In a ridiculously long story in the Austin American-Statesman, that printed to a whopping ten pages, titled “George P. Bush absent from candidate forums as rivals gun for a runoff,” many facets of the problems Bush faces are covered but what is missed overall is just how unready for the job and lackluster P. Bush was when he first ran.
“Bush, who would never have been elected land commissioner were it not for his last name and family, had come to fully embrace the man [Trump] whose election was, in very personal terms, a repudiation of his family and its political values. Still, for all this, Bush might have escaped a serious primary challenge were it not for the Alamo,” Jonathan Tilove opined.
George P. Bush
In one sense Tilove is correct, it is P. Bush’s terrible, near culturally-traitorous statements and handling of the Alamo take-over and his “Reimagining the Alamo” project that drew the public attention to Bush and the General Land Office. But such is not the problem with P. Bush as Land Commissioner but a symptom of his lack of smarts and ability.
The story hints at a few other symptoms of P.’s not-ready-for-primetime such as his first hundred days press conference held, well, without press via a smartphone app. “The Statesman had asked to cover Bush’s speech in person, but his press secretary, Brittany Eck said it couldn’t be done,” Tilove reported.
The story includes the issue of P. Bush going off at the mouth about a special legislative session over Hurricane Harvey and how such angered the Guv’s office. Tilove also reports on P. Bush being a no-show for forums or events at which is primary opponents are present.
But the most accurate line in the entire, super-lengthy story is that early one: “Bush, who would never have been elected land commissioner were it not for his last name and family…” I asked him questions, at a small private event, in the beginning of his first run for office and later left the room appalled at his ignorance of issues and ability to speak to such.
The real problem with George P. Bush
“Bush, who would never have been elected land commissioner were it not for his last name and family, had come to fully embrace the man [Trump] whose election was, in very personal terms, a repudiation of his family and its political values. Still, for all this, Bush might have escaped a serious primary challenge were it not for the Alamo,” Jonathan Tilove opined.
George P. Bush
In one sense Tilove is correct, it is P. Bush’s terrible, near culturally-traitorous statements and handling of the Alamo take-over and his “Reimagining the Alamo” project that drew the public attention to Bush and the General Land Office. But such is not the problem with P. Bush as Land Commissioner but a symptom of his lack of smarts and ability.
The story hints at a few other symptoms of P.’s not-ready-for-primetime such as his first hundred days press conference held, well, without press via a smartphone app. “The Statesman had asked to cover Bush’s speech in person, but his press secretary, Brittany Eck said it couldn’t be done,” Tilove reported.
The story includes the issue of P. Bush going off at the mouth about a special legislative session over Hurricane Harvey and how such angered the Guv’s office. Tilove also reports on P. Bush being a no-show for forums or events at which is primary opponents are present.
But the most accurate line in the entire, super-lengthy story is that early one: “Bush, who would never have been elected land commissioner were it not for his last name and family…” I asked him questions, at a small private event, in the beginning of his first run for office and later left the room appalled at his ignorance of issues and ability to speak to such.