improvement of one s prospects and style. whether it s the polo grounds of connecticut or the yacht clubs of cape cod, lauren s true talent lies in creating a desire for a certain lifestyle and selling the wardrobe to match. american style conjures up a democracy of taste. and ralph lauren is the most american american. one of the things the american aesthetic is about is taking lots of disparate elements and mixing them together. like our own culture. ralph was the first on so many fronts in terms of just showing somebody, oh, you can wear a sport jacket with a pair of jeans? you never saw a european pull clothes together like that, ever. ralph embraces everything that is american, whether it s the old west, whether it s nantucket or cape cod, whether it s san francisco society, whether it s beverly hills.
off. what we all know we watched desert storm live on television and that man was right there, bernie reporting on it, the bombs coming down. george h.w. bush was so worried about his safety and where he was, and they were making calls to make sure that he was okay. he was not happy that you were in harm s way. when i came back to washington bureau about a week later, the bushes invited me over to the residence. went upstairs. there s arlan fitzwater. that was a time when mrs. bush had broken her foot and she came in with a cane and the president came in, he was wearing a yellow sport jacket. he said, bernie, we were really worried about you. i said i was worried about me. you say that doesn t surprise you? no, not at all. because he always worried about the other guy.
esteemed bernard shaw how worried george h.w. bush was about him as desert storm kicked off. so we watched desert storm live on television, and that man was right there. bernie reporting on it, the bombs coming down. george h.w. bush was so worried about his safety and where he was and they were making calls to make sure that he was okay. he was not happy that you were in harm s way. when i came back to the washington bureau about a week later, the bushes invited me over to the residence. went upstairs, there s brent scowcroft, the president, and mrs. bush had broken her foot. she came in with a cane. and the president came in. he s wearing a yellow sport jacket. he said bernie, we were really worried about you. i said, i was worried about me.
wrong job. paul: how should he have reacted to that? if he thought what he says he thought, then he should have said, mr. president, we can t have this conversation. paul: and if he said he thought he was being directed to shut down that portion of the probe, the flynn probe, he should have said we can t have this conversation and talked to the attorney general? sure, talked to the attorney general. i don t think that it would have been reporting a crime. but he should have talked to the attorney general immediately simply so that somebody else was aware of what had happened when everybody left the room. paul: what about this idea that james comey has talked about? he used the word. he said the has traditionally been independent of the executive branch. is that true? no. it s not true. the fbi is in the executive branch. and it is not independent. there is a very funny story about ramsey clark when he first became a.g. showed up on a saturday and wearing a sport
by being in the oval office, you re in the wrong job. paul: how should he have react today that? if he thought what he says he thought, mr. president, we can t have this conversation. and he said he thought he was being direct today shut down that portion of the probe, the flynn probe, he should have said, we can t have this conversation and talk to the attorney general? sure. talked to the attorney general. i don t think that it would have been reporting a crime but he should have talked to the attorney general immediately so that anybody else was aware of what had happened when everybody left the room. paul: what about the idea that james comey has talked about, he used the word, the fbi is traditionally been independent of the executive branch. is that true? no, it s not true. the fbi is in the executive branch and it is not independent. there s a very funny story about ramsey clark when he first became ag showed up on a saturday and wearing a sport