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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

I vaguely remember there was an article about some people who perceived that they were insulted by the Bush family...not sent an invitation or something. I have no idea if this is the story you are referring to. I do remember that the supposed comment to these people was very unlike the Bush family.


287 posted on 09/09/2004 3:38:11 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple

Look what I found..........

http://www.enotalone.com/books/0688174418.html

A Review of President Bush's Book, A CHARGE TO KEEP
Hardcover - 17 November, 1999
Note the name of the person at the end of this review.
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Product Description:

The political biography, complete with life-altering turning points and a political philosophy for leading the United States into greatness, has become obligatory for those running for president--just one more thing to check off the "to do" list on the way to the Oval Office. A Charge to Keep is George W. Bush's offering: a light and breezy book mixing personal and political remembrances that proves heavy on chatty anecdotes and light on policy prescriptions. If you read the last chapter you'll sort of learn where George W. stands on most things, but still not really discern how he would actually run the country. There are no revelations, either personal or political: Bush's wild side and youthful indiscretions, like stealing a Christmas wreath from a New Haven hotel for his Yale fraternity, are touched on lightly when he discusses them at all. A Charge to Keep is so upbeat and positive, in describing the Houston woman to whom he was engaged in college and from whom he "gradually drifted apart," Bush says simply: "I still think the world of her, and our parting was friendly. We were very young, we lived in different places, and we gradually developed different lives."

George W. has been labeled a lightweight by some; A Charge to Keep will do nothing to dispel that notion. It features lots of Bush family memories and numerous mentions of George W.'s famous parents, including letters from his president father. George W. has followed closely in his father's footsteps, attending the same prep school and college. He even belonged to the same secret society at Yale, Skull and Bones. From college it was on to flight school and the Texas Air National Guard, Harvard Business School, and then (again, like his father) the Texas oil business and politics. George W. seems mostly in sync with his father on policy issues as well. "A thousand points of light" is transformed slightly to become "compassionate conservative," which pops up in the final chapter more than 10 times. Readers will come away knowing many of the experiences and events that have helped shaped George W., but his future is still an open book. --Linda Killian


289 posted on 09/09/2004 4:18:46 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (What part of SHALL PASS NO LAW do they not understand?)
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