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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 08:54 AM
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Will you read Bush's memoirs?
Say several years from now, when Bush's memoirs come out, will you read them? Out of some morbid curiousity? Or just for a certain insight on the guy. Maybe you're a columnist and you want to write a column on what is sure to be a bullshitfest.

I think I'll past, but then again, you never know. Pretty sure I wouldn't waste my time though.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 08:55 AM
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1. No. I'll be dead from his policies before then. nt
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 08:56 AM
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2. No, not because of hatred for him, but because there wouldn't be a word of truth in it
Edited on Mon Aug-13-07 08:58 AM by ThomWV
There would be nothing to be learned from it. He would just give his version of events, but I can see that any day I want on FOX News right now.

If you want to find out about the Bush Presidency you'll have to do it by reading court transcrips.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:02 AM
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6. Exactly. It will be a complete distortion of reality. This is a group that thrives on hiding
every last inside detail of their cabal so a memoir will not have any insight and certainly not an ounce of truth. It would be a waste of paper and a waste of my time. I know the man is a phony and a fraud and I hope someday his conscience will catch up with him, but I won't hold my breath.
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:20 AM
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25. You mean somebody in this Administration can actually remember something?
And I'll stand in line to get Alberto Gonzales' "memoir" also.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:05 AM
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11. According to John Dean, his autobiography " A Charge To Keep"
was 'a work described by the Texas Observer as "a political memoir so bad that reviewers have been calling around looking for ghost readers to review it."'
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:01 AM
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3. Only if they're written by him personally, from prison.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:01 AM
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4. "The Life and Lies of George W. Bush"..........
absolutely NOT!!
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:01 AM
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5. I think i'll pass
But I'd read Rove's.

The Bush Memoirs are going to be some ghost written piece of crap, which will be as authentic as a three and a half dollar bill.

Roves on the other hand will be shaded in his favor, but i think he will write them himself and I think he might be arrogant enough to lay out some of the stuff he did (in "the service of the constitution," no doubt).

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:02 AM
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7. It will be a ..
one page comic book with this in it.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:04 AM
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8. Ehhhhh, Maybe To My Kid. He Likes The 'See Dick. See Dick Run' Books.
'See Dick. See Dick run. See Dick run everything.'

The End.
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jdadd Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:05 AM
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9. Probably be a short read....
I once saw a book titled The wit and wisdom of Newt Gingrich, Ha! It was about 15 pages...:rofl:
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shain from kane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:05 AM
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10. "I remember my first bottle of Lone Star beer like it was yesterday. Sometimes I start the morning
with a beer. Beer is good for you. Of course, it makes me fart, but that's good for you. too. Good for a couple of laughs, anyway. I like to eat pretzels, when I'm drinking. Especially, if there's a ball game on TV. Next to catching that there perch, my most memorable times in life were spent at the ballpark. Of course, there was that period of time when I was your president. But, like you, I'm hoping that memories of that time are fading away."
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:07 AM
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13. welcome to DU, Mr. Bush
:)
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:07 AM
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12. I wouldn't even look at the pictures.
:puke:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:08 AM
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14. I bet it will be a pop up book
:)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:09 AM
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15. What's there to read in a crayon coloring book? nt
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:10 AM
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16. I don't read much fiction so probably not.
Edited on Mon Aug-13-07 09:11 AM by Feeney2
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:12 AM
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17. No, if I'm going to read fiction, I want it to be good fiction.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:13 AM
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18. "How to Succeed Miserably", or "Seven Habits of Highly Destructive Morons"?
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:15 AM
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19. Will I have a choice?
You mean it might be voluntary?

I thought it would be mandatory to read the memoirs of Our Great Leader, Praise be to God.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:16 AM
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20. Come now, he can't even read...
...let alone write! :)
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:17 AM
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21. Not a chance in hell.
Edited on Mon Aug-13-07 09:17 AM by Beelzebud
With there being literally thousands of books I simply won't have time to read before I die, a Bushy Biography rates about as low as my reading list can go.
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:17 AM
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22. Why would anyone read any politician's memoirs?
I'll wait until real histories are written by academic authors published by university presses.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:18 AM
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23. Nope, and neither will he. - n/t
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:20 AM
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24. Waste your time? Come on, Wild Bill, how much time could it take?
The cretin is unconscious most of the time. It'll read faster than any kid's book about a goat.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:20 AM
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26. I only read fiction that is described as such.
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:23 AM
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27. Maybe I'll read it in the bathroom, then use it for toilet paper.
Fitting, I think.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:27 AM
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31. Do the reverse...it could only give it some much needed truth. (nt)
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:25 AM
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28. .
:boring:
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:25 AM
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29. Not If The Pages Aren't Fully Colored
And one of his boxes of Crayolas was stolen. :rofl:

