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Neil Bush: Goodwill ambassador or sex tourist?
By Evelyn Pringle
December 14, 2004
Neil Bush was best-known for his role in the collapse of the Silverado Savings
and Loan. But we have come to find out, he is actually the romeo of the Bush
family.
This came to light last year in his videotaped divorce deposition which became
public and quite frankly, the revelations in it do not paint a picture of
strong moral values. As it turns out, while still married to his wife, Sharon,
Neil had what can only be described as random sex with a number of women,
contracted a venereal disease, had an affair with his mother's married
secretary, and was accused of fathering a child out of wedlock.
I guess the lectures delivered by Neil's 'I'm not an obnoxious drunk anymore,'
brother George missed the mark. So much for abstinence and safe sex in the
First Family.
Although Neil also testified about several highly questionable business deals
in which he received huge amounts of money for little (if any) effort, they
were completely overshadowed by the tales of his sexual liaisons with the gals
in Thailand and Hong Kong.
A match made in heaven
Neil Bush met Sharon during the 1980 presidential campaign. After a brief
courtship, they married, moved to Colorado, had 3 children and remained happily
married (or at least Sharon did) for 23 years.
The whole divorce saga began in May, 2002, when Neil informed Sharon that he
wanted a divorce in an e-mail. The actual email makes for a unique "Dear John"
letter. The following is in part, what he had to say to Sharon:
"It is very clear that we are failing to meet each other's core needs. We're
almost out of money and I've lost my patience for being compared to my
brothers, for being put down for my inability to make money, and tired of not
being loved. I'm sure you have felt abandoned and a deep sense of loneliness,"
he wrote.
Of course, Neil forgot to mention a few things in the email. Like he didn't
tell Sharon about his Asian sex romps or that he was already having an affair
with Maria Anderson, wife of Robert Andrews, a woman Sharon once regarded as a
friend, but who she would later call "Neil's Mexican whore."
In fact, he forgot to mention quite a few things. A review of exhibits from
Maria's divorce deposition, reveals that at the same time that Neil penning the
Dear John email to Sharon, he was also writing love letters to Maria, evidently
looking to get his 'core needs' met with her. In one email he tells Maria, "My
heart is breaking with solitude. I can't wait to be free to dedicate all of my
passion to love you. I hurt to have you in my arms, to make love with you and
be a part of your life."
As late as April 28, 2003, the day the divorce became finalized, Sharon was
telling the judge that she wasn't sure she wanted the divorce. "I believe in
working through a marriage," she testified, "and I don't believe in divorce
with three children." The judge showed no sympathy and granted the divorce
anyways.
What? No pillow talk?
During the deposition, when asked by his wife's attorney whether he'd had
affairs during his marriage, Neil disclosed a string of sexcapades that could
almost put Bill Clinton to shame. And they were all by chance.
During his business trips to Hong Kong and Thailand, Neil said that he would be
sitting in his hotel room, just minding his own business, when all of a sudden
there would be a knock at the door and a woman would be standing there wanting
to have sex with him. He testified that he had no idea who they were or why
they showed up.
Neil told his wife's attorney, "I had sexual intercourse with perhaps three or
four, I don't remember the exact number, women, at different times. In Thailand
once, I have a pretty clear recollection that there was one time in Thailand
and in Hong Kong."
One wonders why he has "a pretty clear recollection" of certain encounters. Or
is it because they were such memorable events or is it because he caught
venereal disease during one of those particular trists?
Attorney Brown asked Neil about this, "Is that where you caught the venereal
diseases?" and Neil said, "No." Brown asked, "Where did you catch those?" And
Neil replied, "Diseases plural? I didn't catch..."
Brown apologized, I guess for being insensitive, "Well, I'm sorry. How ... how
many venereal diseases do you suffer from?" Neil said, "I've had one venereal
disease." To which Brown asked, "Which was?" "Herpes," he said.
A little later, Sharon's attorney tried to get Neil to explain more about who
these women were, "Were they prostitutes?" he asked. "I don't -- I don't know,"
Neil replied. Brown asked, "Did you pay them for that sex?" And Neil said, "No,
I did not."
Brown then asked did you, "Pick them up in a sushi house?"
Bush: "No. ... My recollection is, where I can recall, they came to my room."
You can tell that Brown is having a good time at Neil's expense by the way he
ridicules him: "Do you know the name of that hotel? I may go to Thailand
sometime."
Its fairly obviously that some of Neil's foreign business deals came with perks
that he was more than happy to take advantage of.
When asked how he knew what to do when a woman came to the door, Neil replied,
"Whatever happened, happened." That snide comment could lead the mind to any
number of visions. If need be, Neil could probably make a few extra bucks by
publishing his deposition and marketing it as a soft porn novel.
Sharon's attorney was amazed at Neil's Asian romps, "you have to admit that
it's a pretty remarkable thing for a man just to go to a hotel room door and
open it and have a woman standing there and have sex with her," he said.
"It was very unusual," Neil replied.
For those wondering how Sharon felt sitting there listening to the details of
Neil sexcapades, she said, "I was totally devastated, and so were our children
upon learning this," reported the New York Post's PAGE SIX. "I trusted him
while he was on all those foreign trips and kept the home fires burning while
raising three great children ... His behavior has been appalling. Where are the
family values?"
That is a very good question. Where's the moral outrage from the Bush family
over Neil's behavior?
In fairness to Neil, the Asian trips were not all play and no work. Its just
that the sex stories overshadow the curious financial deals that were discussed
in same deposition.
So if these women were not perks from foreign investors seeking to gain
influence through the President's brother, who were they? Wasn't there any
pillow talk whatsoever?
What does Neil expect us to believe? That 3 or 4 different women spotted him in
a hotel lobby and found him so irresistible that they slipped a bellhop 50
bucks to get his room number? For anyone even considering this scenario, go
take a good look at Neil Bush and decide if anyone would willingly pay one dime
for a romp in the sack with him.
As for the new happy couple, on March 6, 2004, Neil and Maria tied the knot.
The wedding took place in Houston with most of the Bush clan there to
celebrate. Described as a Dom Perignon affair, the wedding was attended by
family patriarch and former President George H.W. Bush, as well as prominent
guests from the Middle East and China, according to ABC New on Oct 10, 2004.
Jeb, George and Laura apparently had other plans because they were no shows.
As always with the Bush family, and especially when folks from foreign
countries attend a Bush Bash, the Prince and his new Princess were showered
with presents. "There were also very lavish gifts," said Mimi Swartz, of Texas
Monthly. "I think the couple got matching Bulgari watches, I think someone else
gave them an SUV."
Meanwhile, Neil and his new wife are building a multi-million dollar house next
door to his parents, reports ABC, where I assume they plan to live happily ever
after, or at least until Neil travels to Asia again.
The moral of this story we must assume then is its better if half of a couple
lives happily ever after than no one at all.
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