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George W. Bush to Matt Lauer: ‘I Really Don’t Care About Perceptions’
- Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:29am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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On Wednesday, NBC teased it’s upcoming interview with former President George W. Bush. In the excerpt, Bush talks about giving it his “all,” why he doesn’t care about perceptions, and why he wrote his new book Decision Points:
The full interview will air next Monday at 8 pm ET.
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Comments (102)
Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:31pmI wish he would have given his first interveiw since leaving office to Fox News instead of NBC.
Report Post »Can’t wait to read the book President Bush! Thank you for keeping us safe after 9/11.
SND97
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:24pmPersonally, If I was Bush? I wouldn’t give NBC, MSNBC, my toilet paper I just used much less an interview.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:21pmPresident Bush is a good, decent man who loves his country but he did her much harm in refusing to veto horrendous spending bills with excessive PORK. However, compared to the idiot we have in the White House now, I would take W back in a nanno-second! Miss you, W, Sir!
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:19pmUp until the last year or two of Mr. Bush’s presidency, I really liked the guy. At the end it just seemed like he was trying to pander to the Others. Anyway, I also kinda liked that he mispronounced words. Why? Because it showed that the man was human, just like us! How many of those out there who make fun of him for mispronouncing something like “nuclear” has never slipped up on any words? I would like to know how many can actually say “nuclear” themselves. A LOT of people pronounce it wrong.
Report Post »George Bush tried to follow his heart more than the popular choice and it got him in a lot of hot water with the people. I’m glad. I hate to see politicians always do what they think will make them more liked and get them re-elected.
I like George Bush, and Mrs. Bush, because they seemed like everyone else. Just regular folks. I don’t agree with all his policies -who does- but I still liked him as President.
I can’t wait to read the book.
AirForceBrat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:59pmHis whole agenda was stopped that last two years because the Dems took Congress and stopped him from following through with what he was trying to do. At that time he tried to compromise, but the Dems were too busy trying to make him look bad, so they could win in 08. With the media leading the frenzy, like rabid dogs, they succeeded in painting the picture they wanted us to see and believe.
Report Post »zagfan
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:06pmThe one thing I can say, President and Mrs. Bush always had a happy look on their faces. Both have happy eyes and smiles…contrast that that to the angry expressions of the Obamas and I want to cry. We have lost so much of America, especially a President that loves our country.
President Bush didn’t do all things right…Human!..but he never wavered in his love for our Country and Military. He was a man of God and cared. I see none of that now. I’m not sure what I even see now!!
Report Post »OICU812
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:22pmWell put Zagfan. Bush’s demeanor most always appeared upbeat unlike Obama.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:29pmAgreed 100%
Report Post »temple62
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:03pmIn contrast Matt Lauer’s real life and perception mirror each other. Matt is a walking talking mouthpiece for GE and the Obama financed Administration and it is laughable to consider clown-face as a news caster or anchor!
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:03pmHe’s a better person than I am. I woulnt have given NBC and or Lauer a second of my time after what they said about him for 8 years. But then again hes the real deal and donst care what others think. Cudos to you Mr President.
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:01pmMiss you, Pres. Bush. YOU were a great president, thank you!
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:00pmI told you.
They don’t care.
They go into the woods and have a Satanic ceremony at Bohemian Grove in California and dance naked around a 25ft stone statue of an owl representing Molech, and have a mock human sacrifice
of a human child in effigy.
The ceremony is called the “Cremation of Care”.
It’s a satanic ritual dating back to the days before Christ, where people were sacrificing their children to Molech in a BRAZEN BULL, the brass bull, which was hollow with a furnace at the base. It was heated with wood until it was really hot, and they would place objects of offering in these compartments on the statue and allow them to be burned up. They would usually include a live baby along with grain and other offerings.
SisterMary
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:53amI wish I knew what a bood is. SPELLCHECK, anyone?
Report Post »ItsallaboutJesus
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:53amWe love you President Bush!
Report Post »Iamtheoracle
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:51amMatt Lauer is a “party man” and I wouldn’t care about his perceptions either but more importantly – I think George can sleep soundly at night knowing he is a man who loves his country…even though I didn’t agree with everything he did – he stood up for us on 9-11
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:50amwe all know this dear honest “Everyman” American President is going down in History as the last American President until 2012, when WE elect a true AMERICAN who will DEFEND AMERICA and HONOR our nation like President Bush did.
oh to be able to know what history books will say about the current vile socialist anti-Christian anti-American TOTAL Disgrace in the White house 2009-2012. let‘s hope last night’s elections of AMERICANS will stop his obamanation atrocities against America.
democrats and their obama agenda = no longer Americans.
Report Post »libertarianlimey
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:35pmHopefully the bust of Winston Churchill can then return to the Oval Office also. (They say Obama had it removed, but I think ‘ol Winny left in disgust).
Report Post »beammeup
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:43amPure Class all the way!!!!!!
