George Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted Passages From Advisers' Books

George Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted Passages From Advisers' Books
Source: HuffingtonPost.com When Crown Publishing inked a deal with George W. Bush for his memoirs, the publisher knew it wasn't getting Faulkner. But the book, at least, promises "gripping, never-before-heard detail" about the former president's key decisions, offering to bring readers "aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq," and other un...

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Somehow you knew this was coming, didn't you? Via The Huffington Post:When Crown Publishing inked a deal with George W. Bush for his memoirs, the publisher knew it wasn't getting Faulkner. But the book, at least, promises "gripping, never-before-heard detail" about the former president's key Decisions, offering to bring readers "aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments bef...

Plagiarist-in-Chief, Fabricator-in-Chief
By Michael J.W. Stickings In my dismissal of Bush's Decision Points as predictable, superficial, legacy-boosting self-aggrandizement yesterday, I neglected to mention that, as HuffPo's Ryan Grim reports, the book contains a good deal of Plagiarism and fabrication: When Crown Publishing inked a deal with George W. Bush for his memoirs, the publisher knew it wasn't getting Faulkner. But the book, at least, promises "gripp...

Bushs New Book Decision Points Isnt So Much New as it is Plagiarized
Dubya is a LIYAH, and his pants are on FIYAH! If you haven’t heard because you’ve been trapped under something heavy or whatever, Bush is back! And I’m not talking about the death of the Brazilian wax, either. I’m talking about the butthole who turned this country into a right mess, and then peaced out, leaving The Black Guy to play janitor. The butthole who, two years later, just cruised back on to the scene as if nothing ever happened. Man, I hate that guy. You know w...

George W. McPlagiarist, Anyone?
Many of Bush's literary Misdemeanors exemplify Pedestrian sloth, but others are higher crimes against the craft of memoir. In one prime instance, Bush relates a poignant meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a Tajik warlord on Karzai's Inauguration Day. It's the kind of scene that offers a glimpse of a hopeful future for the beleaguered nation. Witnessing such an exchange could color a president's outlook, could explain perhaps Bush's more optimistic outlook and give insight into his...

"Pedestrian Sloth" is a much better title for Junior's memoirs
Pedestrian Sloth by digby Ryan Grim has discovered a hilarious fact about George W. Bush's magnum opus --- it looks like he plagiarized big chucks of it: Many of Bush's literary Misdemeanors exemplify Pedestrian sloth, but others are higher crimes against the craft of memoir. In one prime instance, Bush relates a poignant meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a Tajik warlord on Karzai's Inauguration Day. It's the kind of scene that offers a glimpse of a hopeful future for the bele...

Did George W. Bush Plagiarize His New Book?
When Crown Publishing inked a deal with George W. Bush for his memoirs, the publisher knew it wasn’t getting Faulkner. But the book, at least, promises “gripping, never-before-heard detail” about the former president’s key decisions, offering to bring readers “aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq,̶...

Decision Points: Shelving a Criminal's Memoir
There may never be true justice (How could there be?) for George W. Bush's many War Crimes, and it will seem of scant consequence to the Victims of his reign of terror, but when his memoir appears on store shelves tomorrow (Nov. 9th) it would be nice if booksellers nationwide would shelve such a work in its proper category.  Our vote: Crime Stories. Riffing on a previous action in the UK, our friends at WagingNonviolence are organizing a creative act of subversion so that readers in your lo...

George W. Bush accepts Kanye West's quasi-apology
Remember when Kanye West, during a multi-network special for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina, stood next to a stunned Mike Myers and said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people"? George W. Bush hasn't forgotten. "It was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency," Bush told NBC's Matt Lauter recently. In his New book "Decision Points", the former president wrote that the Grammy-winning rapper's statement was the worst presidential ...

'Decision Points': What George W. Bush's Memoir Reveals
Early on in his newly released memoir, George W. Bush writes with great credibility, and a welcome absence of histrionics, about his slow-motion turn toward faith. There was no fiery epiphany. There was a growing comfort with the calming release of prayer, a gradual appreciation of the moral truths contained in The Bible. There were doubts too. "If you haven't doubted, you probably haven't thought very hard about what you believe," he writes. And that principle is very much in evidence when he...

George Bush's memoir turns to crime
War on Bush ... US Activists are campaigning to move George Bush's memoir, Decision Points, to the crime section of bookshops. Photograph: Rex Features The special relationship is being turned on its head, with US Peace Activists following the lead of their British counterparts to launch a campaign to reshelve George Bush's new memoir, Decision Points, "where it belongs": in the crime section of their local bookshops. Inspired by a British campaign which saw Tony Blair's Autobiography, A Jou...

Bill Clinton: I'm a Fan of George Bush's Memoir
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (Credit: GETTY) Former President George W. Bush has found an unexpected fan in former President Bill Clinton - not for his politics, but for his literary prowess. In a statement released on Friday, the former President praised Mr. Bush for his recent memoir, "Decision Points," which hit stores on Tuesday. Calling the book "well-written and interesting," Clinton recommended the read to "people of all political stripes" and said it would provide a window into...

