Nephew takes stand in support of Bush

Nephew takes stand in support of Bush
Letter to the editor offers sharp defense of the Dubai ports deal


By DIRK VANDERHART
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - He refrained from working on his uncle's presidential campaigns, and he confesses to being a bit fed up with the squabbling on Capitol Hill. But if his e-mail outbox is any indication, Pierce G. Bush is one of the Bush dynasty's more politically vocal members these days.

When the political firestorm over Dubai Ports World broke out last month, President Bush's nephew sent the Houston Chronicle an electronic letter to the editor, defending his uncle's drive to allow the United Arab Emirates company to buy a firm that helps run six U.S. ports.

To the University of Texas at Austin student, opposition to the deal — it had been approved by the administration before being scuttled Thursday — sent an "ignorant and offensive" message that the owners were being discriminated against because they are Arab. The protests of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and other congressional leaders seemed "racially prejudiced," he said in the letter, which the Chronicle published.

Pierce, a graduate of the Kinkaid School of Houston, which President Bush attended, is the son of presidential brother Neil Bush and Sharon Bush of Houston.

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THE NEPHEW IS CORRECT! The deal 'was ignorant' and it was 'offensive' to the American people. Bush is suppose to be POTUS not a shill for some fly blown Mid-East cat box! I'm damned sick and tired of what others in other nations want taking precedence over what Americas want!