Bush Ghost Writer Shows Truth About Father & Son

[G_j]

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BUSH GHOST WRITER SHOWS TRUTH ABOUT FATHER AND SON

Mickey Herskowitz - a ghost writer for both George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush - has revealed startling information about both men, which he learned from extensive candid conversations with the 41st and the 43rd presidents. Herskowitz revealed the information in a series of interviews with investigative reporter Russ Baker, which Baker tape recorded.<1>

Baker's article reveals that "in 2003, Bush's father indicated to that he disagreed with his son's invasion of Iraq."<2>

George W. Bush was reluctant to talk to Herskowitz about his National Guard service. But Bush did tell him "that after transferring from his Texas Guard unit two-thirds through his six-year military obligation to work on an Alabama political campaign, he did not attend any Alabama National Guard drills at all, because he was 'excused.'"<3> Bush's comments to Herskowitz "directly contradicts his public statements that he participated in obligatory training with the Alabama National Guard."<4>

According to Herskowitz, "two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about attacking Iraq."<5> In 1999, Bush said to Herskowitz, "My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade.... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency."<6>

Sources:

1. "Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected in 2000," Russ Baker, 10/27/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.
2. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.
3. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.
4. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.
5. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.
6. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1333383&l=65896.

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[acmavm]

1. Read this on Common Dreams a couple days ago. This is a powerful

expose on the lies and deception of bush*. From Iraq to Karen Hughes having to finish the book because she didn't like the way it was going, it was a tad too truthful for her.

Where are the American people? What are they doing? How damn lazy and stupid have the become that they don't do the research or expend the energy to understand the horrible mess we're in and the limited intellectual abilities and the corruption of the bastards that have brought this country to where it is today? It's not this information isn't available to anyone who really wants to know what's going on and what we're facing if this bunch steal another election. And I include the intentional deception of the American public in my concept of stealing. But the funny part of this is that the same people that don't mind having these bastards steal their freedoms right out from under them would scream for the death penalty if a poor man stole a dime out of their pockets.

[G_j]

2. here is the article

thanks for the heads up!

Two Years Before 9/11, Candidate Bush was Already Talking Privately About Attacking Iraq, According to His Former Ghost Writer
by Russ Baker

www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1028-01.htm

HOUSTON -- Two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about the political benefits of attacking Iraq, according to his former ghost writer, who held many conversations with then-Texas Governor Bush in preparation for a planned autobiography.

"He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999," said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. "It was on his mind. He said to me: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.' And he said, 'My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.' He said, 'If I have a chance to invade·.if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." Herskowitz said that Bush expressed frustration at a lifetime as an underachiever in the shadow of an accomplished father. In aggressive military action, he saw the opportunity to emerge from his father's shadow. The moment, Herskowitz said, came in the wake of the September 11 attacks. "Suddenly, he's at 91 percent in the polls, and he'd barely crawled out of the bunker."

That President Bush and his advisers had Iraq on their minds long before weapons inspectors had finished their work - and long before alleged Iraqi ties with terrorists became a central rationale for war - has been raised elsewhere, including in a book based on recollections of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. However, Herskowitz was in a unique position to hear Bush's unguarded and unfiltered views on Iraq, war and other matters - well before he became president.

In 1999, Herskowitz struck a deal with the campaign of George W. Bush about a ghost-written autobiography, which was ultimately titled A Charge to Keep : My Journey to the White House, and he and Bush signed a contract in which the two would split the proceeds. The publisher was William Morrow. Herskowitz was given unimpeded access to Bush, and the two met approximately 20 times so Bush could share his thoughts. Herskowitz began working on the book in May, 1999, and says that within two months he had completed and submitted some 10 chapters, with a remaining 4-6 chapters still on his computer. Herskowitz was replaced as Bush's ghostwriter after Bush's handlers concluded that the candidate's views and life experiences were not being cast in a sufficiently positive light.


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[leftchick]

3. Thanks for this G j...

It should be front page NYT!