BUSH MAKES PEACE: BOOK REVEALED

The Drudge Report ^ | 10/28/10

[MissesBush]

**Exclusive** **Must Credit**

"It was a simple question, 'Can you remember the last day you didn't have a drink?'"

So begins President George W. Bush in the opening chapter ["Quitting"] from the most anticipated book of the season, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

With DECISION POINTS, set for release November 9, Bush pulls back the curtain with a strikingly personal work that takes very few shots at his critics.

The former president even stays clear of Obama!

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From 911's "Day of Fire" to "Katrina" to "Financial Crisis", Bush explains how he returned to his faith, time and time again.

And the faith of others.

The president details how he bonded with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia -- and a magical bird!

Arriving angry at Bush's Texas ranch over the president's position on Israel and Ramallah, Abdullah quickly decided he wanted to leave.

But the prince spots a turkey on the road -- and takes it as a good omen, a sign from Allah!

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The president reveals he gave the order to shoot down planes on September 11 -- and at first thought the plane in PA had been shot down.

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In the chapter "Stem Cells", Bush describes receiving a letter from Nancy Reagan detailing a "wrenching family journey".

But ultimately, Bush writes: "I did feel a responsibility to voice my pro-life convictions and lead the country toward what Pope John Paul II called a culture of life."

In the book, Bush describes an emotional July 2001 meeting with the Pope at the pontiff's summer residence.

Savaged by Parkinson's, the Pope saw the promise of science, but implored Bush to support life in all its forms.

Later, at the Pope's funeral -- and after a prodding from his wife that it's a time to "pray for miracles" -- Bush found himself saying a prayer for the cancer-stricken ABCNEWS anchor Peter Jennings.

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With 14 chapters and an epilogue, it's Bush's turn.

And he'll even do it on OPRAH.

A top Bush source explains: "You will find the president strong, loving life, and ultimately at peace with the decisions he made."

DECISION POINTS ranked #29 on AMAZON's hitlist early Thursday.

Developing...

[DrDeb]

Research is our friend:

1.) “Reagan didn’t hold hands with Islamists” : In one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency, Reagan withdrew our forces from Lebanon (300 dead Marines) — an action that emboldened terrorists every where (no hand holding necessary).

2.) “Reagan’s tax cuts were permanent”: Reagan raised taxes three times.

I could go on; however, my point is clear.

President Reagan was a great president — I spent half my time in graduate school defending his decisions. HOWEVER, by the bogus standards established by today’s pseudo-cons, he would have been considered a failure (historical revision nonwithstanding).

[SoftwareEngineer]

You are so correct. If the same standards applied by the “purists” were applied to Ronald Reagan, RR would be called a “flaming liberal” on this board.

I lived, breathed politics during the Reagan years. I remember how many times RR backed away from a fight. I remember even then telling people that the US need to confront Islam.

I remember Amnesty and the fraud that followed. I remember the pork spending that took place.

People on FR excuse RR on deficits because the democrats were in control.

Well, excuse me, as far as GWB was concerned, he never had veto proof majorities and with the “Gang of 14” he too had Democrats effectively in control.

Go read articles by DeLay who said that he perpetually had 35-50 RINOs in the House that would NOT vote for anything GWB sent down.

IN our system the President is very dependent on Congress for budgets. To blame GWB for deficits but forgive RR is historical revisionism

BOTH of them TRIED to cut spending only to be overruled by a spendthrift congress. If you are angry about the spending in the Bush years, a large majority of that blame falls on Congress

Again, we are all humans and not Christ. So, we all will make mistakes. But hold GWB to the same standard as RR and suddenly GWB is a true conservative hero.

[Shannon]

"WHY did he have to write a book that would be released right after the election? Once again, he will be the topic of news during the run up to Tuesday. Not good for our side."

Seeing as the book won't be released until after the election, it'll only take up just so much talk time and probably not a lot at that. Reading what Drudge has written serves to juxtapose Bush against the current man in office. You can't help but to make the comparison. Some people may not like George W but he is and was a man of class, integrity and honesty. Because of that, this book will not hurt our side.

[DrDeb]

:)!

[ConfidentConservative]

OOOOoo No, you aren’t the only one “loyal” ! LOL

There are a lot of us who love and respect the man and former President, G.W. Bush!

