# 75 Bush best buddy admits W not conservative.
After 75 examples from me in 75 days on http://bushscorecard.blogspot.com/,
now his own best friend confirms it with point #75.
Bush is NOT a conservative, even on the homosexual agenda.
Who would ever think Bush wouldn't be as conservative as his image? Why I'm so surprised you could knock me over with a feather!
Newsmax.com
Insider Report:4.
President's Best Friend: Bush Not So Conservative
Few people know George Bush better that Roland Betts.
A New Yorker, Betts first met Bush at Yale -- and the two have been lifelong friends.
In a profile that appeared this week in the New York Times, Betts was described as playing the close, informal advisor role that Vernon Jordan played for Bill Clinton.
The Times described Betts' background as "a founder of the Chelsea Piers sports and entertainment complex in Manhattan, a force behind the rebuilding of ground zero, a former public school teacher in Harlem and the financier of films like 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Gandhi' - is one of the president's closest and most unusual confidants.
"Betts prides himself on the fact as a New York Democrat he has the President's ear who consults him on matters involving "cabinet appointments, the war in Iraq, Social Security, tax cuts, politics, architecture, sports and family."
Betts is credited with bringing the Republican Convention to New York this past summer.
"Which would you prefer: my being close to him, or some right-wing zealot being close to him?" Mr. Betts asked the Times reporter. "Who do you want to have his ear? So it's not a bad thing. Maybe I give him a little balance."
Betts offered some interesting revelations on the President:
· "The president said to me when he was elected something to the effect that, 'Laura and I are smart enough to know that when you're president of the United States, you don't make new friends,' meaning anybody who purports to be a new friend wants something," Betts explained.
· Asked about President Bush's views on gay marriage, Betts declined to comment. He did add, "I don't think he's as conservative a person as the media generally characterizes him as."
· "At the same time, Mr. Betts describes a president more concerned than he lets on about the perception among some critics that Vice President Dick Cheney is running the country.
When Mr. Bush spoke to the commission investigating the attacks of Sept. 11, Mr. Betts said that the president took along Mr. Cheney not to present a consistent story but to show the panel that Mr. Bush was in charge.
'What he told me was that he wanted people to see how deeply he understood all this,' Mr. Betts said, 'and how he was calling all the shots.'"
now his own best friend confirms it with point #75.
Bush is NOT a conservative, even on the homosexual agenda.
Who would ever think Bush wouldn't be as conservative as his image? Why I'm so surprised you could knock me over with a feather!
Newsmax.com
Insider Report:4.
President's Best Friend: Bush Not So Conservative
Few people know George Bush better that Roland Betts.
A New Yorker, Betts first met Bush at Yale -- and the two have been lifelong friends.
In a profile that appeared this week in the New York Times, Betts was described as playing the close, informal advisor role that Vernon Jordan played for Bill Clinton.
The Times described Betts' background as "a founder of the Chelsea Piers sports and entertainment complex in Manhattan, a force behind the rebuilding of ground zero, a former public school teacher in Harlem and the financier of films like 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Gandhi' - is one of the president's closest and most unusual confidants.
"Betts prides himself on the fact as a New York Democrat he has the President's ear who consults him on matters involving "cabinet appointments, the war in Iraq, Social Security, tax cuts, politics, architecture, sports and family."
Betts is credited with bringing the Republican Convention to New York this past summer.
"Which would you prefer: my being close to him, or some right-wing zealot being close to him?" Mr. Betts asked the Times reporter. "Who do you want to have his ear? So it's not a bad thing. Maybe I give him a little balance."
Betts offered some interesting revelations on the President:
· "The president said to me when he was elected something to the effect that, 'Laura and I are smart enough to know that when you're president of the United States, you don't make new friends,' meaning anybody who purports to be a new friend wants something," Betts explained.
· Asked about President Bush's views on gay marriage, Betts declined to comment. He did add, "I don't think he's as conservative a person as the media generally characterizes him as."
· "At the same time, Mr. Betts describes a president more concerned than he lets on about the perception among some critics that Vice President Dick Cheney is running the country.
When Mr. Bush spoke to the commission investigating the attacks of Sept. 11, Mr. Betts said that the president took along Mr. Cheney not to present a consistent story but to show the panel that Mr. Bush was in charge.
'What he told me was that he wanted people to see how deeply he understood all this,' Mr. Betts said, 'and how he was calling all the shots.'"
posted by T.G. at 7:07 PM
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