Posted on 08/27/2010 8:30:13 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
George W. Bush has remained mostly out of view and silent on policy debates since leaving office 19 months ago.
Now, the former president is about to step into the public arena again, at a moment when Washington is revisiting tax cuts, stem cells and other issues that were among the most contentious of his administration.
Mr. Bush is re-emerging to promote his memoir, to be published a week after the Nov. 2 elections.
While the timing suggests that the book will not provide fodder for midterm campaigns, Mr. Bush will return to the public eye just as the Republican Party looks ahead to asserting greater power in Congress and to choosing its 2012 presidential nominee, and as President Barack Obama accuses the GOP of wanting to take the country back to Bush-era programs that, the Democratic president says, "drove the car into the ditch."
View Full Image And the contents of his memoir make it likely that his voice will be heard on policy issues of the moment.
The book, "Decision Points," published by Crown Publishing Group, lays out 14 major decisions by Mr. Bush during his life and White House tenure. Among them, according to several people who have seen the manuscript: backing the bailout of the nation's financial system, enacting billions of dollars in tax cuts, limiting the use of human embryonic stem cells, and building up troops in Iraq for the so-called surge.
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Bad timing, George.
Or is this intentional?
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Bush needs to just go away for a very long time. He did incredible damage to the Republican Party and it needs time to remake itself into something worthy of the American people’s support.
Why now? Why not four months from now?
Wouldn’t surprise me if Michael Steele’s GOP thinks it’s a winning strategy.
The promotional efforts for his book begin on Nov. 8, “after” November’s election on the 2nd.
Just finished karl rove’s book, looking forward to pres. Bush’s.
There had better be some NSA level security on any “drafts”. Anything - and it will be taken out of context - will be used to smear non-Democrats by implication.
I can already imagine leaked pages....well before the election, can’t you?
If not actual pages, made up pages for sure.
Oh yeah! Good thinking!
Or is this intentional?
Genisis 3: 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
You mean like vacation?
He did incredible damage to the Republican Party and it needs time to remake itself into something worthy of the American people’s support.
BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAA !
Seriously?
I believe the 'damage' was already there. In both the Republican and Democratic Party leadership. President Bush kept things somewhat controlled, considering he was in the Minority.
The thought that the Republican party is in the process of remaking itself is hilarious. To change, one must first want to. Do you think the current Republican party leaders want to change?
You would think that since Dems and MSM are partners , they would be able to keep any dalliance with their pages from being leaked, at least until after the elections.
out = our
I eagerly await Dan Rather's fake-but-accurate book review.
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