Kitty set to beat around the Bushes
 
'WHEN GOSSIP grows old, it becomes myth," said one Stanislaw Lec.
 
Kitty Kelley took the cake the other night on Larry King's show about
the British royals, specifically Diana's boys. The infamous
biographer of the world-famous was wearing a huge white corsage that
continuously brushed her cheek, and when she mentioned working
on a book about the Bush family dynasty, the genial host was
more or less dismissive, asking her to stick to the subject at hand.
 
But this column is interested in Kitty's work-in-progress, which will
go all the way back to W's grandpa, Prescott Bush, and move through
two presidencies plus attendant relatives, such as the also-famous
Jeb, governor of Florida. There is the shuddering thought, too, of her
treatment to come of the twin daughters of the president and first lady.
 
Kitty's publisher and her editor, the distinguished Peter Gethers,
have yet to see one written word of Kitty's new obsession, which is
still untitled. But as this book is expected to be published before
the next presidential election, it is a matter of some concern to
avid Bush supporters and the GOP. After all, Kitty Kelley has, in the
past, unearthed unnerving details about Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth
Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan and the British royals. (Kitty
doesn't fool around with nobodies or semi-celebrities.)
 
So this will be one of those in-depth, no-holds-barred books about a
dynasty that has been described as one of the underanalyzed families
of the 20th and 21st centuries. In many ways, from an influence standpoint,
the Bushes are perhaps more important and have exercised more effect
and sway than the juicy, gossipy, sexy Kennedys. Kitty should be the first
notable author out of the gate, and as she is an intrepid reporter who
usually burns her bridges, her work will have impact.
 
The Bush dynasty has somehow kept itself rather well-shrouded in secrecy,
going back through Skull & Bones at Yale and on through the CIA and,
of course, they've put two men in the White House. Kitty will no doubt
attempt to unshroud this famous and very popular family. Wait for it!
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