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George W. Bush slammed other politicians during presidency, ex-speechwriter Matt Latimer writes
Ny Daily News ^ | 9/15/2009 | Laura Schreffler

Posted on 09/15/2009 5:39:59 AM PDT by Saije

Is there a politician George W. Bush ever liked? Not according to former Dubya speech writer Matt Latimer. In his forthcoming memoir, "Speech Less: Tales of a White House Survivor," Latimer says the former Prez dissed pretty much everyone in Washington - including Barack Obama.

"He came in one day to rehearse a speech, fuming," Latimer writes. "'This is a dangerous world,'" he said for no apparent reason, "and this cat [Obama] isn't remotely qualified to handle it. This guy has no clue, I promise you."

GQ's October issue has a sneak peek at the book - out Sept. 22 - which is being touted as a "Devil Wears Prada" for the White House. In the excerpt, Latimer dishes on the other politicos Dubya has privately mocked.

"If bull- was currency," he said, "Joe Biden would be a billionaire." Of the GOP's Sarah Palin, he cracked, "I'm trying to remember if I've met her before. What is she, the governor of Guam?"

And although he may have detested her, Bush always believed Hillary Clinton would be a Democratic political contender. Groused the former Prez, "Wait till her fat keister is sitting at this desk."

A rep for Bush said, "No comment."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: book; bookreview; bush; latimer; memoir; speechless; speechwriter
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To: Saije

Right, because a book about what a stand up guy George Bush was would sell a gazillion copies!


21 posted on 09/15/2009 6:09:30 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: Saije

Does anyone care?


22 posted on 09/15/2009 6:09:47 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Cronyism, Protectionism, Socialism, Obamunism)
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To: Saije
Anyone who has ever met privately with GW knows his Texas straight talk -— very direct and blunt!

I don't think he would refer to Hitlery’s “fat keister”!

Fat A$$ —— more likely from GW!

23 posted on 09/15/2009 6:10:41 AM PDT by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: Saije

:”Wait till her fat keister is sitting at this desk.”:

Re Hillary, ROFL.


24 posted on 09/15/2009 6:11:25 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
"ever using the term “cat”"

Quite the common term used by stereotypical beatniks in the 50s. W could have easily absorbed it as a kid. Not difficult to believe at all.

25 posted on 09/15/2009 6:14:13 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: thecabal

Indeed! That’s not a slam, it is an accurate assessment.


26 posted on 09/15/2009 6:14:51 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
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To: Saije

This guy forgot that libtards don’t read....bestsellers are usually written by conservatives. That said....so the hell what! I wish GWB had spoken his mind in public, seems like he got most of them right. Biden is a bull****er. Bush is out of office, nothing of significance to read about, same-old-same-old. Bush is Hitler...blahblahblah.

I am going to now read up on crazy cat behaviors.


27 posted on 09/15/2009 6:23:25 AM PDT by jp3 (BABIES, GUNS & JESUS...HOT DAMN!!)
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To: thecabal

Based on his comments about Hillary, Biden, and Obama, I’d have to say President Bush was a good judge of character.

I don’t appreciate his comments about Sarah Palin, though.


28 posted on 09/15/2009 6:25:33 AM PDT by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: Paladin2

I had no clue that President Bush was a “stereotypical beatnik” back in the day or now!


29 posted on 09/15/2009 6:26:22 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: thecabal
"If bull- was currency," he said, "Joe Biden would be a billionaire."

And that one too.

30 posted on 09/15/2009 6:27:45 AM PDT by quesera (We are so screwed!!)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
W could have easily absorbed it as a kid
31 posted on 09/15/2009 6:28:01 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
using the term “cat"

Yep....the only living person that still uses that term is Dennis Miller; and I think he only says it because O'Reilly "digs it"...groovy

32 posted on 09/15/2009 6:30:18 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not an Obama "Administration"....it's a "Regime")
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To: Saije
Dubya speech writer Matt Latimer

A speech writer for George W Bush. And people say there is no purgatory!

33 posted on 09/15/2009 6:30:53 AM PDT by trad_anglican
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To: Saije
Sarah Palin, he cracked, "I'm trying to remember if I've met her before. What is she, the governor of Guam?"

Love you W, but Sarah Palin didn't deserve that one. She may not be ready to sit on that chair yet, but she is out there fighting the fight you are too gracious to fight. I think she deserves more respect then that.

34 posted on 09/15/2009 6:35:01 AM PDT by quesera (We are so screwed!!)
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To: GOP Poet

I am willing to bet he did say that.


35 posted on 09/15/2009 6:37:24 AM PDT by quesera (We are so screwed!!)
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To: Saije
He certainly liked two former politicians--Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. As to the politicians in office during his Presidency, maybe he wasn't far wrong to like none of them.

The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush kept his negative views to himself whereas Obama can't make a speech without making nasty comments about Republicans in general or President Bush in particular. (It's possible that he didn't do so in his 9/11 speech, which I didn't listen to, but if so it was a first.)

36 posted on 09/15/2009 6:46:20 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Saije
This incident from the book, from Byron York at the conservative Washington Examiner, is far more troubling, since York thinks it is plausible:

Bush was preparing to give a speech to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. The conference is the event of the year for conservative activists; Republican politicians are required to appear and offer their praise of the conservative movement.

Latimer got the assignment to write Bush's speech. Draft in hand, he and a few other writers met with the president in the Oval Office. Bush was decidedly unenthusiastic.

"What is this movement you keep talking about in the speech?" the president asked Latimer.

Latimer explained that he meant the conservative movement -- the movement that gave rise to groups like CPAC.

Bush seemed perplexed. Latimer elaborated a bit more. Then Bush leaned forward, with a point to make.

"Let me tell you something," the president said. "I whupped Gary Bauer's ass in 2000. So take out all this movement stuff. There is no movement."

Bush seemed to equate the conservative movement -- the astonishing growth of conservative political strength that took place in the decades after Barry Goldwater's disastrous defeat in 1964 -- with the fortunes of Bauer, the evangelical Christian activist and former head of the Family Research Council whose 2000 presidential campaign went nowhere.

Now it was Latimer who looked perplexed. Bush tried to explain.

"Look, I know this probably sounds arrogant to say," the president said, "but I redefined the Republican Party."

Source


37 posted on 09/15/2009 6:51:52 AM PDT by browardchad
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To: Saije

Too bad he never showed this anger in public. Perhaps he could have fought back once or twice against his opponnents. One last thing, don’t mess with my gal Sarah Dubya. She’s got far better ideas than you have!!!


38 posted on 09/15/2009 6:52:41 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Saije
"He came in one day to rehearse a speech, fuming," Latimer writes. "'This is a dangerous world,'" he said for no apparent reason, "and this cat [Obama] isn't remotely qualified to handle it. This guy has no clue, I promise you."

Bush speaks the truth.

39 posted on 09/15/2009 6:54:43 AM PDT by bmwcyle (We need more Joe Wilson's.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
Where did I say that W was a beatnik of any type?

Did you grow up in the US during the 50's? Listen to George Carlin much? Recognize that W does have many idiosyncratic verbalisms?

40 posted on 09/15/2009 6:56:44 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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