Power Elite Dynasties: Bush Family & Clinton Family Have Been In U.S. Political Power Since 1980 (Video)

(N.Morgan) The Bush and Clinton legacies seemingly go hand in hand in the political arena. Both families have long ties in high society. One coming from bootleggers and the other from the good ole’ boys in Arkansas. How did such families come into so much power? Was it all planned, since before their births? As with the power Elite, this wouldn’t be such a surprise. They have been around as long as time itself. Always in the shadows, working to see their plans come to fruition. The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew—and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. After eight disastrous years, George W. Bush leaves office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history.

Russ Baker asks the question that lingers even as this benighted administration winds down: Who really wanted this man at the helm of the country, and why did his backers promote him despite his obvious liabilities and limitations? This book goes deep behind the scenes to deliver an arresting new look at George W. Bush, his father George H. W. Bush, their family, and the network of figures in intelligence, the military, finance, and oil who enabled the family’s rise to power.

Baker’s exhaustive investigation reveals a remarkable clan whose hermetic secrecy and code of absolute loyalty have concealed a far-reaching role in recent history that transcends the Bush presidencies. Baker offers new insights into lingering mysteries—from the death of John F. Kennedy to Richard Nixon’s downfall in Watergate. Here, too, are insider accounts of the backroom strategizing, and outright deception, that resulted in George W. Bush’s electoral success. Throughout, Baker helps us understand why we have not known these things before. Family of Secrets combines compelling narrative with eye-opening revelations. It offers the untold history of the machinations that have shaped American politics over much of the last century.

George P Bush, a scion of the Bush dynasty that has given America two presidents, has been elected as the Texas land commissioner, becoming the first in his family to win his maiden election. George, the son of former Florida Governor and possible 2016 White House contender Jeb Bush, was elected Texas land commissioner by a landslide margin. George’s father, his uncle George W Bush, and grandfather George H W Bush all lost their initial forays into electoral politics. So did great-grandfather and former Senator Prescott Bush. His grandfather lost a US Senate race in Texas in 1964, while his uncle lost his 1978 congressional bid. Jeb Bush was not elected Florida governor until his second try, and Prescott Bush came up short in his first Senate race in 1950.

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