george herbert walker bush came because i think in 1966. i had been elected in 62. i knew him and served in the congress within. anti-at some point ended up, i think running for the senate. and then he went over to china as our representative. and he wanted to come back. he told rising ford that he wanted to come back and serve in an executive position. and i was chief of staff of the white house, and periodically i would be as by the president to send in a group of names to the attorney general or director of cia, or some other cabinet officer, department of housing and urban development or what have you. and so the staff in the white house would produce these documents of here are six great names of people in your the pros and cons, and joe the people who favor these, where they rank them. than the present would look at them and asked to have the fbi take a check, or ask other people to bet them out. that kind of thing when and when the president said director colby wanted to leave the cia. and bush's name was on that list. that the staff produced. people had him

he was a republican strategist but the whole thing i thought the whole thing was a hoax george herbert walker bush called it voodoo economics at least in the primaries he was running against ronald reagan he at least had the good sense after he was elected president after eight years of wreckage reagan taking us from less than a trillion dollars in deficit over three trillion dollars in deficit you know saying oh well you know we got to make the economy look good yet give me three trillion dollars i'll show you what it looks like to live large any of george herbert walker bush at least had the decent sense to raise taxes a little bit but really now is the time to run the stake through the heart of this vampire of supply side economics reaganomics trickle down economics whatever you want to call it it doesn't work unless you're the top one percent now thank goodness president obama started this discussion yesterday. it's up to you and me to continue it bottom line we need to roll back the reagan tax cuts that's it. it's time for our daily pull your chance to tell us what you think here's today's qu

the taxes are that george herbert walker bush begged them to tell him he would not be vp. he wanted to be director of the cia. he was thrilled to be nominated for that and somehow or other of the myth came around that i was the one who masterminded all of this and arranged for him not to be considered for vice president. >> keep relief that? >> guest: i wrote president ford. george herbert walker bush, and you had nothing to do with it. that is the long and short of it. in our world narratives and theories get strung out over a period of time because was chipped in stone not withstanding the fact that they are based in mid-air. >> host: let's move the clock up. george bush's son is elected president. did you have any thoughts about that? >> guest: i was an old man. we had gone to our 50th high school reunion in 2000 and joists with her perception and foresight, this is the beginning of the rural period. this was september of 2000. we had no more idea that i would end up in government. we were happy and life was good. >> host: very successful. >> guest: one on the ballistic

shoot basically continue the policies of clinton clinton who continued the policies of george herbert walker bush you see congress with an eleven percent approval rating the government is discredited and these big mega monopolies are becoming discredited and so you have many of rupert murdoch's ventures imploding or falling on their face you have many of the old established mint liberal publications floundering around also losing readers to the internet but we are in a very dangerous area of history right now because the system still has a lot of power and has the incentives now try to discredit and begin to carve away and shut down the free internet as we have known it because that level playing field is allowing true diversity a true spectrum of ideas and debate to take place and it's expanding people's awareness and giving people more options you know it's like going back decades ago when you couldn't go to a grocery store and buy organic food but slowly as people demanded it now you go to a major grocery store more than half the vegetables and fruits and other foods are organic because we've

[laughter] >> george herbert walker bush came to congress i think in 1966. i had been elected in 62 and he came with a wonderful group of people and i knew him and served in the congress with him and he at some point in the debris think running for the senate and losing and then he went over to china as a representative and he wanted to come back and he told president ford he wanted to come back and serve the executive position and i was chief of staff in the white house and periodically i would be asked by the president to send a group of names to the attorney-general or the director of the cia when bill colby said he wanted to leave for another cabinet officer in that part of housing and urban development so the staff in the white house would produce these documents of six or eight names of people and here's the pros and cons and the people who favor and then the president will get them and ask to have the fbi to deutsch or have other people that the amount and that went in when the president said the director colby wanted to leave the cia and push's name