Report Post »dmacfadyn
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:43amMore specifically George W. could care less about Matt Lauer’s “perceptions.”
Report Post »BrothersKeeper
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:42amI am really curious to see how he explains some of his decisions in office. He did some good things like the tax cuts. However the Patriot Act was one of the hardest hits on freedom in this country since FDR’s new deal. I’d like him to explain some of his families ties to national socialism. I see him like McCain. A republican party man and a progressive.
Report Post »ChrisBalsz
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:16pmIn wartime the intellectual and corporate property of enemy aliens is put in temporary receivership with the US government. This is the usual international practice and some IBM and Ford plants in Germany were seized during the hostilities and used against us. The US Govt, after WWI, paid Mauser a royalty for the bolt-action on the 1903 Springfield rifles that were issued to US troops fighting Germany in WWI.
The trustee who heads this Alien Property Office cannot be fired, cannot be sued during his term by the enemy nationals whose property he holds, and is not obliged to secure the optimum return on the property in his care.
Some Germans attempted to forestall the transfer of property to this trustee, by setting up an American holding corporation, with some of Bush’s relatives on the board, and transferring their American holdings to this company. This company would then run the businesses during the war, for a fee, seeking maximum return for the owners.
The federal government broke this up as an attempt to avoid the wartime trust laws, and seized the properties and fined the Americans involved.
Report Post »MSG
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:40amcorrect “new bood Decision Points”
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:39amWhen I see Bush again my first thought is Genuine ,exactly the opposite way I feel when I see our current disgrace .
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:49amLet me first apoligize to all of you, but if you haven’t been to Drudge today, you just have to see this picture…we have George W. on tour now and even though he was not perfect, he at least did not disgrace the office of President…………on Drudge today we have the following:
Barack Obama sex doll for sale in China
Americans may have fallen out of love with Barack Obama, but the president of the United States is still an object of affection for the Chinese, who have remodelled him as a blow-up sex doll.
A doll wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, and with Mr Obama’s face carefully screen-printed onto its head, was exhibited at the recent 8th Sex Culture Festival in the southern city of Guangzhou.
The doll was photographed by Chinese state media nestling behind several other standard plastic female toys.
Report Post »Mr Obama is widely popular in China, and a “Maobama” t-shirt, bearing an image of his face crossed with a portrait of Chairman Mao, has become a best-seller.
After this, I really don’t want to hear the left talk about George W. Bush!!!!!
EqualJustice
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:39amFinally he speaks up against all those atacks. Thank God and I can’t wait to read that book. I hope he and Laura are finally at peace in retirement. They took a LOT from the liberals. :)
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:38amThe more I see of Obama the more I appreciate Bush. It takes a strong, confident person not to worry about the perceptions of others when you are doing what you think is right. Thanks for your service, President Bush. I didn’t agree with everything you did, but I never questioned your respect for the American people and your love for your country. You weren’t a narcissist, vengeful, or embarrassed to be an American.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:51amPresident George W Bush IS an American.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:02pm@ BURNT
Obama IS and American too… HA HA HA HA ok sorry. I’m just kidding
that kenyan needs to be booted out ASAP
Report Post »ne14puertorican
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:36amwe miss you bud. hehe
Report Post »BrothersKeeper
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:36amAdd your comments
Report Post »mankind7375
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:36amMust be a heck of a “bood” can’t wait to “wead” it.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:07pmMANKIND7375–I am guessing you are trying to be funny–right?
GWB holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard.
Report Post »He knows how many states make up the United States of America. He never had to use a telepromptor for his speeches–or even when he was talking to elementary school kids (as our current POS does, repeatedly).
We knew so much about GWB–old friends, family, grades in school–and basically where he stood on almost everything. His actions spoke louder than empty words.
He has read hundreds of books. Hundreds!
I am just trying to understand your comment. I am wondering if you are implying that he is stupid, can’t spell, or that the book that YOU JUST WROTE is much better than the one HE JUST WROTE.
LOL on YOU!
Breaker 19
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:13pmGo Airforce!
Report Post »Jack Rackham
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:27pm@Airforcebrat It was a typo on this site. (bood) They have since fixed it. It was probably a cheap shot at The Blaze more than anything else. I also agree that Pres. Bush was unfairly portrayed as an idiot by the majority of the media.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:39pmMANKIND7375- If I misjudged your post, I apologize. I am very passionate about the horrible and unfair way that the media treated GWB. When I see posts that seem to imply that President Bush 43 was not a bright and sincere man, and a courageous leader, it does bother me. If you were poking fun at a word that was not spelled correctly, again, I apologize for assuming something else.
