Posted on 08/04/2010 5:19:52 PM PDT by woofie
George W. Bush insisted that publication of his forthcoming memoirs, “Decision Points”, which will elaborate on 10 key decisions that the self-dubbed “Decider” took in office, be put back until after the midterm elections, according to people close to the former president.
Mr Bush has maintained a studious silence since leaving office and has declined, in sharp contrast to Dick Cheney, his former vice-president, to criticise Barack Obama, the US president, over the past 18 months.
According to friends of Mr Bush, he resisted plans by the publisher to launch the book in September, which is traditionally a better time to maximise sales.
His friends say that Mr Bush, whose two terms in office remain unpopular among most Americans, did not want to insert himself into the midterm election campaign, where Republicans are expected to make big gains. The book will be published on November 9, a week after the polls. Mr Bush will give his first full interview to NBC on November 8.
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Not helpful. The leaks will be the focus in October.
GWB needs to postpone the release (and it's leaks) until December.
He doesn't need the money.
He made this to-do once about Texas not being southern. Excuse me? One of the Confederate states? Dixie played at football games? Maybe he spent more time in Maine than in Odessa, but Texas is southwestern by way of the south. The founders were from Tennesse.
That was insulting to the rest of the south, which put him into office.
I'll bet Harriet Miers was Laura's idea.
November 9.
Well, whenever it comes out, I plan to buy it. I enjoyed First Lady Laura’s(she always will be the First Lady to me)book very much.
You should get the BDS looked at. LOL!
I will agree she was not a good fit as a politcal wife, but I doubt she is influencing this move. He is a good man imo and I believe the claims in the article.
Idiocy....unless you mena LAUAR BUSH SYNDROME!!
No, I meant BDS.
And if you have RDS (Reagan Derangement Syndrome) you will come to the conclusion that Reagan was a liberal
I can see we are going to lose the 2012 presidential election. Same o same o as 2008.
Add on....and 2006
You can find this on Drudge and go from there
Also there is not much more info available
I had to laugh when I read that..! LOL Reptilian dragons- that’s funny when applied to some of our resident malcontents. G. Bush could go around with a halo around his head, and some of these people would say it was tarnished or that it was crooked! In other words, he couldn’t do anything right in their eyes, sadly.
You could give them a list of the things he did right, and they’ll simply point out he messed up on immigration, or that he spent too much money, etc... Then they either won’t talk about him at all or it’s that he helped Obama get in. There’s no use arguing with them!
good man...woefully poor president...a dupe of wall street who slept at the switch while the economy hurtled towards the precipice...started an unnecessary war by confusing his family’s personal gripe against a dictator with the national interests of the United States of America.
Just go away George. You are among the bottom ten American presidents and have zero chance of being rehabilitated.
Once the Bush handlere got wind of this, they demanded that the book be delayed until after the election.
I still expect the publishers to leak the juciest parts before the election.
Remember, the Bushes (all of them) are tone-deaf when it comes to reading the political pulse of those around them.
-PJ
You got all of that from my little post. Wow! You’re amazing. LOL!
“President Bush owes us nothing. He served this nation courageously for fourteen years and was spat on continously for doing so. He’s retired and deserves every peaceful moment he finds.”
I couldn’t agree more!!
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