And more on GWB being a member of The Skull and Bones, in Time Magazine:
TIME: But you sure shared a lot of the same upbringing: Andover, Yale, even Skull and Bones. Did you have any qualms, say, about joining an elite secret club like Bones?
Bush: No qualms at all. I was honored. I was fairly nonchalant. I didn't view it as a great heritage thing. I didn't take it all that seriously.
TIME: Demystify it a bit for those who might think it's a cross between a Masonic Lodge and the Trilateral Commission. Did your father show up for your initiation, like your grandfather showed up for his?
Bush: Without revealing all the great secrets? I got a few of my old club mates who could demystify it right off the bat. My dad didn't tap me. Someone a year ahead of me tapped me. There was an entry celebration. I can't remember whether my dad showed up or not. I don't think so.
So, what is going on? Ruling out secret conversion, we are left with Mason? Republican? Boyscout?
Interesting...
I wonder if top US government leaders are coached to give this type of handshake?
Perhaps a misguided counselor at one point thought that all Mormons did this secret handshake and thought it was being socially proper to shake the hand of a Mormon leader in this way?
... our church isn't true, but we have to keep up appearances so we don't get shunned by our friends and family, fired from our jobs, kicked out of our homes, ... Please don't tell on me. ~maklelan
collegeterrace wrote: Perhaps a misguided counselor at one point thought that all Mormons did this secret handshake and thought it was being socially proper to shake the hand of a Mormon leader in this way?