Report Post »ILuvRambo
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:34amI miss having a president who loves his country. Not all good times, but at least he believed in America.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:44amI miss Laura too. A truly gracious and caring First Lady.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:15pmIf you haven‘t read Karl Rove’s book it is worth the read. It gives wonderful insight into GW, but keep a box of tissue handy when he speaks of the meetings with families of fallen soldiers. This was truly a man (family) that loves his country. I think most of us miss that true patriotism.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:25pm@Grandmaof5
Had a relative wounded in Afganistan, he says Pres Bush came by late in the evening with no prior announcement to meet the soldiers. I have no way of directly confirming this happened, yet it does seem to fall in line with the other stories told on news and such.
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:26pmWell said. I also miss Laura Bush. That woman is entirely woven of grace, class and patriotism.
Report Post »Wendy in FL
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:34amThis is a little off the subject but I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to this… Does anyone know if it is legal for a representative from a campaign to stand in front of a voting location and try to get last minute votes? Someone from the democratic state representative campaign for ZJ Hafeez was doing just that when I went to vote yesterday. He was standing right in front of the doors handing out flyers and asking for votes. I could be wrong, but I thought that wasn’t allowed.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:40amI think different states have different laws. They do in my state as well but I think they have to be a hundred feet or more away from the door. Not totally sure about the distance but there is always people around there handing out fliers away from the doors.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:42amThink you have to be so many feet away from place of voting. In Florida it is 50 feet. Don’t know about other states.
Report Post »Stegosluggus
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:46amYou go George…
Love,
Shurmus
http://www.slugbuddies.com
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:49amMr President…We Miss you…
But Matt Laur is a douche bag and NBC is a bunch of lying scumbags..
You shouldn’t reward those asses with your time.
grandmaof5
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:07pmActually in FL I think it is 100′. I know there was a question about a Meek supporter and the poll worker measured off 100‘ but don’t know elsewhere. Your Sup. of Election office could tell you.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:08pmWendy, sorry didn’t read your whole name or would have seen the FL.
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:22pmIn Wisconsin You are not allowed to campaign within 1000 feet of a poling station.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:23pmI don’t care what anybody thinks or says but GW is and was a good man. And because of this, he was prevented from returning the crap dished out to him. Yeah, Matt, he’s at peace with himself…, because he operated and served from a solid set of core values that put his own self last. Enjoy your retirement GW, I appreciate your character and I’d hang with you anytime. We should do a mountain bike ride sometime – call me.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:23pmNot sure what the distance is in Fl for the election voting sights, but if someone has broken the law on purpose, they need to be dealt with in criminal court.
I will read the book of his when it comes out, as the insights of the Presidents have always been of keen interest to myself. Always I have to keep in mind what the times were like for them at the moment it was happening, not via the benefits of historical hindsight.
Report Post »LastManStanding1
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:27pmNeed to be 100′ for the polling place
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:04pmIL it’s no campaigning within 100 feet.
Report Post »suran
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:30pmI believe anyone campaigning must be 100 feet away from a polling place and I believe that’s a federal law.
Report Post »peter469
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 2:43pmWENDY, I am not aware of any state that allows electioneering outside the doors of a polling place. It is my understanding that they generally restrict electioneering to a distance no closer than 100 ft. from the door. You should have told one of the election monitors inside at the time they would have made him move or if he refused they would have called the police to move him. This is a blatant violation of voting laws in every state in which I have lived, and I have lived in quite a few. However, you should report it to County/State election officials.
Report Post »fineyounglad
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 3:18pmIn Florida they are not allowed to campaign within 100 feet of the entrance to a polling place; this includes signs.
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/rules/adopted-rules/pdf/1S2034_PollingPlaceProcedureManual.pdf
Report Post »datboi448
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 10:54pmyeah its a certain amount of feet away from the polling place. Usually where all the signs are is where the boundary is.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 12:04amDepends upon your State’s laws, but a lot of States would probably discourage partisan vote pulling (if he was wearing a badge and/or actually verbally endorsing candidates, again depends upon specifics of State law).
Report Post »jamn2dblues
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 12:53amState of Delaware law is : They have to be 50 feet from the door (entrance) to the place of voting. I volunteer to work the polls in Delaware, my poll we measured with a 50 foot piece of string and we take masking tape and mark the line. Before that line yes they can hand out pamplets and freebies, and can say please vote for ———- but after that line the voter has the right to have peace to ponder the decision they want to make, prior to entering the polling room all candidate literature, buttons, stickers, freebies and shirts are not allowed in the polling place, usually if they have a shirt on we ask them to go to the restroom and turn it inside out. Each state has different laws – we in Delaware as a poll volunteer worker we work and enforce every law that protects every voter. Each Poll has a minority and majority judge on site and an inspector, and allow the dem. or rep. party to have a challenger in every poll, but they have to register prior to the election and sit at a table behind the check in table. They are not allowed to approach or speak to a voter even if they are their neighbor or they loose the right to be in the polls. But Delaware has the best election poll workers in the United States thanks to the wonderful training they make us go through. (The state Election Department is the best). Auditors came through our poll 3 times yesterday!
Report Post »Billsocal
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:02pmYes is illegal do something like that.
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