Huffington Post – by WILL WEISSERT
AUSTIN, Texas — George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family’s political dynasty in one of the country’s most-conservative states.
A Spanish-speaking attorney and consultant based in Fort Worth, Bush is considered a rising star among conservative Hispanics, and his political pedigree is hard to match. He is the grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, the nephew of former President George W. Bush and the son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – himself often mentioned as a 2016 presidential hopeful.
Bush unveiled a new campaign website with a “George P. Bush for Land Commissioner” logo and featuring a three-minute video in which he says, “Texas is an exceptional state because we as Texans are exceptional.”
In the video, Bush describes spending recent months traveling the state and having hundreds of conversations with Texans – but says he kept returning to the advice of his grandmother, former first lady Barbara Bush, whom he calls “Ganny.” Bush says she taught him the importance of public service.
“If you believe, as I do, that Texas is truly an exceptional place with a rich heritage and a future of unbound potential, than I ask for your support as I run for Texas land commissioner in 2014,” Bush said.
George P. Bush has been active in politics for years. Last summer, he was promoted to deputy finance chairman of the Texas Republican Party.
Bush filed paperwork last November with the Texas Ethics Commission signifying he would run for statewide office next year, but he did not say which post he would seek. That touched off rumors he could try to become attorney general or even governor.
But Bush spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush spoke with current Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson late Monday before amending his previously filed Ethic Commission forms a day later. Paterson plans to leave the post to run for lieutenant governor.
In a January interview with the AP, Bush said he was already leaning toward a run for land commissioner but didn’t plan to formally announce his decision until this summer. Asked why he ultimately announced sooner, Newton said, “George P. has said he was looking to run for Texas Land Commissioner since day 1 but wanted to show the proper respect for Commissioner Patterson.”
Even though he had yet to officially settle on an office, Bush’s campaign raised an impressive $1.3 million between early November and Dec. 31.
Patterson said he believes running with the Bush name is “both a blessing a curse.” Some critics accused Bush of cynically shopping for the most politically opportunistic Texas office rather than being seriously interested in a specific one. But Patterson said that was a mere byproduct of Bush not being ready to make an announcement yet.
“That’s the problem you have when your last name is Bush,” Patterson said. “It’s impossible to control the message.”
The land commissioner administers state-owned lands and mineral resources. It is a post that can be a stepping stone to higher office: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was land commissioner before winning his current job.
Patterson described Bush as smart and qualified but stopped short of offering an official endorsement Tuesday. Not that Bush would necessarily need the help – with his family name again coming to Texas ballots, other Republicans who once eyed the office might now look elsewhere.
A Democrat has not won statewide office in Texas since 1994, but Hispanics accounted for two-thirds of the state’s population growth over the last decade and now make up 35 percent of its population. They tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic – tough the state GOP hopes Bush can change that.
His mother – Jeb Bush’s wife, Columba – was born in Mexico.
In the campaign video, Bush said the state knows how to honor its veterans but also notes that Texas needs to improve its schools: “It is time for true, meaningful reform to a system that fails too many of our children.” He added that Texans have a “higher responsibility of stewardship of our natural resources.”
Bush describes in the video that, in addition to its work on natural resources, the General Land Office plays an important part in veterans’ affairs while also overseeing investment in the Permanent School Fund, which administers funding to public school districts around Texas.
Beside Patterson and now Bush, the Ethics Commission said Tuesday it had only two other candidates listed as possibly running for land commissioner next year – and both staged unsuccessful campaigns previously and then simply failed to close their accounts, making it unlikely they would run again.
Still, Matt Glazer, executive director of the liberal advocacy group Progress Texas, suggested it may be too early to anoint the next Bush a future political force to be reckoned with.
“Serving in elected office is a privilege, not a birthright,” Glazer said in a statement. “George Bush must go through the same public screening as any other candidate.”
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Associated Press Writer Paul J. Weber contributed to this report.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/george-p-bush_n_2862363.html
Another electoral college star pick. 90 percent of the American population want nothing to do with this family. They are war mongering maniacs from hell. America has had enough of this garbage. All this one wants to do is open the immigration gates of hell upon our land. Enough…
Dog catcher is too good for this wanna be NWO traitor.
We saw this coming since they had his little Press “Coming Out Party” a few months ago, didn’t we Mark. GOP is “grooming” their candidate for the Mexican vote.
Yep, he is just a pawn for the elite to bring in more Illegal Mexicans.
