Interview · moment 7 of 23
Poppy Bush's Native Cunning and Never Meeting the Family
from Incompetence and Ruthlessness · #8
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3 minGuest
Discussion of how the father, not the son, had the wily mind behind the cover-up, followed by Baker recounting that he's never met any Bush family member directly, though they are aware of his book, including a strange call with a Bush-connected oil/CIA figure who asked if Baker was 'authorized.'
- 16:21George H.W. Bush admitted he had a problem with "the vision thing" and couldn't get vision about anything.
- 16:55The guest has never met any member of the Bush family despite decades studying them—they just don't invite him in.
- 17:21They are aware of him and the book, and the guest knows people extremely close to them.
- 17:40He called a figure close to Poppy Bush who used an oil company as cover for CIA intelligence work in the 1950s and 1960s.
- 18:12When the guest explained his research, the man asked: "Am I authorized to talk to you?" and then "Is this an approved biography?"
- 18:38The investment banker and oil guy called back graciously and left a message saying the old man thinks he's crazy and not to talk to him.
- 18:54Tim notes that at least George H.W. Bush knows enough about the guest to form some kind of judgment about him.
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