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While I won't defend the educational background (or lack thereof) for the hollywood set, Bush's background while impressive on paper, is in reality rather weak. His performance at school was average at best, and he would not have gotten into any of those schools if he had not been George's son. His record as a business man is laughable, having been a failure at most things he tried. His "military" record was the result of daddy getting him a cush assignment to keep him out of any real conflict.
He has however been a sucessful politician. He does have some skills. But that's about it.
As far as the other people, again, things can sound great on paper, but a lot of the things cited are the result of "who you know" and have almost nothing to do with real skills. I've worked in academia for a lot of years now, and for the last three had gained experience in the hollywood way of doing things, along with how the money set works. There is a lot of back slapping and helping your buddy, and very little critical analysis and it is far from a meritocracy.
Again, I'm not disagreeing with all your points, but don't be overly impressed by what connected people are able to "accomplish". A fair amount of it is smoke and mirrors...
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