As Woodward's books showed, too, even Bush's admirers can't portray him in a favorable light to anyone with half a brain. A lot of work went into this and the effort, as journalism, is commendable. But as history? Who could give more than 2 stars to any book that tries to remain "neutral" about Bush?
George W. Bush is unquestionable the dumbest, most stubborn, most destructive and most callous President in our history. The effort here is commendable, but it is hard to stomach a book that doesn't condemn this man on every page.
And let's not forget (unlike a previous post claimed), "the American people" most definitely did NOT elect this man President. He received less votes than Al Gore in 2000, and 2004 is still being argued. At best, far less than half of the eligible voting public chose him.
Some men have taken an undistinguished life and sparked to greatness once given the astonishing opportunities of the American Presidency. Bush is not one of them and his time in office will be viewed by future historians as an unparalleled disaster. In that regard, books like this will be a resource, all the more so for the friendly effort behind it.
Got an advance copy but didnt read it till Monday, and couldn't put it down. Not sure whether the President wants to be remembered as a confuzzled mess or "Dead Certain", not a good choice either way. Lots of great nuggets of info. I didnt know that CJ Roberts was the one that suggested Harriet Miers for AJ, (Neither did Roberts who denied it today). At the end I felt dirty, and had to take a shower, last time that happened was when i saw "Bad Lieutenant" years ago. If Draper, who it seems was just reporting, and the President colluded on this it's the worst attempt at "getting out in front of history". When the Movie "The Bear" came out about, Bear Bryant years ago they asked Ken Stabler if he would go see it. He replied, "I dont have to I saw the Bear play the Bear". As interesting as the tidbits are, and their were a lot, GWB cant write his own history book, because weve all seen GWB play himself and obviously that movie was a flop as well.
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