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>>> A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE H.W. BUSH CAME OUT IN 2006 4@THAT HA A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY HIS DAUGHTER
DOREO, THE YOUNGEST 4@OF THE BU
SIX CHILDREN.
>> THE 4@BOOK WAS CALLED "MY
FATHER, MY PRESIDENT."
NOW, NO ONE WOULD EXPECT A
LOVING DAUGHTER TO DRAW A HARSH
PORTRAIT OF HER FATHER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A BOOK OF
NOTHING BUT PRAISE WOULDN'T BE
OF MUCH INTEREST EITHER.
>> SOON AFTER, 4@I SAT DOWN 4@W
DORO AND ASKED HOW SHE STRUCK A
BALANCE OF WRITING ABOUT A MAN
SHE ADMIRED SO MUCH.
>> THIS IS NOT AN 4@HISTORIC
BOOK.
I'M NOT AN HISTORIAN.
BUT HISTORIANS 4@DON'T LIVE WIT
PRESIDENTS.
YES, IT'S DEFINITELY PARTIAL
NBOTH SENSES OF THE WORD.
BUT THERE 4@ARE A LOT OF BOOKS
THAT ARE OUT THERE WRITTEN BY
PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE WITH
PRESIDENTS.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST MY
PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S OVER 300 OTHER PEOPLE.
>> WHAT WERE SOME OF 4@THOSE
INTERVIEWS THAT WERE THE BEST?
>> WHAT WAS REALLY FUN ABOUT
THE BOOK IS I INTE4@RVIEWED OVE
135 PEOPLE, INCLUDING DANA
CARVEY, WHO DID THE ENTIRE
INTERVIEW IN MY DAD'S VOICE.
[ LAUGHTER ] 4@
>> SHORT ANSWER SESSION LIKE
THIS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, WE ARE ON THE
TRACK.
WE'RE GETTING THE 4@JOB DONE.
WE CAN DO MORE.
BUT LET'S STAY THE COURSE.
A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT. 4@
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, I SEE MY
TIME IS UP.
>> WE LAUGH SO HARD OVER DANA 4@
CARVEY THAT WHEN WE SENT IT
OVER TO THE TRANSCRIBERS,
THEY'RE LIKE, 4@WE'RE HAVING A
LITTLE DIFFICULTY TRANSCRIBING,
YOU GUYS ARE 4@LAUGHING SO HARD
>> WERE THERE ANY WHO DECLINED?
>> VERY FEW PEOPLE.
THERE WERE TWO WHO I WANTED TO @
TALK TO, ONE WAS ROSS PEROT4@,
WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE
INTERVIEWED.
AND THE OTHER 4@WAS, S4@URPRISE
SURPRISE, DAN RATHER.
>> WHY HAS 4@YOUR DAD NEVER
WRITTEN A MEMOIR AND ISN'T
GOING TO?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S
SEVERAL REASONS. 4@
ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WRITE A LOT
ABOUT IN THE BOOK 4@IS MY DAD'S
SEVERAL REASONS. 4@ ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WRITE A LOT ABOUT IN THE BOOK 4@IS MY DAD'S@
MOTHER, DOROTHY WALKER-BUSH, MY
NAMESAKE.
SHE TAUGHT HIM TO BE KIND TO
OTHERS.
TO LIFT SOMEONE 4@UP WHEN THEY'
DOWN4@.
AND ALSO NOT TO BRAG ABOUT
YOURSELF. 4@
HE STICKS TO THESE, ADHERES TO
THESE THINGS, TO THIS DAY, 4@AT
AGE 82.
BUT THE DON'T BRAG ABOUT
YOURSELF ONE, IS PART OF THE
REASON HE HASN'T WRITTEN HIS
MEMOIRS.
THE OTHER THING IS, BECAUSE
HE'S 4@TOO BUSY.
JUMPING OUT OF AIRCRAFT.
GLOBETROTTING WITH HIS FRIEND,
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.
HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE.
AND SO HE DOESN'T HAVE4@ TIME T
WRITE HIS MEMOIRS.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HE
BECAME GENUINELY CLOSE TO BILL
CLINTON, WHOM HE HAD A BITTER
CAMPAIGN WITH IN 1992.
AND YOU WERE CAMPAIGNING FOR
DAD, AND YOU KIND OF SAW THIS
ALL DEVELOP AND SO FORTH.
WHAT DID YOU THINK AS THEY
ACTUALLY BECAME PALS?