You can count me in!

[Eleutheria5]

But...but...he’s supposed to be angry and bitter, and...and...clinging to religion...and beating up minorities in a klan hood (how they got in a klan hood, I’ll never know)...and...HOW DARE HE BE MAGNANIMOUS IN A BOOK! This is all just part of his spin machine, so he can be declared dictator for life in 2014! HAHAHAHA!

Under heavy Secret Service escort, President Obama was taken from the White House in a straight jacket, as Vice President Joseph Biden took the oath of office and kept interjecting inane comments into the text in a pathetic attempt at being eloquent while taking an oath...next day, the stock market tanked...

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Don't get me wrong. I love RR. But he was flawed too. People on FR conviniently forget RR was quick to walk away from many conservative positions.

All human beings are flawed. That doesn't give you carde blanche for taking cheap pot shots at Reagan without offering the full set of circumstances and revealing all the facts. That might lead of us to conclude you're just an idiot liberal out causing trouble.

>>>>>1. Amnesty for Illegals by RR. Actual Amnesty instead of proposing it

Reagan didn't support open borders and he said many times: "A nation without borders is not a nation." Reagan did sign into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The IRCA of 1986 included severe penalties for employers who hired illegals --- up to a $1,000,000 fine --- improved border enforcement and a legalization provision --- a one time amnesty for an original 300K. Not the 2.7 million illegals pushed through the system by the Dems. If the IRCA law had been enforced and not gutted by Ted Kennedy and the Senate Democrat majority, the IRCA of 1986 would have been successful in the long run and today we wouldn't be talking about massive illegal immigration across our borders and 15-20 million illegals living in the US.

You want to blame someone for the failure of IRCA of 1986, blame Ted Kennedy and the Senate Democrats. Not Reagan.

>>>>>2. Failure to privatize social security. RR never even tried it whereas GWB burned through political capital

BS! From 1964 to 1980, Reagan spoke about privatizing Social Security. When Reagan took office in 1981 he quickly found out that SS was the third rail of American politics. Reagan had two choices. Compromise on his original reform package, or allow the Democrats led by Tip O'Neil, to demagogue the issue and run rough shod over his entire agenda. With many experts saying SS would start going backrupt by as early as 1983, time wasn't on Reagan's side. Reagan`s decision was to appoint Alan Greenspan as chairman of a Social Security reform commission. Its job was to come up with a plan to reform SS and make it fiscally solvent once again. That is exactly what happened. SS withholding taxes did go up, from 4.8% to 5.7% and the rate of benefits growth was slowed down a bit. I didn't like the outcome, but Reagan did the best he could do under the dire set of circumstances facing him. Not having control of the House meant Reagan had to make some compromise on this issue. Bush had control of the House and the Senate in early 2005 when he campaigned for his SS reform proposal. In the end, Bush failed miserably. Bush had more success passing the prescription drug program. The largest growth of the federal government since Medicare. Nothing to be proud of.

>>>>>3. Sandra Day O'Connor. Yuck!!! Meirs would have been about the same, but guess what, GWB actually listened to us

BS! The fact is, SOME Supreme Court justices change over time. While its true O'Conner didn't turn out conservative enough for most Republicans, the outcry against her was the loudest after Reagan left office. In the 1990`s O'Conner became a more moderate Justice and swing vote on the high court. Bush nominating Miers was one of the all time worst picks for the USSC.

>>>>>4. Bowing down to Islamists. Pullout of Beirut. Not invading Iran. GWB to the best of his abilities took on all comers

LOL My BS meter is pinned on high! Reagan did stand up to the terrorists. What Reagan didn't do, was exacerbate the civil war that was going on in Beirut and all of Lebanon at that time. There were also geopolitical circumstances to consider that involved the Soviets and their support of Syria. Sorry, an all out war wasn't in the cards. Besides, Reagan's big foreign policy challenge was ending the Cold War through victory. Which is exactly what he did.

>>>>>5. Screwing with the tax cut. RR gave up on the simple low tax rates that he himself had pushed

WTF are you talking about! Reagan lowered the federal income tax rates from 70% to 28%. The lowest tax rates since the 1920's. He also left office with a two-tier tax rate structure in place, 28% and 15%.

