ed gillespie, former counsel for president bush, one of matt latimer's bosses, tells us latimer's recollectionso him. >> it is possible he was at meetings that i wasn't in. i don't recall that. president bush has been nothing but gracious towards president obama and vice president biden. >> reporter: latimer says president bush was not too impressed with the republican ticket earth. after sarah palin was tap ad as john mccain's running mate, "i'm trying to remember if i ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. what is she, the governor of guam? >> the notion he didn't know who sarah palin was, i can tell you flat out is just not the case. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by former bush aide jason who was loaned out to the campaign. latimer was not a significant figure at the white house. quote, you would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a lineup. we tried to get reaction to that from matt latimer's representative and didn't respond to directly to those comments. instead pointed to us general praise of the book by various pundits. we were told matt latimer can would not do any interviews u

but former speech writer matt latimer doesn't bash his former boss. his book goes in depth about the economic collapse and last year's campaign. among the insights, when bush was told his concept of the bank bailout plan wasn't quite right, he is quoted of saying, why did i sign on to this proposal if i don't understand what it does. of candidate brshg wrshg, he noted, this is a dangerous world. and this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle it. this guy has no clue, i promise you. and of sarah palin, bush reportedly said, this woman is being put into a position she is not remotely prepared for. let's wait and see how she looks five days out. and latimer reported he was shocked to see the president wearing crocs around the white house. >>> coming up, having a smarter baby may have a lot to do with what they eat. >>> and in sports, players ejected. even left battered and bruised of a bench-clearer at yankee stadium. of a bench-clearer at yankee stadium. the highlights j i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandpare

tomorrow, former speech writer's book, matt latimer's book is released, who says the president was confused book about the president, and michelle obama, christopher anderson is writing, that the president wasn't so sure about -- >>> >>> in the clinton tapes by an author who held secret meetings during his time in the white house. >>> and finally, as you may have heard, a book proposal by andrew young says not only is edwards the father of his former mistress's baby, but that he worked with his campaign finance chairman to hide it. >> okay. so now the bigger picture. why all these d.c. tell-alls coming out now. we have a staff writer from the column "heard on the hill." do not get me wrong, i love the back story and the behind the scenes information, but take latimer, for instance. here is somebody that i look at and go, why would you do that? why would you go work for someone and owe them a certain level of loyalty, and then turn around and sell them out? >> yeah. that is a question. and a lot of people -- the sort of universal response here, in washington, among bush evas, who is matt lat

host: will spend about 15 more minutes with our guest matt latimer.here is some criticism of your book about we read in "the wall street journal" -- this reporter writes a mainstream,. he writes that the man that i heard was not the star he thought he was. it says that of a good speechless" is the with atmosphere of and tends to a surge the authors importance. only mr. rumsfeld gets the full gush. guest: well, a heavily relybill. we got along very well. he asked me to step the white house after he left early. i was promoted. -- i have always really like bill. it is too bad. i say a lot of nice things about a lot of people and i would question whether secretary rumsfeld like everything in this book. there will be things he does not. i talked about the communications office at the pentagon. i talked about the others are really like. one of those and most admired was a senator i work for for many years ,john kyls. he is a conservative. many americans may not be comfortable with a conservative. he was honorable, not a media hound, someone who tried to do

than how you treat those who can, which got me thinking about this former bush speech writer, matt latimertell book to settle scores, and if his former boss is correct writing in today's wall street journal with those who did not agree. donald rumsfeld gets a pass because he says nice things about latimer and president bush did not if own only he had agreed with him. if only they had known that when they dismissed him he was writing it all down. what i do know is i have seen this so many times. scott mclellan, unforgettable press secretary replaced by and forgettable tony snow, set to account every slight, and don regan has a dustup with ronald reagan's wife nancy who wants him up, and then don comes up with a zoo i zy on -- a doozy on nancy and that whole tarot card thing. if they had been treated better, they would have never betrayed confidences but they were slighted so they betrayed them. i know some folks no matter how nice you are to, they will bite, but if they bite you, did you give them a reason to? personnel experts say hell hath no fury like a worker scorned, but i thinkt'