George Bush drunkenly asked about female guest's sex life at dinner with parents
Former U.S. president George W. Bush has revealed he once got so drunk he questioned a woman about her Sex Life - in front of his wife and parents. Mr Bush, who said he quit drinking in 1986, said in an interview with The Today Show he asked his parents' friend the inappropriate questions during a dinner. His outburst was greeted with total silence and 'serious daggers' from the guests. 'I'm drunk at the dinner table at mother and dad's House in Maine,' he told host Matt Lauer in his first TV in...

Bush's superficial Decision Points isn't going to rehabilitate him.
Upon leaving office, the American president moves quickly into a new job: press agent for his past. None openly acknowledges this role, and few fail to become obsessed with it. By tradition, the former commander in chief directs his energy toward three reputational weigh-ins: the blockbuster memoir (which only the self-effacing Bush I failed to produce), the partisan biographical museum known as a Presidential Library, and his obituary. PRINTDISCUSSE-MAILRSSRECOMMEND...REPRINTSSINGLE PAGE Faceb...

Bush's sources
Ryan Grim finds that George Bush's memoir is full of...not exactly Plagiarism...but of quotes from public sources that are cast as his own recollections. For instance: The similarities between the way Bush recollects his and other quotes may be a case of remarkable random chance or evidence that he and his deputies were in an almost Supernatural sync. If so, he essentially shares a brain with...

Rethinking an Afghanistan Exit Strategy
With an Afghanistan policy review due next month, the Obama Administration needs to decide whether the War in Afghanistan is succeeding and, if there is no progress, should think about starting to draw down Troops earlier than July 2011, says Richard Armitage, the co-chair of a new CFR Independent Task Force Report. Armitage, who served as deputy Secretary of State in the first George W. Bush Administration, notes there are differing assessments of progress and signs pointing to a "conditions-b...

Left Greeting Bookstore Release of Bushs Decision Points With Level of Maturity You Might Expect
**Written by Doug Powers If you’re in a bookstore this weekend and hear alleged adults giggling like a Code Pink party when the cake finally arrives, it’s just these clowns re-arranging the shelves: The special relationship is being turned on its head, with US Peace Activists following the lead of their British counterparts to launch a campaign to reshelve George Bush’s new memoir, Decision Points, “where it belongs”: in the crime section of their local bookshops....

Air Force One arrival edition: Welcome to Tokyo Obama hits media 'search for drama' at summits -- 2012 may come down to FL, OH
PRESIDENT Obama has just touched down in Japan for the APEC summit, the last stop on his Asia swing. He returns to the White House on Sunday. From his departure News Conference in Seoul, South Korea, at 2:45 a.m. ET (carried in the U.S. on Fox News, but not CNN or MSNBC): --On the quest for a Free-trade Agreement with South Korea: "I'm not interested in an announcement, but then an Agreement that doesn't produce for US. We've had a lot of those in the past -- a lot of announcements. But a...

Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered'
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) - Former President George W. Bush says he doesn't miss much about the White House, just the pampering. Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida Retirement community on Saturday that he misses the convenience of Air Force One and never waiting in Traffic Jams. The 43rd president said, most of all, he misses being commander in chief of the U.S. Military. In his 30-minute Speech, he talked about what it was like to return the salute of men and women....

Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered'
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Former President George W. Bush says he doesn’t miss much about the White House, just the pampering. Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida Retirement community on Saturday that he misses the convenience of Air Force One and never waiting in Traffic Jams. The 43rd president said, most of all, he misses being commander in chief of the U.S. Military. In his 30-minute Speech, he talked about what it was like to return the salute of men and ...

Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered'
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Former President George W. Bush says he doesn’t miss much about the White House, just the pampering. Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida Retirement community on Saturday that he misses the convenience of Air Force One and never waiting in Traffic Jams. The 43rd president said, most of all, he misses being commander in chief of the U.S. Military. In his 30-minute Speech, he talked about what it was like to return the salute of men and ...

Bush on post-presidency: I miss being pampered
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — Former President George W. Bush says he doesn’t miss much about the White House, just the pampering. Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida Retirement community on Saturday that he misses the convenience of Air Force One and never waiting in Traffic Jams. The 43rd president said, most of all, he misses being commander in chief of the U.S. Military. In his 30-minute Speech, he talked about what it was like to return the salute of men ...

Decision Points by George Bush: review
George Bush might clean up after his dog, but the mess of his legacy will be harder to deal with, argues Mick Brown, reviewing his memoir, Decision Points....

George Bush Memoir: Ex-Aide Matt Latimer On George W. Bush's
Ex-aide Matt Latimer says Dubya plays favorites, criticizes Conservatives, and gives short shrift to important moments in Decision Points....