had been elected governor of Texas in 1990, by the end of his first term as governor in 1994, the adverse effects of his father's failure to re-elect would have largely vanished after a two-year buffer.
George W. Bush can take over all the political resources of the Bush family and strive for re-election as governor of Texas. If he can serve two terms as governor of Texas, he can accumulate enough seniority to make a final assault on the presidency. Rather than in another time and space, when George W. Bush announced his candidacy for president, his lack of qualifications became one of the biggest tactics for his opponents to attack him.
Li Xuan quickly went through Bush Jr.'s resume in another time and space in his mind, only to find that he was able to become president because of the favor of the goddess of victory! And now that Bush Jr. is ready to enter the political arena ahead of schedule, his journey to the presidential throne is likely to be much smoother than that of another life.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth: "George, we are friends, if there is anything you need my help with, just speak directly!"
"Thank you! It's still too early, and who can say what will happen in two years' time!" Bush Jr. waved his hand disappretently and said.
He is only revealing some of his intentions to Li Xuan, a big financier and friend, now. Because he needs to show his ambitions to allies like Li Xuan in a timely manner to gain more support and friendship!
Although George W. Bush is known by many Americans as one of the presidents with the lowest IQ of all time. However, those who have really interacted with him will find that Bush Jr. is actually a character who speaks with great speech and humor, and can easily make people feel good. His words are very contagious!
While the two were talking, the Chinese delegation had already begun to enter. China sent a large delegation of 353 people to participate in the competition. Suddenly there was a sound in the venue, a piece of music that made Li Xuan feel very familiar - "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions"!
On the other side, in the ordinary stands, Liu Wei, Han Ying and others were waving the small national flag in their hands vigorously, and shouted with the loudest voice. It wasn't until the delegation had already gone far away that Liu Wei's excited mood calmed down a little. was fortunate to be in a foreign country, cheering for the athletes of his motherland, Li Xuan felt that he even died without regrets!
About ten minutes after the Chinese delegation entered, the Chinese-Chinese Taipei team also began to enter. Compared with the huge delegation of more than 350 people from the mainland, the total number of Chinese Taipei is less than 60 people, and the scale and momentum are much smaller.
Liu Wei, together with other colleagues, shouted and cheered very hard as usual. After all, compatriots on both sides of the strait are of the same species and origin, and their blood is thicker than water! However, when the accompaniment music in the venue sounded, Liu Wei could not help but feel very surprised. This is because the accompaniment music played by the organizing committee to the Taiwan-North China delegation is exactly the same as the music of the Chinese delegation just now.
Using "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" to accompany the Kuomintang, Liu Wei suddenly felt that this picture was too interesting! He unconsciously turned his head to look at Han Ying beside him, and found that Han Ying was also using it, and looked at him with a strange expression that wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh.
In fact, not only the two of them, but many well-intentioned people in the venue have noticed this situation. Everyone began to wonder in their hearts, could it be that the staff playing the music had made a mistake, and that there was a low-level mistake of letting two teams use the same accompaniment music, which seemed to be a bit undesirable!
"Liu Wei, do you also have this military music in the mainland?" Another boy sitting next to Liu Wei couldn't help but ask curiously. His name is Xiao Shutao, and he is a native of Taiwan.
"This song is called "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", which is one of the most famous military songs in our domestic army, and almost everyone can sing it!" Liu Wei said and immediately began to hum, "Revolutionary soldiers must keep in mind that the three major disciplines and eight points of attention, the first qiē action is to listen to the command, and to move in unison can win victory......."
"It's really fake? It turns out that your People's Liberation Army also has this song! We also have this military music over there, but the lyrics are not sung like this! I heard my father hum it before, but unfortunately I don't remember how to sing the lyrics!" Xiao Shutao replied with an incredulous face, his father was also a soldier.
In fact, what they didn't know was that the original name of this piece was "Kaiser Wilhelm's Military Training Song", which was originally a German military music. Later, when the Qing government organized and trained the new army, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, used this song as a queue song. After arriving in the Republic of China, the Beiyang New Army, the National Revolutionary Army, and the Eighth Route Army all used this song to rewrite the lyrics.
This song has been widely disseminated in China, and both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have used it as military music. Therefore, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee chose this song as the entrance song of the Chinese delegation and the Taiwan-North China delegation with a special relationship at the same time, which can be described as very ingenious! (To be continued......