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Bush to write book on important decisions of presidency
CNN ^ | March 19, 2009 | CNN

Posted on 03/19/2009 12:20:42 AM PDT by americanophile

(CNN) -- Former President George W. Bush is writing a book focusing on defining decisions he's made in his personal and political life, a publishing house announced Thursday.

The book, tentatively titled "Decision Points," is to be published in fall 2010, according to the Crown Publishing Group. Financial terms weren't disclosed.

The book will focus on about 12 important decisions made by the former president. Topics will include his decision to run for president, his choice of his closest advisers, the September 11 terrorist attacks, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, his response to Hurricane Katrina, the forming of his stem cell research policy, his decision to quit drinking, how he found faith and his relationships with his father, mother, siblings and wife.

"I am spending time on the book every day," Bush was quoted saying in a news release. "My goal is to bring the reader inside the Oval Office for the most consequential moments of my personal and political life.

"I look forward to painting a vivid picture of the information I had, the principles I followed, and the decisions I made," Bush said.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bash; blame; book; bookdeal; bush; memoir
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To: Paige; All
STOP BLAMING BUSH, get over your Bush hatred and grow up.

Yes, Bush was far from perfect for the conservative cause but it seems most here forget who our choices were when he was elected.

I mean I'm really sure Gore and Kerry would have been a whole lot better, right?

41 posted on 03/19/2009 7:13:34 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush - and zer0 has already failed)
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To: americanophile

This is going to be on my list, along with Cheney’s book.


42 posted on 03/19/2009 7:20:25 AM PDT by vidbizz
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To: Paige
People such as you are the reason we have Barack Hussein Obama in office now.

You're right. I voted for Bush.

43 posted on 03/19/2009 7:23:38 AM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Paige
The American people gave us BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

Just like Jimmy Carter, blaming the American people. One of the biggest reasons we are in this mess is because the Bush family doesn't believe in the American people, only the elites such as themselves, Democrat and Republican. That's why they love illegal aliens so much.

44 posted on 03/19/2009 7:27:51 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: americanophile
The description makes me want to read this book.

Bush is an honorable man. He failed in some areas, succeeded in others.

That's not enough for the whining, immature children who wanted him to be something he was not, who refuse to accept political realities. These same people seem to think RWR was perfect, when an inspection of both men's records show good and bad, wise choices and foolish.

I don't defend some of the genuinely poor choices and foolish mistakes Bush made, but the ferocity of the hatred for him here is quite curious. Those who bleat “Harriet Miers!” conveniently ignore that she never got a hearing and base their position on hearsay and cherrypicked pieces of information—I don't see them posting “Sandra Day O'Connor!” all that often. Those who scream about “Jorge!” never bring up that while Bush SUPPORTED amnesty, Reagan SIGNED amnesty into law.

And so on and so forth...

The point isn't that Bush is perfect, or even “Yeah, well nobody is” and letting him off easy. He deserves criticism for not taking control of the message, for having ineffective spokespeople, for not having mass firings soon after 9-11, for many things.

But how much worse off we'd be right now with a Gore or Kerry presidency. Admit it or not, THAT is the reality of the situation. Administrations don't happen in a vacuum. If they did, we could easily dismiss most of them, because none would be as we wish them to be in total—we'd toss out those plans and start again, making it perfect this time.

That's not the real world. In the real world, Bush did things I disagree with, but I always felt he meant well, tried to support what this country is and what it is supposed to be. I don't feel Gore, Kerry or Obama believe that—I think they hate what this country is and is meant to be and want to make it something else.

When I think of that, the bitchers and moaners here look very, very small, and completely out of touch.

45 posted on 03/19/2009 7:30:01 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Is the Teleprompter a cabinet-level position?)
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To: MinuteGal

It pains me to say you are 1000% right, but you are. Why the man couldn’t do even a semi-effective job in defending conservative principles, or himself, remains a mystery.


