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1、AccordingtoBurke’sPeerage,thereishardlyafamilyofanyAmericanpresident,howeverhumbleitsdomesticorigins,thatisnotrelatedinsomeconvolutedmannertoBritishroyalty.Ofthemall,however,theBushfamilyisunquestionablythemostregal,tracingitsancestrybacktocrownedheadsinthefourteenthcentury.Asb
2、iographerJ.H.Hatfieldnotes,GeorgeHerbertWalkerBushisafourteenthcousinofQueenElizabethII.SecurelyrootedinAmerica’sEasternestablishment,mergingancestrywithaffluence,thisinheritancehasbeenmoreachallengethanaboontotheBushes.Inthreegenerationsofelectedleadership,theyhaveconsistently
3、downplayedtheirpedigreeandtheirwealth.Althoughheritageisnobartoachievement,Americanvoterstendtofavorthosewho“madeit”ontheirown.WhatwasthisprototypicalConnecticutWASP,sopreppythathisnicknameis“Poppy”,doinginTexasinthefirstplace?Perhapstherewasanelementofescapeinvolved—although,u
4、nlikeRichardNixon’slongingaftertrainwhistlesorBillClinton’stranscendingofadysfunctionalfamily,Bush’sdesirewasnotsomuchtoleavebehindthecircumstancesofhischildhoodastocreatehisownnewchapter.Althoughhisfathercouldsometimesbeforbiddingandhismothermorethanabitblunt,Bushlovedandrespe
5、ctedbothhisparentsandappreciatedthefoundationtheyhadprovidedhim.WhenhisnewlifeinTexasturnedtopolitics,that,too,wasafamilytradition.Hisfather,amodelofmoralrectitude,hadlefthislucrativeWallStreetcareertoserveintheUnitedStatesSenate.PublicserviceisvaluedonbothsidesoftheBushfamily.
6、ItwasamaternalWalkerunclewhotoldareluctantyoungGeorgeW.Bushthat“politics[is]theonlyoccupationworthpursuing.”AmericahaschangedalotsinceJohnAdamsfeltobligedtoengageinpoliticssothathissonsandtheirsonsmightbeabletofollowmoreelevatedprofessions.Despiteitsauraofscandalandthebloodlust
7、ofanintrusivemedia,publiclifeisstillviewedbyfamiliesliketheBushesasaworthygoal.TheparentsofGeorgeH.W.Bushwerenotsmugsnobsorstatus-consciousclubwomen,butstrongindividualsintentontheirownachievements.Althoughhismother,DorothyWalkerBush,facedlimitationsofcasteandgender,shewasdescr
8、ibedbyheradmiringdaughter-in-lawBarbaraas“themostcompe
