It was a pretty popular factoid at the time of his first or second campaign, when the whole “red state/blue state” thing was at its highest. The red staters created a whole us vs them mentality, but conveniently ignored the fact that the Bushes were transplanted Yankees.
I remember it as a factoid from the 2004 campaign. Bush, the guy from Texas, had been born in Connecticut and Kerry, the guy from Massachusetts, had been born in Colorado.
I got it right.
Why is Michigan a choice?
His entire campaign was built on being ordinary, blue-collar, “one of the guys,” homey, etc. In other words, it was all BS. His family (starting with Prescott Bush) made a name for themselves in politics in New England and Ohio, and they were possibly the 2nd most powerful political family next to the Kennedy’s at the time. GWB’s money was inherited, not earned, yet they criticized Kerry and Gore for being elitist.
Fortunately, he managed to keep the fact that his father had been President a secret from the American voters.
And what the heck does any of this have to do with being born in Connecticutt?
“Total Depravity” was not an option, therefore I did not vote.
Even worse than the Lieberman episode.
Kenya!
My dad knew W. in college. He says he was just another rich WASP, and not in the least bit Texan.
You are probably right. I knew Bush was born in a northeastern coastal state, not Texas, but that was the extent of my certain knowledge.
I read both of Barbara Bush’s books, so I knew the answer.
I won’t believe it until I see his birth certificate, and probably not then either.
Regards,
Shodan
I had it in my head that he was born in Massachusetts, but that wasn’t a choice. Seeing that Connecticut was, I picked it. I was right in picking CT, and I was close in thinking MA.
Alright, what’s the answer? I don’t know, but I’ll spoiler my comments anyway:
spoiler Merkel was chancellor of Germany, not prime minister.
(b) happened, as best I can recall
(c) AFAIK, ‘pooty-poot’ doesn’t mean vagina in Russian
(d) I know nothing about this. Is this the one intended?[/spoiler]
I got it right.
Perhaps because it’s a large state in which no president of the United States has been born.
(Jerry Ford, though he lived most of his life in Michigan, was born in Nebraska. I admit it – I had to look it up.)
Note that it’s not as if his father just went to Yale from Texas. George H.W. Bush was born in Massachusetts, and grew up in Greenwich. He joined the navy after Phillips Andover and then went to Yale. It was only after he graduated from Yale that he moved his family (including George W. Bush) to Texas.
And George W. Bush attended Phillips Andover and Yale (where he was a Bonesman like his father and grandfather) and then Harvard Business School. (Supposedly he was rejected by the law school at the University of Texas.)
I think New Haven tried to put up a sign on the highway into town announcing that it was the birthplace of George W. Bush, but the sign was vandalized as well as its replacement, so the city gave up.
… and raised the average IQ of both states when he moved.
The German chancellor is the equivalent of a prime minister – head of government chosen by the majority party in the lower, directly-elected house of parliament.
You’re probably thinking of the first President Bush, who was born in Milton, Massachusetts.