>> WELL, I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN
A FRIEND OF MINE SAID, WHAT'S
THIS THING WITH BILL CLINTON, 4@
THIS RELATIONSHIP?
IF YOUR FATHER INVITES BILL 4@
CLINTON TO KENNEBUNKPORT, THEN
I KNOW HE'S REALLY LOST IT. 4@
AND SURE ENOUGH, NEXT WEEKEND,
DAD IS LIKE, HEY, 4@BILL CLINTO
IS COMING TO KENNEBUNKPORT.
BUT IT'S REALLY TERRIFIC.
I SPENT TIME WITH HIM.
I WAS HERE THAT WEEKEND.
AND HE'S BEEN HERE TWICE, TO
KENNEBUNKPORT.
AND IT IS A GENUINE FRIENDSHIP.
THEY HAVE, OF COURSE, THE BOND
OF THE PRESIDENCY. 4@
THEY HAVE THE DESIRE TO HELP
OTHERS.
AND I 4@WRITE ABOUT, IN THE BOO
ABOUT GENE BECKER, MY FATHER'S
CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO TRAVELED
WITH BOTH PRESIDENTS TO THE
TSUNAMI.
AND I LOVE THIS 4@STORY BECAUSE
SHE TOLD ABOUT PRESIDENT
CLINTON TREATING MY DAD LIKE 4@
ELDER STATESMAN, AND WITH SUCH
RESPECT, AND HOLDING IN HIS
ARM, WHEN 4@THEY WERE WALKING
ACROSS THE UNEVEN GROUNDS OVER
IN ASIA. 4@
ARM, WHEN 4@THEY WERE WALKING ACROSS THE UNEVEN GROUNDS OVER IN ASIA. 4@4@
AND SO I -- 4@IT'S A VERY LOVEL
RELATIONSHIP, IN A WAY. 4@
AND ALSO AN IMPORTANT ONE.
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ONE AND
ONE THAT 4@IS SO HEALING AND
DOING SO MUCH GOOD.
AND I REALLY AM PROUD OF THAT.
>> 4@AS 4@YOU RESEARCH THIS BOO
WHAT SURPRISED YOU?
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID YOU FIND
OUT 4@THAT YOU HADN'T KNOWN
BEFORE?
>> WHAT I LEARNED 4@ABOUT MY DA
THE NEW STORIES WERE CONSISTENT
TO WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT
HIM. 4@
BUT I LEARNED STORIES I DIDN'T
KNOW.
FOR EXAMPLE.
THE DAY MY DAD WAS INAUGURATED,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. 4@
HE CAME UP ONTO THE PLATFORM.
AND SAW THAT PRESIDENT 4@RONALD
REAGAN WAS BEING BUNDLED UP IN
AN OVERCOAT.
AND HE TURNED TO 4@HIS 4@AIDE,
McBRIDE AT THE TIME. 4@
AND SAID, MAY I BORROW YOUR
COAT.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO 4@LOOK YOUNGE
AND MORE VITAL THAN PRESIDENT
REAGAN.
AND I LOVE THAT STORY.
BECAUSE HERE WAS DAD'S BIG DAY.
HE WAS BECOMING 4@THE PRESIDENT
AND HE WAS THINKING OF THE
OTHER GUY.
AND SO I THINK -- I WAS THERE
THAT DAY.
DIDN'T KNOW THE STORY.
BUT I WASN'T SURPRISED.
BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICAL. 4@
>> AGAIN, WE DID THAT INTERVIEW
WITH DORO BUSH IN 2006 OR 2007.
AND 4@I ASKED HER THEN, WHAT'S
GOING TO 4@BECOME OF THE BUSH
COMPOUND, AFTER 4@YOUR PARENTS
ARE GONE?
AND SHE IMMEDIATELY SAID IT
WILL STAY IN THE FAMILY.
AND SINCE THEN, THEY'VE BUILT
MORE HOUSES FOR THE 4@VARIOUS
KIDS.
SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
QUESTION, IT WILL STAY IN THE
FAMILY.
>> YOU WOULD HOPE SO.
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH 4@AN IMPORTAN
PART OF THEIR LEGACY AND PART
OF THEIR LIVES.
THEY LOVED THAT PLACE.
>> YEAH, FOR MAINERS, WE KIND4@
OF FEEL A LITTLE PROPRIETARY.
THIS IS SORT OF LIKE MAINE
HISTORY.
IT'S PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY
NOW.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY REELINGS IN
A -- REAL ESTATE IN A LOT OF
WAYS.
>> WE'VE HEARD A LOT