Bush Coup Finally Realized?

Fascinating, and so, so not surprising. The BBC, in a radio programme* called Document ("The award-winning investigative series returns, in which Mike Thomson takes a document as a starting-point to shed new light on past events.") that apparently aired this past Monday evening asserts that Prescott Bush, the First Grandfather, was once a conspirator in a coup plot to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States.

From the BBC (radio) website, here is the promotional copy:

Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by a group of right-wing American businessmen.

The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.

Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.

(First seen at Towleroad.)
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* Hey! It's BBC, so we adopt British spelling.

Posted on July 26, 2007 at 17.25 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Briefly Noted, Raised Eyebrows Dept.

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Thursday, 26 July 2007 at 23.48
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    Further indication genetic blight tends to skip a generation. George H.W. Bush was never my idea of a great president, but compared to his son, he was a paragon of leadership virtue.

    It's also interesting that scoundrels of the 1920's and 1930's, Joe Kennedy Sr. and Prescott Bush, had descendants become president.

    Given George W. Bush's track record in office and how he's playing with a belatedly aware public, I say let's push for an amendment to the Constitution barring any more descendants of the Bush clan from holding the office of president or vice president.

    Given the many tragedies accompanying the public service of their kin, it would be understandable if the Kennedys were to discourage descendants from going that route.

  2. Written by Melanie
    on Monday, 30 July 2007 at 17.47
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    This is very interesting! I never read anything about this in my American history studies. Hmmm.

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