From the great Robert Parry, the first reporter to break the Iran-contra scandal in the U.S.:
In early April 1986, for instance, George W. was miffed at a prediction by the Wall Street Journal’s Al Hunt that Jack Kemp — not Vice President Bush — would win the GOP nomination in 1988. At a Dallas restaurant, Bush spotted Hunt having dinner with his wife, Judy Woodruff, and their four-year-old son.
Bush stormed up to the table and started cursing out Hunt. “You [expletive] son of a bitch,” Bush yelled. “I saw what you wrote. We’re not going to forget this.”
Bush supporters have excused the governor’s behavior that occurred before his 40th birthday on the grounds that Bush was still drinking heavily in those days. [Washington Post, July 25, 1999]
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