THEY
THEY ARE
THEY ARE RAISING MONEY FOR THE RESEARCH CENTER IN PORTLAND.
>>> FIRST, CHRISTOPHER WAS 29
YEARS OLD WHEN HE WENT TO WORK
IN 1981 AS A SPEECH WRITER 4@FO
GEORGE HW BUSH.
THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A
FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS ENDURED FOR
NEARLY 40 4@YEARS.
>> CHRISTOPHER BECAME ONE OF
THE SHARPEST 4@AND FUNNIEST
WRITERS IN AMERICA AND THE
AUTHOR OF TAKE YOU FOR SMOKING
AND NO WAY TO TREAT A4@ FIRST
LADY.
LADY.
LADY. HE
LADY. HE WAS IN MAINE FOR FAMILY
LITERACY.
LITERACY.
LITERACY. >> HE LIVES H 4@W BUSH DEARLY. @
THIS IS WHY.
SOME SPEECHWRITERS WILL GO FOR
WEEKS WITHOUT SEEN DIRECT BARS.
HE SAW HIS BOSS EVERY DAY4@ I W
GRATEFUL FOR THE ACCESS.
>> I REMEMBER TIMES, YOU KNOW,
WHAT IT WAS PRACTICALLY THE TWO
OF US ON AIR FORCE 2 ON A
SATURDAY NIGHT GOING TO A
FUNDRAISER IN SIOUX FALLS.
I DO NOT WANT TO OVERSELL THE
GLAMOUR.
GLAMOUR.
GLAMOUR. HE WAS, YOU 4@KNOW, HE WAS
WONDERFUL AT EVERY LEVEL.
HE WAS KIND.
HE WAS GENTLE.
YOU KNOW, HE CARED.4@
HE WAS -- HE IS A LOVELY SOUL
THROUGH AND THROUGH.
>> THEY 4@ARE FAMOUS4@4@ FOR TH
THROUGH AND THROUGH. >> THEY 4@ARE FAMOUS4@4@ FOR TH-
ENCOMPASSING HOSPITALITY.
ENCOMPASSING HOSPITALITY. THEY TELL YOU TO COME OVER AND
TO STAY.
TO STAY.
TO STAY. THEY TELL YOU TO BRING YOUR
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. COME BACK AT THANKSGIVING OR
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS. I ASSUMED THAT IS HOW YOU GOT
TO KNOW BARBARA BUSH.
>> WE 4@WERE ALL SORT OF IN ALL
OF THIS IS BUSH 4@-- 4@MISSES B
I CAME TO ADORE.
SHE WAS A TOUGH COOKIE. THERE
WAS A SPEECH -- WALK WITH ME
BACK IN TIME 4@ON SELLING PLANE
WAS A SPEECH -- WALK WITH ME BACK IN TIME 4@ON SELLING PLANE@
TO SAUDI ARABIA.4@
IT WAS A BIG DEAL. I WORKED
VERY HARD ON THE SPEECH.
MR. BUSH WAS SITTING ON AIR
FORCE 2. AND4@ MRS. BUSH SAYS
THAT IS THE BEST SPEECH HE IS
EVER GIVEN . I 4@HAVE BEEN
TRAINED TO DEFLECT4@4@ COMPLIME
WE ALL WORKED PRETTY HARD ON
THAT SPEECH AND SHE LOOKED AT
ME AND SAYS DO NOT BE SUCH A
POLLYANNA.
POLLYANNA. THAT HURT. 4@
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD NOT HELP
BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH HER. YOU
KNOW?
KNOW?
KNOW? IF
KNOW? IF SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU,
YOU KNEW YOU HAD PASSED4@
MUSTARD.
MUSTARD.
MUSTARD. I WAS SITTING ON THE STAGE
THINKING ABOUT HER.
IT MAKES ME SAD THAT SHE IS 4@N
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. LAST TIME I 4@WAS HERE, SHE WAS
SITTING RIGHT THERE SCOWLING AT
ME.
ME.
ME. BUT
ME. BUT I
ME. BUT I MISS HER.
I KNOW MR. BUSH MISSES HER.
WE ALL DO.4@4@
>> YOU ARE A STUDENT OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL
REMEMBER ABOUT GEORGE AND
BARBARA BUSH?
BARBARA BUSH? WHAT WILL THEY SAY ABOUT GEORGE
AND BARBARA BUSH 100 YEARS FROM
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> MR. BUSH IS LOOKING BETTER 4@
AND BETTER.
