it was a pretty forbidden time. and there were further interesting times for the bush children. when your dad became president, i mean, it was a huge thrill. it was not a surprise, really, i mean, it is not as if he was not qualified to be president. i don t know, it kind of fit. but for us, it was just the same. i will say it was not all that fun that much of the time. because the intensity is just ratcheted up. all of us were very protective of our dad. there was a newsweek article, i thought to myself, the wimp factor. and i thought this is odd. this perception that he he went to washington, here is guy who literally watched his daughter die which takes a lot of courage to keep a family together after that. here is a guy who by virtue of
it was a pretty forbidden time. and there were further interesting times for the bush children. when your dad became president, i mean, it was a huge thrill. it was not a surprise, really, i mean, it is not as if he was not qualified to be president. i don t know, it kind of fit. but for us, it was just the same. i will say it was not all that fun that much of the time. because the intensity is just ratcheted up. all of us were very protective of our dad. there was a newsweek article, i thought to myself, the wimp factor. and i thought this is odd. this perception that he he went to washington, here is guy who literally watched his daughter die which takes a lot of courage to keep a family together after that. here is a guy who by virtue of
be with him. brit: on top of this there was the wimp factor. called him an ugly shot. some people doubted whether he had the strength or the guts to make the hard call. bush s argument was but then i flew in war with didn t think that. the men i built the business with didn t think that. the cia agents i served with, didn t think that. ronald reagan doesn t think that. brit: one incident that dispel thunder that notion was when he stood up to dan rather. it s not fair to judge my career by this one thing with iran. how would you like to be judged
that came up in this ina news newsweek cover, the headline was fighting the wimp factor. he was a world war iu hero and this was the meme newsweek immortalized. brit: he was the youngest naval aviator when he enlisted prior to going to college which he could have done. he was shot down over the pacific and rescued in the nick of time by an american submarine. that s not the behavior of a wimp. even when he was out of office. maureen dowd described him at wooster, the british character of the comic novels by p.g.
results, then the voters would be with him. brit: on top of this there was the wimp factor. called him an ugly shot. some people doubted whether he had the strength or the guts to make the hard call. bush s argument was but then i flew in war with didn t think that. the men i built the business with didn t think that. the cia agents i served with, didn t think that. ronald reagan doesn t think that. brit: one incident that dispel thunder that notion was when he stood up to dan rather. it s not fair to judge my career by this one thing with iran. how would you like to be judged