[laughter] >> george herbert walker bush came to congress i think in 1966. i had been elected in 62 and he came with a wonderful group of people and i knew him and served in the congress with him and he at some point in the debris think running for the senate and losing and then he went over to china as a representative and he wanted to come back and he told president ford he wanted to come back and serve the executive position and i was chief of staff in the white house and periodically i would be asked by the president to send a group of names to the attorney-general or the director of the cia when bill colby said he wanted to leave for another cabinet officer in that part of housing and urban development so the staff in the white house would produce these documents of six or eight names of people and here's the pros and cons and the people who favor and then the president will get them and ask to have the fbi to deutsch or have other people that the amount and that went in when the president said the director colby wanted to leave the cia and push's name

president george herbert walker bush. we are talking about a bipartisan bill to give women the health care they need. and the republicans today have moved so far away from their own legacy, from their own history that they're off the charts on extremeland somewhere. now, let me say, i want to hear one reason why a woman who uses these title 10 clinics as their first line of health -- and, by the way, millions of women do, and men, because they get help for high blood pressure, diabetes checks, they get help for breast cancer screenings, they get help for pelvic exams, they get help for sexually transmitted diseases, hiv-aids testing, referral for additional medical screening and diagnostic testing, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, cholesterol screening, infertility counseling and, if asked for, birth control. which, when it's counseled in the right way, birth control will prevent unwanted pregnancies and, therefore, bring down the number of abortions. somebody explain to me how our country is better off when o

and former president george herbert walker bush as a republican congressman from houston spoke frequently on the house floor about the issue. now, it's astounding how the right wing of the republican party has walked so far away from their most revered leaders, but that's their choice. but it is also our choice as to whether we're going to stand here and take it or come here and rebut what they're saying. so count me in and count the democratic women and many men on this side of the aisle who have stood sentry on this taoepbld the true about this. and -- on this and told the truth about this. and the truth is we're in a budget debate, mr. president. everything the republicans said is we've got to close the deficit gap. we've got to cut spending, cut spending, cut spending. and we said okay, we'll join you, but where were you during george bush's days? you never said a word. we'll put that aside. we'll meet you because when we had the majority and bill clinton was president, we're the only ones that did get a balanced budget and 23 million jobs. we know how to do it, and of course we are g

george w. bush in the household staff because again the point i was making was the sort of reunion aspect that george herbert walkerbush talked about. were there any household staff members that george w. bush was especially close to? >> guest: i didn't find any particular staff members, no, but the staff that he knew when his dad was president and as you say, was almost like a sort of reunion with the bush family, went after the clinton period bush, the son, came back and of course than the father could come back for a visit to that enhanced this whole notion of the bush family knows the household staff and the household staff like the bush's in some ways because they were so predictable. it's very important to have considerations for the household staff. some presidents were late, were like lyndon johnson would say i'm going to have 50 people for dinner in two hours take care of it. bush's were much more willing to give people notice and understand when things couldn't be done because it was asking too much, and they also were careful trying to let the staff take time off during holidays. president ronald reagan

george w. bush and housel static is the point i was making was that union aspect of george herbert walker bush k about. with an household staff members that george w. bush was especially close to? >> guest: i did not any particular staff members, no. but the staff that he knew when his dad was present as you say was almost like sort of as a reunion with the bush family when, after the clinton period, bush the son came back and, of course, then the father would come back and visit. that was would've enhanced the whole notion of the bush family knows the household staff at the household staff like the bushes, in some ways because they were so predictable. that's very important consideration with the household staff. some presidents were late and some presidents like lyndon johnson would say, i'm going to 50 people for dinner in two hours. take care of it. the bushes were much more willing to give people notice and understand in some things could be done because it was asking too much. they also are careful in length staff take time off for the holidays. resident reagan did that. felt that the sta

george w. bush and the household staff because again the point i was making is the reunion aspect that george herbert walker bush talked about. what in the household staff members that george w. bush was especially close to? >> guest: i didn't find any particular staff members, no, but the staff that he knew when his dad was president, as you say, was almost like a sort of little reunion with the bush family when after the clinton period bush the sun came back and of course then the father would come back for a visit so that sort of enhanced this whole notion of the sort of bush family knows the household staff and the household staff liked the bush's in some ways because they work so predictable. that's important to have consideration for the household staff. some presidents would do the dhaka were like, someone like lyndon johnson would say i'm going to have 50 people for dinner in two hours take care of it. the bush's were much more willing to give people notice and understand when some things couldn't be done because it was asking too much so they were careful letting the staff take time off so they did

