To put it simply, the value system of the original patriarch, George W.'s great-grandfather George Herbert Walker, was based on the pursuit of wealth. The one embodied by George W.'s grandfather Prescott Bush was an ethical ideal.
Yes, the ethics of the super-race, as Prescott financially backed the Nazis. Surely with a name like Weisberg, the author has included that fact in his book somewhere.
The Walkers behaved like the worst nouveaux riches: they were grand, greedy, extravagant, and focused on class distinctions. Prescott Bush's clan was pointedly modest, frugal, and egalitarian.
I’m having a hard time not discounting Mr. Weisberg. Perhaps I shall try to read his book and see how he defends these comments. Nah.
Anyway, whatever problems there may be with the picture painted in the book, the fun part is where we learn that Poppy’s nickname in the Air Corps was….George Herbert Walker Bush.
There's an audio file of an interview with the author at that NPR link.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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