Chapter 749: Barbara Bush! First Lady!
It wasn't a fluke-up appearance. After leaving the White House, Bush often spoke at rallies sponsored by Mr. Moon, a strange move for a wealthy former president who never lacked opportunities for public speaking. In September 1995, Bush gave six speeches in Asia to the "Women's Alliance for World Peace," which is led by Wen Mingming's wife, Han Hezi. In the summer of 1996, Bush also made a speech at a Washington rally of the "Family Alliance for World Peace," which was associated with Moon Mingming.
The cost of Bush's appearance in Buenos Aires is between $100,000~$500,000. Sources close to the Unification Church say that Bush and Moon's deal totaled millions of dollars, and one source said that Bush received $10 million.
According to reports, since the 70s of the 20th century, the total amount of money handed over to Washington politicians and right-wing Republicans through Wen Mingming's hand has reached billions of dollars. No one has been able to confirm the source of these huge sums of money. Some believe that the money came from wealthy Japanese financiers, while others believe that the money came from the illegal drug trade. But no one disputed the enormity of the money. For decades, Mr. Moon has used billions of dollars secretly collected from Asia to influence American politics, but neither the public nor the U.S. government has questioned this.
Moon Myung's blind spot is particularly strange, because as early as the 70s of the 20th century, there was a claim in the US government that Moon Myung's organization was a cover agency of the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA). South Korea's CIA was set up with the help of the CIA during the Cold War. Since it was purchased by Wen Ming in the 70s of the 20th century. The Washington Times' losses have already exceeded $1 billion.
The inner workings of the Bush family. Americans often use the term "clan" to describe it. The four successive generations of the Bush family, especially the three generations of the eldest son, have taken the expansion of the family's influence as their own responsibility, and they have the flavor of "sacrificing the ego for everyone." Of course, there are no rebels in the family, but the result is either marginalized by the family or "lost and returned". Former President George W. Bush is a living example. After he was corrected from an adolescent rebel, the path he followed in life was not much different from his father's life trajectory: he went to Yale, made money in business, and went into politics. until he became president. The core figure of the Bush family is Bush Sr.
Americans believe that Bush grew up in the shadow of his father. When Bush was elected governor of Texas that year, many people said that the voters had seen his father's face. If George H.W. Bush is the core of the family, Barbara is the soul of the family. Barbara presents herself as a kind grandmother. won the hearts of many people for the family, and internally held the power, and trained the children and grandchildren to be obedient. After Bush became president, he still had to get up in the morning and drink coffee with the whole family according to his mother's rules, and he would still be reprimanded by his mother. In short, the Bush family is like a big magnetic field, firmly "sucking" the family members. Bush's grandmother's maiden family, the Walker family, is still meeting with the Bush family every year, even though three generations have passed.
The successful election campaign of Bush Sr. can be regarded as the beginning of the Bush family.
"Dynasties are never built by chance. A dynasty requires ambition, money, and intrigue. The United States considers itself a democracy. But if your family is wealthy, powerful, and ambitious, the stakes in the White House will be much higher than others. ”
The family of US President-elect George W. Bush is the most prominent political family in the United States today. In the history of the United States, there is more than one illustrious family like the Bush family: in the 19th century, the Addams family introduced the first father-son president of the United States; In the 20th century, Theodore, a distant cousin in the Roosevelt family? Roosevelt and Franklin? Roosevelt took over the White House; After the middle of the 20th century, the Rockefeller family produced three governors; In the charismatic "Kennedy dynasty", its main members have become famous figures in history; Since the 50s of the 20th century, the Bush family has staged a series of political legends, which have produced a senator, two governors and two presidents. Became America's most prominent political dynasty.
Political dynasties are never built by chance. A dynasty requires ambition, money, and planning In the United States, the so-called "political dynasty" is not to some extent a hereditary inheritance of political power, nor is it a natural transition of political power between father and son by blood relationship. It's more about the long-term attention to politics of several generations of the family, and several generations have a special complex of obsession with political power. Generations have made the pursuit of political power the greatest purpose of their lives.
