CNN, "The bush Years" ... Kitty Kelly's book, "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty"

[Miigwech]

tells the truth. I just reread it. The bush family snuffed out the release of her book. They had that much power back then. Folks, read it.

A copy of the book was obtained by The New York Times. Ms. Kelley writes that she spent four years and interviewed nearly a thousand people in researching the book, which spans three generations of Bushes. Little, if any, of its content is flattering to the family. Ms. Kelley treats subjects as far-flung as the pranks the younger George Bush played at boarding school at Andover and his jocular use of obscene language in the years before taking office. But she also discusses questions about how he avoided serving in Vietnam, about excessive drinking and whether he used illegal drugs and about his business career. It is a fast-paced, gossipy narrative that relies on second-hand or unnamed sources for much of its new and most vivid details.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/politics/campaign/book-unflattering-to-bush-draws-his-campaigns-fire.html

And for those who've pursued their complaints in court, they've lost time and time again. Every libel lawsuit filed against Kelley has been dismissed.

https://www.today.com/news/kitty-kelley-defends-sources-new-bush-book-wbna6000597

https://www.c-span.org/video/?183533-1/the-family-real-story-bush-dynasty
he Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty

Ms. Kelley talked about her book, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, published by Doubleday. The author chronicles the history of the Bush family beginning with Prescott Bush’s dealings in the Ohio steel industry and his political career in Connecticut in the 1950's. The book details information about the family’s private life, including family jealousy, marriages, divorces, and alleged mistresses. Following her remarks she answered questions from the audience. Ms. Kelley also talked about her other biographies of celebrities, political figures, and the royal family. She also talked about media bias, the current political climate, and administration efforts to discredit her work.

[LisaM]

1. I have that book. I read it in tandem with an authorized biography of the family.

What struck me the most reading those two books (this would have been a while ago) was that they listed many of the same events, and in one book they were treated as a positive and in the other as a negative. Strange reading experience.

[Miigwech]

3. That, I don't know about

[kskiska]

10. I read it a long time ago.

One thing I remember about it is how the Reagans looked down on the Bushes. The Bushes were authentic Greenwich bluebloods and the Reagans were just Hollywood B-movie has-beens, but they treated the Bushes like household help and rarely even invited them to the White House.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I'd forgotten about that. I remember reading Fortunate Son before

the 2000 debacle and thinking "Shit I hope this jackass never gets anywhere near the White House.".

[3Hotdogs]

4. Does it cover Prescott Bush's attempt to overthrow the U.S. government?

Use the internet tubes and find out about Smedley Butler if you are not familiar with this episode in history.

It appeared in the N.Y. Times for about two days. Then it was never written about .

[empedocles]

5. Important historical touchstone

Especially relevant in the trump error, I mean era.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I'm not so sure the book was snuffed.

I read it around the time it came out. Can't remember if I bought a copy or got it from the library, but I had no trouble getting one.

[Mickju]

7. Also Family Of Secrets

by Russ Baker is very damning.

[MarcA]

8. The Bush Crime Family; a true Enemy of the People. n/t

[UTUSN]

9. She's tops. Really laid Nancy out from the opening lines,

(Paraphrasing from fading memory,) Nothing in her birth certificate was true - her name, date of birth, father's name..."

When I mentioned her here I was lambasted for citing "gossip". My counter attack was the dictionary that has zero mention of "untruth" in the definition.

Then in the debut of the BUSH book she was booked for two days on Today and LAUER *SHREDDED* her the first day and from my hinterland I got through on the phone to an actual producer and shredded LSUER back. The second day the two were side by side and LAUER was perfect to her.

If anything her BUSH book was too soft.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. Her book on Nancy was excellent

My favorite line was when Jane Wyman told Ronnie to "go shit in your hat."