the facts are george herbert walker bush signed the clean air act amendment. and the facts are -- and i will finish with this -- that it is very clear in the clean air act that carbon pollution and any pollution related to climate change is covered. so this is a reality check from someone who believes we shouldn't go down this dangerous path of playing doctor, playing scientist, overturning the environmental protection agency which enjoys almost 70% support among the people of this greatest of all nations. i thank you very much, and i would yield. mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: first of all, let me just state that i agree in one respect with the senator from california. first of all, we agree on a lot of things. we agree on infrastructure and things we know this country needs. but in the area of the clean air act, she said show me one republican who supports it -- i support the clean air act. it's been a tremendous success. you stop and look at the real pollution. i'm not talking about greenhouse gases.

george w. bush and the household staff because, again, the point i was making was the sort of reunion aspect that george herbert walkerush talked about. >> guest: right. >> host: were there any household staff members that george w. bush was especially close toking? >> i didn't find any -- close to? >> guest: the staff that he knew, his staff was with president, as you say, it was sort of like a little reunion with the bush family when after the clinton period bush, the son, came back. and of course the father would come back for a visit, so that sort of enhanced this whole notion of the bush family knows the household staff. and the household staff liked the bushes in some ways because they were so predictable. that's very important to have consideration for the household staff. some presidents were late, some presidents were, like lyndon johnson, would say, well, i'm going to have 50 people for dinner in two hours, take care of it. the bushes really were much more willing to give people notice and understand when something couldn't be done. and they also were careful in trying to let the staff take time off during h

at the kennedy center for george herbert walker bush and his contribution to volunteerism to the points of light foundation. if you were not there, it was on tv last monday. if you watched it, you saw there were a number of country performers there. i do have some favorites. there was a song that i used to remember by kenny rogers, "you pick to find time to leave me, lucille." given all that has been happening in the world, given the fact that our economy was collapsing, we picked a fine time to pick a man who has no experience in the private sector, no experience of leadership, and the consequence of seeing someone learn on the job in the presidency has not been a pretty sight. [applause] that has been true both in foreign and domestic policy. let me step back for a moment. since president truman, we have had a pretty consistent foreign policy as a nation. president truman and dean acheson said we have to rethink foreign-policy. dean acheson in his boat describe what was a newfound vision for america's foreign policy -- in his book describes what was a profound -- if brown -- newfound

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something that the failure to win reelection of president george herbert walker bush was never raisees. we are an aging society. as the baby boomers are aging, we are working less and requiring more in terms of medicare and medicaid, social security, etc. that is our underlying fiscal dilemma. it is the same as in asia and europe. neither party has done a good job in facing up to it. >> you guys pre-empted what i was going to ask about the economy. that is on the minds of many americans today. specifically in regard to the decisionmaking process behind the bailout and maybe not intervening in the collapse of lehman brothers. just as overall economic policy from this whole presidency and how you think history will judge that. >> the decision not to intervene in the lehman brothers collapse might have been a crucial one in speeding up the financial collapse, but i think it was the ongoing conventional wisdom that one should not do that, because that is what markets are there to do. so it was not done, and the effect was to spread panic among the investment houses and the banks, and eve

george herbert walker bush exerted more powers that but he never found a stable basis and domestic politicalcapital, and is popular drop from 91% down in the '30s by the time he got -- by the time he failed to get reelected. i think bill clinton chronically faced a possible capital shortage. he never won 50% of the vote, and certainly later in his term found his powers formally under attack by congress. bush's views of war powers i would argue in iraq really helped destroy a lot of his political capital, and produce a very difficult second term. so, and i think just to talk briefly about bush in this regard, several traits that the panelists came up with over the last couple of days that i think contributed to bush's tendency to burn up his capital and assert his power, short agenda, absence of follow-through, and big ambition. we sort of agreed on those traits. you put that in this situation and to have someone who is going to be pushing ahead and a certain powers, and in a way that burns up the political capital. to me this is the central political problem barack obama faces. is the politi