AND BETTER. WE ARE REMINDED OF HIS
GRACIOUSNESS AND HIS INNATE
GOODNESS4@4@ WITH THE POLITICAL
SACRIFICES THAT HE WAS WILLING
TO MAKE.
TO MAKE.
TO MAKE. I MAKE, READ4@ MY LIPS, NO NEW
TAXES.
TAXES.
TAXES. HE
TAXES. HE IS CONVINCED THAT A 4@TAX HI
IS NECESSARY.
IS NECESSARY. I MEAN, MOST OTHER POLITICIANS
WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT.
THAT MAY HAVE COST HIM THE
REELECTION.4@
REELECTION.4@ HE WAS PERHAPS THE RAREST OF
THE POLITICIANS 4@WHO ACTED ALWS
4@FOR THE GREATER GOOD4@.
>> AFTER YOU LEFT THE WHITE
HOUSE, YOU SPENT 25 YEARS
ROUGHLY, OF YOUR WRITING CAREER@
WRITING A PART, A NUMBER OF
SUCCESSFUL AND FUNNY, SHARP-
WITTED4@ STORIES OF POLITI4@CAL
SATIRE ABOUT WASHINGTON DC.
YOU HAVE GIVEN UP POLITICAL
SATIRE BECAUSE?
SATIRE BECAUSE? >> 4@POLITICAL SATIRE, IS
HAPPENING AUTOMATICALLY AT THIS
POINT.4@
POINT.4@
POINT.4@ >> YOU HAVE NOTHING MORE TO 4@
BRING TO THE TABLE?
>> IT WOULD BE A 4@REAL CHALLEN
TO IMPROVE SATIRICALLY ON
AMERICN POLITICAL REALITY.
IF I WROTE A NOVEL THAT
RECAPITULATED EVERYTHING THAT
IS HAPPENED IN THE LAST4@ 4@TWO
YEARS, IN, YOU KNOW, VERBATIM,
WORD FOR WORD4@, YOU WOULD
PROBABLY LOOK FROM TH4@E BOOK I
WORD FOR WORD4@, YOU WOULD PROBABLY LOOK FROM TH4@E BOOK I@
SET,, ON. YOU DO NOT EXPECT ME
TO BELIEVE THIS, DO YOU EXPECT
THE FINAL STORY IN WHICH
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY HAS GREAT
AFFECTION, HE SPENT MUCH TIME
HERE IN THE 1950s WHEN HE
SAILED ALONG THE COAST WITH HIS
FATHER, WILLIAM F 4@BUCKLEY
JUGGLER --4@ WILLIAM F BUCKLEY
JUNIOR.
JUNIOR.
JUNIOR. >> LATE AFTERNOON, MY DAD WOULD
SAY, SHOULD WE HAVE LOBSTER FOR
DINNER?
DINNER?
DINNER? HE WOULD SAIL FOR 4@THE NEAREST
LOBSTER. AS A
>> Reporter: HIM I 4@THOUGHT TH
WAS UNBELIEVABLY 4@EXCITING.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED MORE MAINE
LOBSTER RENT COULD SHOOT YOU ON
SITE LEGALLY FOR STEALING HIS
LIVELIHOOD.
LIVELIHOOD. WE WOULD PULL UP THE LOBSTER
TRAP4@. YOU KNOW, STICK OUR HEA
IN THESE FRANTIC4@4@ LOBSTER, T
TRICK WAS NOT LOSING YOUR
FINGERS.
FINGERS.
FINGERS. MY DAD 4@WOULD PUT TWO BOTTLES
SCOTCH4@, GOOD SCOTCH IN THE
LOBSTER TRAP AS PAYMENT. 4@
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THAT
MAINE LOBSTER MAN THOUGHT WE4@
BROUGHT UP HIS LOBSTER TRAP 4@A
FOUGHT JOHNNY WALKER 4@IN IT.
>> IT IS A CLASSIC BUCKLEY
SORRY.
SORRY.
SORRY. >>
SORRY. >> IT DEPENDS.
DOES HE DRINK?
DILLY REALLY WANT MONEY QUICK
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THE LOBSTER WOULD'VE BEEN
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED. >> HE 4@IS CALLED 4@GEORGE HW B
THE MOST CONSIDERATE MAN HE HAS
KNOWN.
KNOWN.
KNOWN. HE
KNOWN. HE IS KNOWN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE POLITICAL 4@WORLD.
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