New Bush Memoir Settles Scores

“Jon Meacham has written the memoir that President George H.W. Bush didn’t — and probably couldn’t,” USA Today reports.

“Alone among modern ex-presidents, Bush ruled out producing an account of his White House tenure that would defend his decisions and settle some scores.”

“Now, however, George and Barbara Bush have provided extraordinary cooperation, including access to their diaries, for an account of his life and presidency that has depth and value. And there is plenty of dish: Bush’s distaste for 1988 Republican rival Bob Dole (‘a no good son of a bitch’), Nancy Reagan’s dislike of Barbara Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle’s machinations to stay on the ticket in 1992.”