. >> up next, former bush speechwriter matt latimer's candid look at his former boss.iums 4 times faster than wages. pay your ceo twenty four million dollars a year. deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe. if the insurance companies win, you lose. tell congress to rewrite the story. we want good health care we can afford with the choice of a public health insurance option. introducing listerine® total care. everything you need to strengthen teeth, help prevent cavities, and kill germs. introducing 6 in 1 listerine® total care. the most complete mouthwash. now complete your oral care routine with the superior plaque removal of the new reach® total care toothbrush and new reach® total care floss. get the complete routine with reach® and listerine® total care. >>> welcome back. here joining us former speechwriter for president george w. bush, matt latimer who is offering stunning insights on his former boss and some others. in the new book, "speech-less: tales of a white house survivor," he writes this or has this to say on the former president's r

matt latimer is just out with his inside of the bush white house, "speechless, tales of the white houser." from what you learned about karl rove and time working at the white house, how important is it for him to feel like he's affecting the -- influencing public policy? >> well, karl rove was a very dominant voice at the white house and as my book talks about, he was involved in a lot of different things. and i think he has this role to play in the republican party, but my concern is what happened in the republican party, based on a mentality i saw in play at the white house, sort of pursuing a 51% mentality, just getting enough people together, scraping together to advance just to get a slender majority as opposed to advancing ideal and principles and trying to include more people, more conservatives. >> what do you see now concerned among many conservatives is this catering to the fringe far right-wings, the birthers and the folks who accuse the president of being a muslim and the like. did you see that during your time in the white house? >> the birthing movement? >> the catering to

we tried to get a response to that from matt latimer's representative. 't respond directly to recher's comments and pointed us to general praise by various pundits and were told mr. latimer would not do interviews until his book is released next week. >> i think we'll be here in "the situation room" next week to talk about it. i understand, brian, he also said something rather nasty about secretary of state hillary clinton, then senator clinton. >> reporter: that's right. latimer writes that former president bush always believed that mrs. clinton would be the democratic nominee but quotes the president as saying, quote, wait till her fat kiester is signature at this desk. except latimer said he didn't say keister. a top aide would not comment on that and a top aide said that does not sound like something president bush would say. >> let's began with democratic vat gist paul begala and republican strategist alex castellan castellanos. not the first time that a former aide wrote some stuff saying stuff that was side private on the inside. what do you say th

matt lat latimer writes after one of canada's blistering speeches about the bush administration, theormer president said, quote, this is a dangerous world. this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle t this guy has no clue, i promise you." and lat latimer writes that they bonded with former president bill clinton and former president bill clinton called bush alt the white house and talked about obama about the primaries against hillary, and quotes president bush as saying as the number two men on the democratic ticket, if bull blank was currency, joe biden would be a billionaire and on jimmy carter's ad hoc middle east efforts, president bush is quoted as saying, if i'm 82 and acting like, that have someone put me away. the book has ruffled are feghtders in both parties. dana perino tells fox loyalty is a prized value. beware of the quiet guy in the room. former clinton aide james carville says of latimer, i think this tweeb r. dweeb needs to be glove slapped. finally, an upcoming book about bill clinton reveals a tale about boris yeltsin. usa today reports that mr. clinton says yelt

matt. it is nothing like scot mcclelland's book. mas th latimere million times his iq and writing ability. and forman ve. sone who has worked in washington it is completely true and completely hilarious, notd inou wasn't a full conservative and matt needles h a about that. he says great things about rumsfeld and cheney by the way. just for the whole, washington inewrience. >> the allegation is that you are nice to ri sfeld becetise you are helhileng h a write hs memoir. >> anybody who knohe donald 9iops moldes,nohe that nobrety writes his book but donald rumsfeld. i was aired to help h a put hs memoirs together. >> geraldo: i like this book, but what are you hearing about matt's critics. >> seems there isn't a lot of infighting among the cochee read the article by his former boss in the "wall str9/1t journal" claiming that he is exaggerating his atless. that is par for the coulette wn people don't like what they are hearing and i thith he is repon't ing things thawee fran, sort of make a lot of people lorite bome. >> can i say something about that

he said that latimer was not a significant figure at the white house. we tried to get reaction to that from mattive. she pointed us to some general praise of the book by various pundits and we're told that lattimer would not do interviews until his book is released next week. >> i'm heidi collins. "cnn newsroom" continues with tony harris. >> it's wednesday morning, the 16th day of september, top stories