The long view

George W. Bush on Leno:
“You have to believe in what you’re doing, first and foremost,” Bush said. “I relied upon my faith, my family helped a lot, and I had a good team around me, and did the best I could do. I’m also very comfortable with the fact that it’s going to take a while for history to judge whether the decisions I made are consequential or not and therefore, I’m not too worried about it, which I read some biographies of Washington, my attitude is if they are still writing about biographies of the first guy, the 43rd guy doesn’t need to worry about it.”
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3 comments:

  1. douglas12:12 AM

    Remember when we had a President that- agree or not- you could believe he meant what he said? Boy, that was nice. Of course, it was nice to have a President with humility also.

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  2. Gringo3:03 PM

    I watched all 4 of the Leno-Bush videos on YouTube. I was impressed with his sense of humor. By contrast, our current POTUS seems rather humorless.

    [I also noticed in the Leno interview Bush's tendency to shake his head when laughing- which I had noticed famed Bush imitator Steve Bridges doing.]

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  3. J. Sterling Ellison3:03 AM

    Ummm...okay. I guess what George W. Bush said makes sense. If you're George W. Bush.

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