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“Hi, I’m George Bush.” The words have an electrifying effect on the crowd at Bobby Jo’s Community Center in Angleton. Heads turn and conversations cease as the smiling man with the familiar lanky build, deep-set eyes, and dimpled chin works the crowd at the Brazoria County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner. Four hundred and fifty people—the largest turnout ever for this event—have paid $10 each to partake of stringy turkey, watery dressing, and the company of George W. Bush, the president’s oldest son. The 42-year-old oil and gas consultant has turned Texas Republicans politics upside down by emerging as a potential candidate for governor in 1990.On this night the early returns are favorable. Well-wishers pepper Bush with promises of support as he poses for snapshots…
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