"That young Bush boy, you know, the former President's son? He talks a good game, but has he ever done anything? . . . Every business he has ever been involved with had to be bailed out by his daddy's friends. Seems like he always gets to start at the top."

The boy in question is George W. Bush, 48, Republican candidate for Governor of Texas. The text -- part of a recent political ad -- is the handiwork of the campaign staff of incumbent Governor Ann Richards, who gained notoriety at the 1988 Democratic Convention when she said President Bush...