46 posted on 03/19/2009 7:55:37 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: Darkwolf377

A fine post, which will be ignored by those who most need to read it.


47 posted on 03/19/2009 7:58:55 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: americanophile

Great! I’ll give them for gifts.


48 posted on 03/19/2009 8:00:35 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Steve Van Doorn
it’s a little late to defend yourself now Bush.

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49 posted on 03/19/2009 8:00:51 AM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: Paige
STOP BLAMING BUSH, get over your Bush hatred and grow up.

Or....As for the pop up remark made about the book, only ignorant immature people make such insipid, asinine posts.

I am grown up. Enough to know that Bush was a failure as far as I, a conservative both socially and fiscally, am concerned. His quasi socialist policies were the stepping stone for Obama. You may not agree but history will bear me out.

The American people gave us BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

Yes, I agree. A people that were never challenged to look at conservatism under a republican president.

50 posted on 03/19/2009 8:13:39 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: 1rudeboy
A good number of the complaints about Bush are legit, but this one doesn't hold water.

Really? Show me his great speeches about conservatism. Just one that doesn't use the WOT as its back up. One speech about cutting spending, reducing government and the perils of liberalism. Without the war in Iraq as a backup.

51 posted on 03/19/2009 8:16:21 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: Darkwolf377; Paige
Save your comments for future use. They will be needed. The level of Bush Derangement at this forum is embarrassing.

President Bush took hits from all sides,(rats, media, culture, and this forum) all the time, from the beginning. His domestic enemies would have rejoiced if all he did was spend time defending himself against their petty and idiotic attacks. I fault our pubbie congressmen and other party leaders for not publicly defending him.

Oh, and the BDS-ers somehow forget his success in Iraq, Afghanistan and protecting us from major terrorist attack.

52 posted on 03/19/2009 8:22:30 AM PDT by Jacquerie (More Central Planning is not the solution to the failure of Central Planning)
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To: raybbr

Be serious. You expect me to find a Bush speech between January and September 2001?


53 posted on 03/19/2009 8:32:05 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: ExGeeEye

I already do miss him ...
have been for months now.

I honest to god have never felt more threatened than now. I have always felt that government though large and complex with far too many places for things to go wrong was at least going to protect us. That senators and congressmen would eventually have to follow what we wanted.
But those days are gone.

They just do what they want and the people be damned. We have become some cattle for taxes to pay for their lavish lives.

I miss W


54 posted on 03/19/2009 9:00:27 AM PDT by Munz (Infiltrate Interrogate Eradicate NEXT!)
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To: trumandogz
What a stupid list. Half of it never materialized. And immigration enforcement INCREASED under Bush and a fence is being built.
55 posted on 03/19/2009 9:03:09 AM PDT by avacado
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To: John123
"How to run up the deficit?"

LOL!!! I bet you don't even know the amount of the deficit? Do you? You are just repeating crap.

How much did he run it up?

56 posted on 03/19/2009 9:05:09 AM PDT by avacado
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To: raybbr
"I am grown up. Enough to know that Bush was a failure as far as I, a conservative both socially and fiscally, am concerned."

So in your book Roberts and Alito suck and getting a form of partial birth abortions banned sucked too! Along with decreasing the ENTIRE federal income tax rates which allowed all income levels to keep more of their hard earned paychecks!

57 posted on 03/19/2009 9:08:18 AM PDT by avacado
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To: americanophile

Hasn’t it been said on the thread yet that (1) Bushie’s got class, (2) He’s a decent man, (3) Historians will consider him great?


58 posted on 03/19/2009 9:09:57 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Darkwolf377

Great post. On the money.


59 posted on 03/19/2009 9:14:47 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: avacado
So in your book Roberts and Alito suck and getting a form of partial birth abortions banned sucked too! Along with decreasing the ENTIRE federal income tax rates which allowed all income levels to keep more of their hard earned paychecks!

After eight years that's all you can come up with! Proves my point.

60 posted on 03/19/2009 9:15:20 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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