- Tribute to U Utah Phillips -
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PRETZEL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:26 AM
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30. Don't think so,
I outgrew comic books 40 years ago.
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:32 AM
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32. Hope it's printed on that nice soft paper.
I would love to keep it in the guest bath for toilet paper. How fun to pull off a page and flush away. Peace, Kim
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:35 AM
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33. Yes- I read them already: 'Destined for Destiny":
http://www.amazon.com/Destined-Destiny-Unauthorized-Autobiography-George/dp/0743299663

I got the Audio CD version- hilarious!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v2sSI5kwL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

From Publishers Weekly

In the tradition of Jon Stewart's America: The Book and satirical newspaper The Onion (which Dikkers runs as editor-in-chief), this faux autobiography recounts George W. Bush's mediocre rise from humble beginnings (as a child of "simple oil folks") to become the 43rd President of the United States. Dikkers and Hilleren play on every Bush stereotype, from his privileged insider perspective ("I believe in tax relief for Wal-Mart and other large department store chains which clothe and feed the poor") to his close and personal bond with his savior ("Hello, Jesus, my name is George W. Bush and I'm asking for your support in my run for Congress"), in a voice studded with Bush's trademark malapropisms. The authors also include fake artifacts, including newspaper clippings, White House memos and Bush's Yale admissions essay (complete with a note from Dad). Though the gags are often as sharp as they are stupid (chapter titles include "Then I Ran Some Companies into the Ground," "George Walker, Texas Ranger," and "The Clown-Faced Zombie I Call My Wife"), readers may find the joke wearing a little thin by the time they reach the 16-page photo spread of Bush with Jesus Christ. Readers may want to skip around to prevent satirical fatigue.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

Underscore unauthorized. Dikkers, founder and editor in chief of the satirical publication theOnion, and Hilleren, former public radio producer, joined to craft this humorous look at the life of President George W. Bush, as if penned by the forty-third president himself. They chronicle Bush's privileged childhood, his uninspiring academic performance, and his rise to wealth and influence in business and, finally, politics with the help of family connections. Written in imitation of Bush's breezy style, the facts are all there, but the tone is heavily satiric. Illustrations include a report card with grades altered, a loyalty oath signed by Laura Bush, and--after Bush's proclaimed religious conversion--the presence of Jesus in photographs of his life from babyhood through the presidential swearing-in ceremony through his speech at ground zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Bush detractors will find this book hilarious; his fans will be apoplectic. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:36 AM
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34. Who'll will it be published by? Regnery Children's books or Golden Books?
Edited on Mon Aug-13-07 09:38 AM by HughBeaumont
This shitass can't even SPELL "memoir".
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Pyrzqxgl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 05:39 PM
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44. I'll read the comic book, that'll be the most popular version.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:38 AM
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35. I can probably read it during a commercial break
But, I'm afraid I might get angry and be tempted to actually burn a book...
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 09:47 AM
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36. I've already been contracted to ghost-write them.
Here's a sneak peak:
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 06:10 PM
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45. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA.
Except your spelling is too good.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:06 AM
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37. Why would I read a torn-up Constitution?
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negativenihil Donating Member (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:08 AM
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38. Yes
...if only to get an idea of how he really sees the world.

this is also assuming Bush is the one actually writing it (which i highly doubt..)
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:09 AM
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39. If I saw it for less than $5 at a second-hand store maybe.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:12 AM
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40. My Pet Goat, Redux?
Nah, I'll pass.
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WritersBlock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:14 AM
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41. Nah. There won't be enough syllables to interest me. n/t
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:28 AM
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42. Yeah sure
I'll even try to stay within the lines with my crayons.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 10:49 AM
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43. The first two volumes are already available...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tony-Me-Georg-Bush-Parsons/dp/0743239628/ref=sr_1_1/026-9531041-3186816?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187019981&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Georg-Bush-Told-Parsons/dp/0743248422/ref=pd_sim_b_1/026-9531041-3186816?ie=UTF8&qid=1187019981&sr=1-1
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 06:12 PM
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46. That's like asking if I'm planning on reading a coloring book.
I'm not, BTW.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 06:13 PM
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47. Only after he shakes the Etch-A-Sketch
:)
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 07:46 PM
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48. I'm sorry.
I gave up comic books when I was 14 (except for MAD)
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