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george bush. any advice for donald trump? i gave up on that some time ago. i don t want to talk about the bleeping campaign, understand? if you think i m going to go back to that bleeping situation, then bleep you. okay, thank you. thanks for the question, you little jerk. joining me right now, cnn global affairs analyst max boote a long-time friend and colleague. you met the senator back in 2002. what were your first impressions? does humor come to the top of the list? absolutely. his humor is very real. he was very irreverent. he was not somebody who took himself overly seriously, unlike most politicians. in fact, a lot of his appeal was the fact he was not a normal politician. unlike donald trump, he did not have to demonstrate his authenticity by vilifying people