>>>>>6. Abortion. RR did not campaign against Roe V Wade aggresively

Even more BS! Reagan campaigned for President in 1976, 1980 and 1984 on reversing Roe v Wade and ending abortion on demand as the national policy of the federal government. Reagan was the first President to address the National Right to Life Day held in WashDC every year. Read Reagan's essay, "Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation" and get educated on one of America's greatest President's and conservative leaders.

Like Reagan, Bush was pro-life and good on terrorism and war issues. Like JFK, Bush was instinctive and right pushing for tax cuts. But he was a liberal on most domestic policies. His doubling of the Education budget, his huge increases in discretionary spending and his trillion dollar prescription drug program marked Bush as a big government Republican, in the mold of Nixon, Ford and Bush41.

[MomofMarine]

Thank you for that observation. I totally agree. He was not perfect, but who is. I always knew he loved America and especially loved our military, which meant a lot to me since my son was in Iraq twice while he was president. He did things I didn’t agree with in his second term, but even when I disagreed with him, I believed he was only doing what he thought was best for the country. I also knew that he had info we were not privy to which might have changed my opinion had I known all the facts. I loved him, respected him, and hope someday I will meet him and have the opportunity to thank him for keeping us safe all those years. Yes, I do miss him every single day!

[dfc1]

I’m buying President Bush’s book for my hubby for Christmas. We love him. He and Laura are a class act and I felt safe when Bush was in office. Now, I feel like we’re just blowing in the wind with no one in charge.

[Kaslin]

BTTP

[GoldwaterChick]

Thank you for my two favorite photos—showing the heart and soul of this dear man, unlike the robot now in the White House. We just received Condi’s book and are waiting for W’s and Sarah’s. Almost as impatiently as we’re waiting for November 2!

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the ping. I just ordered the book about an hour ago

[Kaslin]

I am one of them

[TheCornerOffice]

One of my favorite moments was when Bush was on the Letterman show some time after the first election had been settled, giving the Top 10 list of things he'd do after he took over from Clinton on Inauguration Day.

I still laugh at this one: "Give the Oval Office one heck of a cleaning!"

[Kaslin]

Also President Bush would have never gone on a comedy show. He knew what is appropriate, unlike the arrogant *** who currently occupies The People’s House

[Kaslin]

The book was going to be released before the election. He asked that it be delayed so that it wouldn’t take away news time from the candidates. If Drudge just has to start talking about it beforehand when there’s plenty of time after next Tuesday, it isn’t Bush’s fault.

Actually that is not true. The release date of the book has always been November 9th

[La Enchiladita]

The book is not being released until after the election.
These must be pre-sales you mention on Amazon.

[La Enchiladita]

I think, if I were ever to meet him, I would start crying...

[Islaminaction]

“The president details how he bonded with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia....”

This is nothing to brag about. When it comes to Islam, Bush was clueless with his ridiculous nation building plan. Him constantly preaching that Islam is a religion of peace, and actually inviting more Muslims here after 911 set us back years in the war with Islam.

[STARWISE]

Think of this-

Would Bush have not visited Landstuhl hospital after he found out he was not allowed to use it as a photo oportunity for his election campaign?

Would Bush not go to the Boy Scouts 100th aniversary so he could go on the “The View” instead and pander some more?

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Former President Bush welcomes soldiers home in surprise visit to airport

VIDEO - 668,406 views

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For those of you who've forgotten what it's like to have a President who loves America and loves the troops - enjoy.

Today former President George W Bush and Laura Bush and a group from Slant 45 were on hand at DFW Airport in Dallas Texas greeting Troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan for their 14 day R&R. This was a big surprise to all and a big boost for our Troops. This Video, Photos and production are from the www.welcomehomeahero.com Volunteer Team

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Note he has has coins in his hand that each servicemember got from him, a typically thoughtful act by this decent man and leader who will NEVER fail to honor, respect and support our brave military, as he worked relentlessly to exhaust any and all avenues and actions to prevent another attack after 9/11. God bless him. I'd give anything to have him back in our White House now to protect us and retrieve this great nation from the devastating socialist grip of this tyrant.