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PRESCOTT BUSH CONNECTICUT 1982 SENATE GHW'S BROTHER POLITICAL PINBACK BUTTONS

$ 39.53

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    I AM PLEASED TO OFFER SOME OF THE MOST UNCOMMON POLITICAL BUTTONS THAT YOU WILL SELDOM EVER SEE
    ON EBAY OR
    ANYWHERE ELSE....
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    THANK YOU!!
    Skip Morgan
    THIS LISTING:
    HERE'S A REALLY SUPER PAIR OF POLITICAL
    ELECTION
    CAMPAIGN PINBACK BUTTONS FROM THE
    OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS
    OF GEORGE H. W. BUSH'S BROTHER
    FOR U. S. SENATE IN 1982--PRESCOTT BUSH, JR.
    THE BUTTON SHOWN ON THE LEFT OF PHOTO IS A VERY SCARCE ITEM; ONLY THE 3RD I'VE EVER FOUND IN ALMOST 40 YEARS SINCE THIS ELECTION.
    REPUBLICAN GOP U. S. SENATOR  CT  NUTMEG  FAMILY DYNASTY
    Prescott S. Bush Jr.
    was the brother of one president and uncle of another, and a retired insurance executive who tried but never made it far in the family business — politics.
    Besides being the uncle of one president, George W. Bush, and elder brother of another, George H. W. Bush, he was the son of a wealthy senator, Prescott S. Bush.  Mr. Bush spent much of his career as a businessman, but dabbled in local politics in his home state, Connecticut, for many years, at one point serving as a Republican committee chairman in Greenwich.
    And yet in many ways, Mr. Bush, who was born with the use of only one eye, lived in the shadow of his younger brother. Mr. Bush preceded his brother by two years at the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., then at Yale, where George Bush became president of his class, captain of the baseball team, and a member of the secret society Skull and Bones.
    Prescott Bush, Sr., center, with his sons, from left to right, Jonathan, Bucky, Prescott Jr., and George H.W. outside their home in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1950s.
    Prescott Bush Jr. dropped out of college in 1943 to move to South America, where he worked for Pan American Airways, before returning to work on Wall Street. Mr. Bush joined an insurance brokerage firm, Johnson & Higgins, in 1952, and later became a partner, making the daily commute to New York from his home in Greenwich.
    But in 1982, with his brother serving as vice president under Ronald Reagan, Mr. Bush sought to take advantage of the family name and enter politics on a grand stage, challenging Lowell P. Weicker, a veteran Connecticut senator who had won nine elections in a row and had never been defeated. Mr. Bush fumbled initially, occasionally forgetting lines on the campaign trail and causing a stir when he joked about illegal immigrants being needed in Greenwich to clean houses.
    But he soon won a large following, and rather than hide from his wealthy upbringing or play it down, he spoke of being lucky to come from such circumstances and told audiences he had been taught by his father that he should give back to society through public service. During the race, he repeatedly made the point that he understood the problems of poor Americans because he had worked with charities in tough neighborhoods.
    Mr. Bush stunned many across the state when he won resoundingly in a Republican caucus in Fairfield in March 1982. But by the end of July, just five weeks before the Republican primary, Mr. Bush issued another stunner when he abruptly dropped out of the race.
    “Accusations had been slowly building that he was too much like his father, in the sense that he hadn’t had a lengthy interest in public service but simply seemed to have seized a political opening now that he was in the financial position to mount a well-funded campaign,” Bill Minutaglio wrote in his biography of George W. Bush, “First Son.”
    “It was of course the same nettlesome criticism leveled against his brother and his nephew in Texas — that the Bushes were running because it was what the Bushes did, that the Bushes were craving public office not because they were driven by a burning ideology but because it was their situation in life,” Mr. Minutaglio wrote.
    Years later, Mr. Bush would go on to found a nonprofit organization that encourages trade and investment in China.
    “Above all else, he was a devoted family man whose philanthropy started at home,” the Bush family said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. He “loved life, family and friends and lived with a spirit of abundance.”
    SIZE--BOTH APPROX.  1 1/2" celluliod & litho
    "A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS"
    ***PLEASE SEE MY OTHER CURRENT LISTINGS---LISTED IN SEVERAL CROSSOVER/RELATED CATEGORIES....
    FOR GREAT POLITICAL BUTTONS/OTHER ITEMS!!  I WILL BE LISTING STUFF FOR PRESIDENT, HOPEFULS, COATTAILS, LOCALS, CAUSE and even a few NON-POLITICAL items in the coming weeks.  Add me to your 'Favorite Sellers' list---I WILL DO MY BEST TO PLEASE!
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    As with all vintage collectibles, they will show various degrees of aging, wear and tear, discoloration etc.
    THE TIME FOR CLARIFICATION OF AN ITEM'S FEATURES OR CONDITION IS
    BEFORE
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    NOT AFTERWARD
    .
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    Please let photos be your guide as to condition of this item.
    THANKS!
    Items will be packaged securely in bubblewrap mailer or small box.
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    THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BROWSING!!
    MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
    He Leadeth Me
    In pastures green?
    Not always; sometimes He
    who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
    In many ways where heavy shadows be.
    Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright...
    Out of the sunshine into the darkest night,
    I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,
    Only for this...I know He holds my hand;
    so whether in the green or desert land
    I trust although I may not understand.
    And by still waters?
    No, not always so;
    Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
    And o'er my soul the waters and billows go.
    But when the storms beat loudest and I cry
    aloud for help, the Master standeth by
    And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I."
    Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
    Beyond this darkness lies a perfect day.
    In every path of thine I lead the way.
    So whether on the hilltops high and fair
    I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
    The shadows lie...what matters?  He is there.
    And more than this, where'er the pathway lead
    He gives to me no helpless broken reed,
    But His own hand, sufficient for my need.
    So where He leads me, I can safely go,
    And in the blest hereafter I shall know
    Why in His wisdom, He hath led me so.
    Author Unknown
    "BE NOT OVERCOME BY EVIL BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD"  Romans 12:21