Should George W. Bush wait on book deals?
Filed under: Extracurriculars, Retire, Career, Wealth
President George W. Bush is headed toward ending up the most disliked president in American history, with an approval rating which has slowly declined to somewhere around 25%. The media scorns him, the liberals scoff at him, and he's still a favorite mud-slinging target of David Letterman. He doesn't ad lib well. He is unable to successfully tell a joke. But you do have to admit that the guy has some stones. Does a soon to be former president with a spine but no friends, stand a chance at success in the presidential memoirs market? According to an article by Duncan Greenberg at Forbes.com, George W. Bush might see some better offers if he puts off accepting them for a while.
It's pretty much a given that George Bush isn't cut out for the public speaking circuit. I've never seen him attend a speaking engagement with anything akin to poise, power, or emotion. He certainly can't give insight into team building. He'd not be considered an authority on the art of negotiation. About the only point of expertise that I think G.W. could successfully lecture on would be the proposition of setting your jaw and holding your ground. No, there's not much future in public speaking for our pending former president.
Perhaps it would be best if George W. Bush sets his sights upon a few ineffectual board appointments and some blessings of coin from the honorarium crowd. I'm sure that many strong minds among the conservative circles are hoping that their associative attachments to George W. Bush shall quickly fade away. The report from Forbes states; "Laura Bush will write her memoirs first. She reportedly has been entertaining publishers at the White House to discuss a possible book deal, which will likely fetch at least $5 million." I personally think that G.W. should let his wife's book clear the shelves before he even takes a stab at attempting anything like it.
It's really of no earthly consequence what George W. Bush chooses to do in his semi-retirement. I don't read books from former presidents, so I honestly don't care if G.W. authors one or not. However, there is one thing that I'm almost certain of when it comes to the subject of the memoirs of George W. Bush: If he authors them, and they're published, and they sell, and you read them, I believe that you can rest easy in the assurance of this one single fact: President George W. Bush really couldn't care less whether or not you have ever liked what he has found necessary to say to you.
That's exactly why I still like him. The polls be damned.
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12-05-2008 @ 8:16AM
Jean Creamer said...
There is one clear thing. The United States has not been attacked on our soil since 9/11. if anyone thinks that is an accident, think again.
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12-05-2008 @ 11:40AM
Beth said...
I don't think this will be a problem for GWB, because he's illiterate! He hasn't been able to put a gramatically-correct sentence together in eight years. What makes people think he'll start now? Then again, people can always use the book for kindling when they can't afford their energy bills anymore. Thanks, Oil-Man George!
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12-05-2008 @ 9:04AM
Gerri said...
Whether the blogger likes him or not.... he is the most lying president other than Nixon (IT'S CLOSE!) that has ever graced the seat of the presidency of America. I can't stand him and I will celebrate on January 20th, 2009!!!
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12-05-2008 @ 9:08AM
WILLIAM BIRKLA said...
I THINK GEORGE SHOULD GO SOME WHERE AND STICK HIS HEAD IN THE SAND. WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OF HIS LIES WITHOUT HIM WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THEM
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12-05-2008 @ 7:57PM
joe said...
I think that history will be very kind to Bush and depending how Obama behaves, I believe we will realize before Obama is off the scene as preesident that Bush will be remembered like Reagan.
In the last 1-2 years of reagan's term he was in the middle of Iran-contra from which he was getting a lot of flack. The end of a second term spells fatigue for all of us with any president.
We will come to realize that Bush has been a very principled man and did us well.
Kept us safe for 7 years despite the years that had lead to 9/11. He established a good friend in the Levante to go along with Israel, Jordan, Turkey, etc..
My personal widsh is that Obama is as succesful as bush as president.
Thanlks, Mr President!
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12-12-2008 @ 1:44AM
Kaye said...
W, write a book? Has he even read one? Bush has not kept us safe. bin Laden vowed to ruin our economy. Whose laughing now? Jan 20th can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. W will go down in history as the worst ever.
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12-25-2008 @ 12:48PM
AnAmericanIdiot said...
Bush-hatin' is very popular now, even Pat Robertson has jumped into the Bush-bash party. True W doesn't ad-lib well, but neither does the big O. I agree though, W ought to hold off on the book for about 5 years, maybe even until the '12 election cycle when the big O will be a lame duck and we'll all be hatin' on him. Personally, I hope the O has better luck but I have no high expectations for any Chicago politician. There is just too much history in that machine to believe in a magical exception, but I digress.
The politics of hate have become the American norm. Clinton was victim of witch-hunts for 8 years, Bush was dogged by hate and Democrat undermining, and I expect the Republicans will spend much of the next 8 years digging in the Chicago sewers for corruption charges. We cannot move ahead as a nation with such mean-spirited political partisanship. Demonize the enemy and deify your own party leaders. It's a sick culture. I'd love to have your comments on my essay on Bush-hatin' over at anamericanidiot.wordpress.com
Thanks for some interesting thoughts!
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1-08-2009 @ 1:06AM
Petchi said...
yeah, i think that George W. Bush is the most disliked president in American history. Fortunately obama won, but now he has a really difficult scene.
http://www.ofpolitics.org
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1-13-2009 @ 11:37AM
Middleman said...
It amazes me that Americans still defend this man. No terrorist attacks since 9/11? This rather misses the point doesn't it? Like why were you attacked in the first place. Thank goodness the USA came to its senses and elected Obama. You might enjoy this:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-king-is-dead/
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3-03-2009 @ 10:34PM
Andrew Yu-Jen Wang said...
Speaking of George W. Bush:
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memory so it never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
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