Mann, author in residence at Johns Hopkins school of advanced International Studies, he talks about his biography of president george w. Bush. James mann, author of the biography on george w. Bush. If a friend of yours who had never met george w. Bush asked you to talk about him, what would you say . I would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 years plus of his life, and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now, and forever more, will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . Well, he followed in his fathers footsteps, and i say that quite literally, because he was forced,
This week on q a, james mann, author and resident at Johns Hopkins school of studies, he talked about his biography of george w. Bush. James mann author of the biography on george w. Bush. If a friend asked you to tell him about him what would you say . I would say he was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 plus years of his life and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas and then became president of the United States. The first thing he would be known for then, at the time of his presidency, now and forever more, will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks, and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . Well, he followed in his fathers footsteps and i say that quite literally, because he was forced, almost, to go to prep school at andover, he went to yale, he di
This week on q a james man author and resident at John Hopkins School of advanced international studies. He talks about his biography of president george w. Bush. James mann a third of the biography on george w. Bush if a friend of yours who had never met george w. Bush and asked about him what would you say . I would say that he was a guy that was his son of a president. He had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 plus years of his life. Then he got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and true pa laetitia to be elected governor of texas, and then became the president of the United States. The first thing he would be known for at the time of his presidency and forever more with the fact that he was the president during the time of the september 11th attacks. He chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . He followed in his fathers footsteps. I see that quite literally, because he was forced almost
Join me in raising a glass to the president of the united states. [applause] [whistles and applause] pres. Bush thank you all. Thank you and good evening. I always look forward to these dinners where im supposed to be funny. Intentionally. [laughter] really looking forward to hearing cedric the entertainer. I kind of think of myself that way. [laughter] cedric, did you hear that alaris line dutch that hilaire sinai had an organ that hilarious line i had in arkansas. Told me she was from du said is that next to the king . Thats what you call sophisticated rep partake. In montana i told a joke about a cattle guard which did not get a very big laugh. Actually, none. [laughter] but cedric i think you will appreciate this and you can use it if you want to. See, there was this city slicker who was driving around lost and he came across this old cowboy. And so the city slicker asked the old guy how to get to the nearest town. Mrs. Bush not that old joke. Not again. [applause] go sit down. Mrs
Please join me in raising a glass to the president of the united states. [applause] join me in raising a glass to the president of the united states. [applause] [whistles and applause] pres. Bush thank you all. Thank you and good evening. I always look forward to these dinners where im supposed to be funny. Intentionally. [laughter] really looking forward to hearing cedric the entertainer. I kind of think of myself that way. [laughter] cedric, did you hear that alaris line dutch that hilaire sinai had an organ that hilarious line i had in arkansas. Told me she was from du said is that next to the king . Thats what you call sophisticated rep partake. In montana i told a joke about a cattle guard which did not get a very big laugh. Actually, none. [laughter] but cedric i think you will appreciate this and you can use it if you want to. See, there was this city slicker who was driving around lost and he came across this old cowboy. And so the city slicker asked the old guy how to get to t