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Originally Posted by 1TZSLO
GBush has alway been in the pocket of an oil sheik. I mean who bought out his oil businesses when he ran them into hte ground before he was president.
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Well, Bush Exploration tanked and was merged into Spectrum7 and what was left was merged into Harken Energy in 1986. Harken remains headquartered in Southlake, Texas today. Southlake has some nice houses and a damn good high school football team, but not many sheiks.
While not really a sheik, you might note that Harken was 30% owned by George Soros who does seem to have some questionable political connections...
Bush was on the Harken board until '93 but from '89 till 94 his full time job was Managing Partner of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. He sold that to become Governor of Texas in 1994.
Given his success in both industries, he has a better chance of being in the pocket of Big Baseball, than Big Oil.