your mother showed me some of your landscapes and animal paintings, and i thought they were great. really great. i seriously considered calling you and asking you to do a portrait of me, until i saw the results of your sister s hacked e-mails. those bathroom catchers are wonderful but i think you ought to keep my suit. starting my work with president george h.w. bush on the tsunami and aftermath of katrina, people thought i was becoming so close to the bush family that i was becoming the black sheep son. my mother told me not to talk too long today. and, barbara, i will not let you down!