The older generation in the family leaves behind a political legacy for the younger generation, which includes political experience, basic interpersonal relationships in political affairs, and the necessary accumulation of wealth. Having money is an essential condition for Americans to enter politics. Without money, it is impossible to play any role in the political arena and mobilize any social resources to serve his political ends. As Carl Brown, author of America's First Family, ? Anthony said, "Dynasties are never built by chance. A dynasty requires ambition, money, and intrigue. The United States considers itself a democracy, but if your family is wealthy, powerful, and ambitious, the stakes in the White House are much higher. ”
The beginnings of the Bush dynasty can be traced back to Bush's great-grandfather, Samuel? Bush. Samuel was born in Columbus, the capital of Ohio in the Midwestern United States, which is known for its conservative people, which also made the Bush family orthodox from the beginning. Initially involved in the steel industry, Samuel soon saw a bright future for the oil industry with a keen eye and quickly established a partnership with the Rockefeller family's companies. After the end of World War I, Samuel formed a friendship with Wall Street financial tycoon Walker. In August 1921, Samuel's son, Prescott, married Walker's daughter, Dorothy, a milestone in the history of the Bush family. Walker's full name is George? Herbert? Walker, of the two presidents, George H.W. Bush's full name is George? Herbert? Walker? Bush, Bush's full name is George? Walker? Bush, from this detail alone, we can see the significance of Walker to the Bush family.
Prescott was brilliant, and soon after his marriage, his father-in-law gave him a reassuring investment company. Based on this, after the outbreak of World War II, Prescott managed to get involved in the arms industry, and the Bush family's wealth expanded rapidly. Money nourished Prescott's political ambitions and made it possible for him to establish a personal relationship with President Eisenhower, who began running for the U.S. Senate. After several setbacks, his dream finally came true in 1950.
While Prescott was aggressive, his son, Bush Sr., grew rapidly. The elder Bush inherited his father's mind and wisdom, and he performed extraordinarily in studying, serving in the army, and doing business. He also inherited his father's vision and vision, and just after the end of World War II, he gave up the privileged life in New England and took his new wife to start a business in the newly rising oil state of Texas. With the support of his uncle, Bush Sr. founded his own oil company in 1951. In 1966, George H.W. Bush was elected to Congress, then director of the CIA and finally in the White House.
There is also the president of the United States who is now sitting with Lin Yu to talk about cooperation.
"Regarding economic cooperation, I will talk to my team and let your people talk to my people when the time comes, and I don't mind working with you if I can. If it's political cooperation, to be honest, I'm more interested, well, if you Republicans are short of money to run for president, you can talk to me, nothing else, I have a lot of dollars. Of course, I believe that what you have given me in return is definitely greater than what I have done. Lin Yu said with a smile.
"Well, as much as I wish we could have a good talk, it doesn't seem like this is the time to talk, well, it's almost dinner!" Bush Sr. looked at his watch, the time was just 800, so he took Lin Yu's hand and said, "Let's go, go and try my wife's cooking." ”
"You won't eat the dead, will you?" Lin Yu joked and asked with a very careful look.
"Don't go if you're afraid of death." Bush Sr. feigned anger and said: "You can eat my wife's cooking, that's your blessing, and others can't eat it if they want to!" ”
"Is it really that good?" Lin Yu looked at the proud old Bush very secretly, and suddenly said something that made him almost have a stroke: "Since your wife cooks so well, hehe, then as long as I come to the United States in the future, I will come to your White House to enjoy it, do you think it will be a dead old man?" ”
Bush Sr.: "I...... You're going to die. ”
Mrs. Bush Sr. called, Barbara Bush, in the United States, when it comes to Barbara? Bush is called a good wife and mother with reverence. For the sake of her husband's career and the growth of her children, she silently dedicated her life to them. Barla held a reading event at home and launched a literacy campaign in society.
Barbara vs. George? The Bush union was very romantic. It was at the Christmas party in 1942, and Barbara was dressed in a colorful evening gown, funny and elegant, and her smile attracted young George. A year later, just before George enlisted in the army, they were married.
For the sake of her husband's career, she worked tirelessly, accompanied George to 17 different cities, and moved 29 times. She follows the local customs and maintains her husband's image everywhere. At the celebration of their 47th wedding anniversary, Barbara proudly said, "George is the only man I've ever kissed in my life." ”
In the face of family matters, Barbara dealt with it decisively. Good higher education and the spirit of hardship and hard work have played a huge role. She had thyroiditis, and Bush also had heart disease. The divorce of her daughter Doroti, the dismissal of her son Neil, and especially the death of her daughter Robin from leukemia in 1953 did not overwhelm Mrs. Bush, who always did everything in her power to protect them. Once, when Bush was attending a banquet, he suddenly fell ill and the people present were at a loss, but Barbara immediately made a decision, called an ambulance, and personally escorted her husband to the hospital.