![]() It is a summary of a conspiracy theory, not a statement of fact. Box 1905, New Haven, CT 06509-1905, USA.The following article is from Conspiracies and Secret Societies. ©1992–2012, Yale Alumni Publications, Inc. “What does the song say? ‘The shortest, gladdest years of life?’ Well, they really were for George.” -Clay Johnson ’68 Bush and Bernie Madoff other than that Madoff was smart enough to keep up his charade longer.” -James M. “I fail to see much difference between George W. “At the end of the day, Bush may be the last neoconservative in office.” -Fareed Zakaria ’86 “For Bush, the problem with law is that it is supposed to apply equally to everyone." -StrobeTalbott ’68 Bush '68 because he was so busy falling down.” -Jacob Weisberg ’86 “Yale was wasted on John Kerry '66 because he was too preoccupied with getting ahead. ![]() So two wrongs do make a right?” -Mark Taylor '61 ![]() “Yale’s neglect of the father led to instant recognition of the son, the worst president in American history. Only resignation from this furtive leadership cult will dispel the impression that the Bones code of silence has a higher claim on their loyalty than the American people. Their repeated and identical assertions that this organization is “too secret to talk about” are slaps in the face of voters who are just now confronting the disquieting probability of a Bones-versus-Bones presidential contest. In the national interest, John Kerry and George W. The fact that both are Yale graduates should be both a point of pride and of question. Kerry represent the least educated and inspiring graduates Yale has produced. Their lack of intellectual curiosity was by no means rare at the time. Neither of the two Yalies who are campaigning to be the next commander-in-chief shows signs of changing that-and they won't, unless we stand up and tell them that they must.īravo to Jacob Weisberg for showing how both Bush and Kerry missed out on a Yale education. We are in the hands of violent subversives. presidency, strangely you selected two graduate authors who show no such pride. ![]() While most alumni magazines would write proudly of two graduates competitively chosen for the U.S. “For Country: The (Second) Great All-Blue Presidential Race” … And although he is a Democrat, Betts was the principal partner in the deal that set Bush up in business as head of the Texas Rangers and eventually yielded his personal fortune. Roland Betts '68, Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation, was George W. … The connections developed and cemented in these retreats of privilege and wealth nurture the political careers of today’s candidates. Three of this year’s four Yale presidential candidates- Dean, Kerry, and Bush-were in the less-than-1 percent of their contemporaries who attended exclusive private boarding schools. Bush '68 because he was so busy falling down. Yale was wasted on John Kerry '66 because he was too preoccupied with getting ahead. The two candidates have something curious in common beside an Old Blue pedigree: that their bright college years were largely wasted on them. Ron Rosenbaum '68, "Inside George W.’s Secret Crypt,” New York Observer, March 26, 2000 II saw through the whole Skull and Bones charade, the pomposity of its ritual posturing, the preposterousness of its occult mumbo jumbo. To be succeeded in 1986 when he gave up spirits as well by the solemn and preachy W. Except liquor: It was then he turned into the hard-drinking W. II was soon to be replaced, because he's told us he stopped doing any Bad Things in 1974. I as the guy who was tapped for Skull and Bones at Yale, W. Howard Dean '71 and Harvard man Al Gore also figured in Bush’s electoral narrative.īush is pandering smarter than Gore is pandering.ĭana Milbank '90 in Smashmouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. But Bush and Kerry were not the only Ivy Leaguers of their vintage in presidential politics. The content of the magazine and its website is the responsibility of the editors and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers.īush’s Yale pedigree-and his membership in Skull and Bones-came under sharper scrutiny in 2004, when his opponent was fellow Bonesman John Kerry '66. The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University. ![]() Yale Alumni Magazine: The First Yalie Takes His Last Bow (1/2/09) ![]()
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