Candid claptrap

[Gob]

Bush memoir 'will be candid'

The memoir of former US President George W Bush will be a candid account of his "flaws and mistakes" as well as his achievements, his publishers said.

The book, Decision Points, will offer "never-before-heard detail" on some of the key events of Mr Bush's presidency, Crown Publishers announced.

Due for release in November, the book also covers Mr Bush's family life.

The former Texas governor left office in 2009 with one of the lowest presidential approval ratings ever.

Correspondents say his legacy has been damaged by unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global financial crisis.

In a statement, Crown Publishers said Decision Points would centre on 14 decisions Mr Bush made during his eight years in office.

The attacks of 11 September 2001 and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina are among key events covered, it adds.

"Since leaving the Oval Office, President Bush has given virtually no interviews or public speeches about his presidency," the statement said.

"Instead, he has spent almost every day writing Decision Points, a strikingly personal and candid account revealing how and why he made the defining decisions in his consequential presidency and personal life."

The cover features a photograph of Mr Bush standing outside the White House during his presidency, holding a briefing folder.

A publishing industry source told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Bush had finished a first draft and was editing the manuscript in his office in Dallas, Texas.

The book is due to go on sale on 9 November. Mr Bush will promote it with a nationwide tour.

The memoirs of Mr Bush's wife, Laura, are due out on 4 May.

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Published: 2010/04/26 16:53:31 GMT

"The memoir of former US President George W Bush will be a candid account of his "flaws and mistakes" as well as his achievements, his publishers said."

Which will take up more space do you think? The achievements?

[The Hen]

I predict it will be a 'humbling' ego piece. He will have to admit to some of his mistakes. Except you have to consider how many hit the media. All the 'known knowns'. That will make for a rather hefty tomb. There will also have to be a light-hearted chapter containing his word mangling, surely?

[Guinevere]

Do for release in November -- I predict it will actually be out in late October, and the repubs will trot him out during the runup to the mid-term elections to help prove that Obama is evil. Sigh.

BTW, Laura also has a book coming out where apparently she castigates the press and the public for being too hard on her hubby. A little tag teaming going on?

[Gob]

But surely no one will believe it is anything other than a ghost written puff piece?

[Guinevere]

Sure, no one. Except for those 62 million idiots who voted for him . .

[tyro]

They can read?

[Gob]

Sure, no one. Except for those 62 million idiots who voted for him . .

What is that as a percentage of the voting population total? In fact, how many people are eligible to vote in the USA?

[Guinevere]

In 2004 that was 50.7% of the votes cast (but of course total popular vote is irrelevant in the US Presidential election). 60.7% of the eligible voters voted (which is 56.7% of the total voting age voters).

In 2008 63% of eligible voters voted (131 million), the highest turnout since 1960.