a number of you about a week ago in washington at the kennedy center at the tribute for george walker herbert bush. it was on tv last monday. there were a number of country performers there. i like country music. i am not an extraordinary fan, but i do have some favorites. i think it was kenny rogers that had "you picked a fine time to leave me, lucille." the refrain was about four in then and a corop field. given all the tumult in the world, we picked a fine time to pick as our president a man who has no experience in the private sector, no experience in negotiation or leadership. the consequence of seeing someone learn on the job in the presidency has not been a pretty sight. [applause] that has been true in foreign and domestic policy. since president truman, we've had a pretty consistent foreign policy. he said we had to rethink american foreign policy. dean acheson described a newfound vision for america's foreign policy. there were three elements. one was that we would be involved in the world. we would not be isolationists. we would be involved. we found by being isolationist that we had be

george herbert walker bush. so you have to say, what is going on?far have these republicans moved from the mainstream of their own party? you have to ask, why would they want to stop health care for 5 million americans? why would they want to deny cancer screenings for women, and the list that my colleagues put out thereby the way, man availed themselves of the services so they can get tested to see about their status -- hiv-eight status. birth control to people who want it. counseling to someone who is infertile. how can they helped have a child? so, i can only answer my own question in this way -- my republican colleagues are more interested in playing to their extremist supporters to care more about hurting women's health care. it comes down to politics. that is what it comes down to. we have heard a lot about planned parenthood. planned parenthood gets about 25% of the title 10 funding. they serve about a third of the people on title to end, people who need this health care. the rest goes to others. i want to mention just a couple in california.

at the kennedy center for george herbert walker bush and his contribution to volunteerism to the points of light foundation. a number of you were there. if you weren't there, it was on tv last monday. and if you watched it, you saw there were a number of country performers there. i like country music. i'm not an extraordinary fan. i can't tell you all the artists i do have some favorites. i began humming an event i song i remember kenny rogers, you picked a fine time to leave me lucille. for those who don't know it, the refrain is you picked a fine time to leave me lucille with four hungry children and a crop in the field. you picked a fine time to leave me lucille. and i say that because given all that's been happening in the world, the tumult in the world, given the fact that our economy was collapsing, we picked a fine time to pick as our president a man who has no experience in the private sector, no experience in goes, no experience really in leadership. and the consequence of seeing someone learn on the job in the presidency has not been a pretty sight. [applause] >> and that has

and former president george herbert walker bush as a republican congressman from houston spoke frequently on the house floor about the issue. now, it's astounding how the right wing of the republican party has walked so far away from their most revered leaders, but that's their choice. but it is also our choice as to whether we're going to stand here and take it or come here and rebut what they're saying. so count me in and count the democratic women and many men on this side of the aisle who have stood sentry on this taoepbld the true about this. and -- on this and told the truth about this. and the truth is we're in a budget debate, mr. president. everything the republicans said is we've got to close the deficit gap. we've got to cut spending, cut spending, cut spending. and we said okay, we'll join you, but where were you during george bush's days? you never said a word. we'll put that aside. we'll meet you because when we had the majority and bill clinton was president, we're the only ones that did get a balanced budget and 23 million jobs. we know how to do it, and of course we are g

we heard the gloom and doom predictions when george herbert walker bush led the effort to strengthen the clean air act. they were wrong against. since 1970 the g.d.p. has grown by 200%. the clean air act has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, trillions in health care costs and grown our economy. now the naysayers warn that reducing carbon pollution will doom our economy. ronald reagan might say there they go again. but history and science say they're wrong. we don't take action, here's what it's going to mean. higher health care costs in america, destroyed coastlines and ever-growing dependence on foreign oil. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. carper: if we don't take action -- thank you, my colleague. if we don't take action, here's what it's going to mean: higher health care costs in america, destroyed coastlines and ever-growing dependence on foreign oil. that's not a recipe for economic success. it's a recipe for failure. let's keep america on the right course, one that saves lives and grows our economy. please join me in voting against mcconnell amendm