Jeb Oh So Angry With George
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THE DAILY CODSWALLOP
Wednesday September 14th 2005
JEBBY IS OH SO ANGRY WITH BROTHER GEORGE
"Now I'll never be president", that was the stunning claim of the President's politician brother Jeb last night. High-flying Jeb may be the brightest of the Bush siblings and he may have carved out his own political career as Governer of a southern state but it was his older brother, George that made it to the Whitehouse first.
From an early age, Jeb was seen by family members as his father's natural successer. Ambitous mum, Barbara Bush, was determined to groom Jeb for high office, even earning the affectionate nickname JK (after JFK's father, Joseph Kennedy) . Her other two sons, George and Neil, were considered too reckless and feckless to amount to anything and were largely ignored.
Crestfallen
Jeb felt crestfallen when, at the age of 40, Fickle George suddenly developed an interest in political office. On the eve of the 2000 General Election, Jeb told aides that he felt cheated out of his place in history by his elder brother and he expressed fears that his brother's presidency would be "the worst in history", adding " every Bush including me, will be unelectable for a generation"
Fat Bastard
For his part, George Walker Bush told friends privately that Jeb was the more intelligent of the two but he was also a bit of a fat bastard and not very good looking. "He's wasting his time" the President later said, "there's never been a fat president Jeb won't be the first".
Since then, sibling rivalry has been the order of the day and there are rumours that the "Pretzel Incident" during the President's first term was actually the result of a brotherly brawl, as tensions between the two coninuted to mount. Both the President and his brother have officially denied that any such event took place.
By Noragchick
