ClydeR
08-28-2010, 11:39 AM
George Bush is coming back a week after the November elections. And he has a new book (http://books.google.com/books?id=ydjfRgAACAAJ)! I haven't been this excited since Sarah Palin released her first book. It's going to be 528 pages, which is even longer than Palin's, but I'm determined to read it anyway.
Several close advisors to Mr. Bush said in interviews they hoped the book, along with the new museum and presidential center at Southern Methodist University, would begin to redefine the public's view of a president who left office with approval ratings in the 30s.
The theme of "Decision Points" is "to lay out for people all of the information he received and the advice he was getting, and ultimately engage the readers to decide for themselves how they would have acted if they were in his shoes," said David Sherzer, a spokesman for Mr. Bush.
More... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913704575453992030838582.html)
Mr. Bush has remained mostly silent and out of public view recently, though he has delivered more than 60 paid speeches in the U.S., Europe and Asia. As former Vice President Dick Cheney led the charge in criticizing Mr. Obama's foreign policy, Mr. Bush said that he would not criticize his successor—a pledge that advisers said Mr. Bush will keep.
The former first family's only campaign trail appearance will come next month, when Laura Bush headlines a fundraiser for GOP Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois.
This is good news for people who care about the budget deficit. Bush's public appearances will help keep the Bush tax cuts from expiring. If the Bush tax cuts expire, then the deficit will explode, because cutting taxes increases government revenue, and increasing taxes reduces revenue.
Several close advisors to Mr. Bush said in interviews they hoped the book, along with the new museum and presidential center at Southern Methodist University, would begin to redefine the public's view of a president who left office with approval ratings in the 30s.
The theme of "Decision Points" is "to lay out for people all of the information he received and the advice he was getting, and ultimately engage the readers to decide for themselves how they would have acted if they were in his shoes," said David Sherzer, a spokesman for Mr. Bush.
More... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913704575453992030838582.html)
Mr. Bush has remained mostly silent and out of public view recently, though he has delivered more than 60 paid speeches in the U.S., Europe and Asia. As former Vice President Dick Cheney led the charge in criticizing Mr. Obama's foreign policy, Mr. Bush said that he would not criticize his successor—a pledge that advisers said Mr. Bush will keep.
The former first family's only campaign trail appearance will come next month, when Laura Bush headlines a fundraiser for GOP Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois.
This is good news for people who care about the budget deficit. Bush's public appearances will help keep the Bush tax cuts from expiring. If the Bush tax cuts expire, then the deficit will explode, because cutting taxes increases government revenue, and increasing taxes reduces revenue.