NOT ON MY WATCH! Two Bush’s are enough. Three Bush’s equal Revolution time!
Hey Angel-NYC, So “Ganny” taught him the importance of public service. I think I’m gonna puke! Millard@ Diggerdan;s…………………The only “public service” the Bush Family Evil Empire wishes to provide is more drug smuggling, murder, and robbing every american of their very last penny.
Agreed.
We have another whole generation of Trained Traitors coming out of the wood work. and this one here is a straight up “Lucy” who comes from the Aleister Crowley bloodline
Yep! Same families over and over again, running for office. Talk about a bunch of spoiled brats. They think they can just hog the whole government positions to themselves and let no one else in. Sounds like a mafia to me.
Actually sounds like a Royal Bloodline. I guess as long as they don’t use the titles of nobility, they can keep inheriting the presidential positions.
Of course, then, what is Obama’s excuse since he had a few titles since becoming president?
OH! Of course! It’s because he is half Irish, half Kenyan, half American, half Russian, half Muslim, half Zionist, half Indonesian, half gay, half assed and so on. Man that guy has no idea where the F**K he came from that even his wife has to “back that ass up” of hers in order to take a look again.
Oh, Lord. I sure hope Texans’ don’t fall for this guy cuz I’m in Texas. Guess I best get on the campaign truth trail.
Please Do! 🙂
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Hey, I’m in Texas, too. Where abouts are you, Katie?
My thoughts, Exactly. LOL
(Hubby and I are from “Aggieland”, Katie.)
NC, location is between Smithville and La Grange, basically Central Texas. How about you?
Will this country ever get rid of this family? I will never vote for a bushwacker again. I am ashamed I voted for the first two.
Let’s see….George P. Bush. Half Hispanic, Half Bush, All Dumb and All for future illegal immigration. Of course there’s nothing we can really do about it, short of taking over the capital in order to get rid of this dickhead from even entering politics, since they control the damn voting machines anyways. The whole country can curse this guy and he’d still become president thanks to the infamous Diebold voting machines. It worked for Obama, it will work for George Puberty Bush. I say “Puberty” because this guy doesn’t even look like he made it through high school and he wants to control our lives? If Bush Jr. was a “C” student, I think this guy is a “D” student and that is WITH the affirmative action program that he probably gets for being Half-Hispanic.
Seeing people like him running for office, makes me want to do one of two things. 1. Drink faster or 2. Get this damn restoration started!
I prefer number 2, but if no one is willing to show up by the time this dickhead runs for president (which he will, thanks to TPTB, if our country even makes it that far down the road), then number 1 will have to do. Pray that day never happens.
I’m located in Round Rock, TX off of the I-35. Wow, you’re pretty close by. You’re not too far from Bastrop and off the 71, I assume. lol
NC and Angel since your both in Texas, wanted to let you know that there is an active common law court available if you ever encounter an incident with the criminals in this insurgent, so called government.
If you want more info. let me know. Every court in this land is an emergency powers court. These evil bastards have literally declared war on the American people! Don’t ever go into one of these courts and give them jurisdiction by doing so. Abate any and all paper work if you are ever unfortunate enough to have to deal with the bastards!
Sorry Katie, but there are no courts in this country. We have no courts. Not as long as the bastard elites are running them. Whether they are “active common law courts” or “inactive common law courts”, I don’t trust a damn one of them. I’ll take my chances on my own than to lick some judges shoes. No offense.
Katie at 7:37pm (Oops, guess I didn’t hit the right “Reply”)
I’m not in TX, at this time. When I move back home, I’ll be “Angel-TX” 😉
We have a lot of family there and I keep a close eye on what’s going on.
Know your neck of the woods well. 🙂
Can’t forget the days of “The Chicken Ranch.” LOL
What should worry you all-is Jeff Bush’it,he is thinking about running as President in 2016. Most Americans are obtuse when it comes to politicks.
That’s “Jeb” (John Ellis Bush), this kid’s Daddy. There is no “Jeff”.
Jeff… Jeb… It don’t matter, after the trials they are all going to be hanged anyway! With Hemp rope I might add. Bahahahaha!
The Texas Ethics Commission has some serious problems letting that turd in but then hey -IT’S A TEXAS TOILETBOWL in Austin. Gov. Anne Bitchards and LBJ proved that. Perry is corrupt too. The thought of him being in charge of the public fool system’s finances is terrifying.
Didn’t you listen to the Alex Jone interview with Ted Nugent??? Rick Perry is the best governor in the United States!!! Bahahahaha!!!