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A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush, by Ronald Kessler


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Corporations
   Dick Cheney: Donates $100,000s from Halliburton, so not compensation.
Drugs
   George W. Bush: Arrested for drunk driving, plead guilty, paid fine.
   George W. Bush: A "carefree lad" who drank but never did drugs.
   George W. Bush: Spiritual reawakening ended beer and bourbon consumption.
Education
   George W. Bush: Required Texas schools to teach phonics over whole language.
   George W. Bush: Pushed standardized testing as a top legislative priority.
   George W. Bush: No Child Left Behind Act implements phonics nationally.
Energy & Oil
   George W. Bush: Kyoto Treaty is the "emperor with no clothes".
Foreign Policy
   Colin Powell: Powell's job: diplomatic solutions & disagree with Rumsfeld.
   Donald Rumsfeld: Rumsfeld's job: military solutions & disagree with Powell.
   George W. Bush: Foreign affairs is interpersonal leadership, not knowledge.
Health Care
   George W. Bush: Medicare bill uses market-based solutions to reduce costs.
Homeland Security
   Dick Cheney: Urged shooting down hijacked planes on 9/11.
Principles & Values
   George W. Bush: Comforted mother Barbara at age 7 when his sister died.
   George W. Bush: Cheerleader at Andover & Yale; as full of energy now.
   George W. Bush: IQ of 120 puts him above 90% of the population.
   George W. Bush: Member of secret society Skull and Bones & a fraternity guy.
   George W. Bush: Bush's smirk shows he's perturbed, not that he's arrogant.
   George W. Bush: Character determines your path; we are not the author.
War & Peace
   Colin Powell: Arafat must end terrorism to get to two-state solution.
   Colin Powell: Bush & whole Cabinet agreed on multilateral approach on Iraq.
   Dick Cheney: US beat communism because of leadership & military force.
   George W. Bush: During Vietnam, did not protest, & counseled supporting war.
   George W. Bush: Bush Doctrine: harboring terrorists treated as terrorism.
   George W. Bush: First president to use the term "Palestine".
   George W. Bush: CIA argued against "16 words" but took responsibility.
   George W. Bush: Majority misunderstood that Bush connected Saddam with 9/11.
   Paul O'Neill: Contrary to O'Neill's claim, planning for Iraq began in 2002.
Welfare & Poverty
   George W. Bush: Compassionate conservatism means self-help over gov't help.
   George W. Bush: Faith-based charity doesn't violate church-state separation.


The above quotations are from A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush, by Ronald Kessler.

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