bullock tested bush early on when he game governor. bush was a new man on the block. bullock wanted to take his measure. he tested him a lot. they had a weekend and a weekly breakfast where bullock, laney, and bush would meet in the speakers quarters or the governors mansion. after the first visit to the governors mansion, they insisted they not do it there. the food was too healthy. during the weekly breakfast, bullock announced he was blocking an initiative. he said govern on then, i'm just going to have to f you. with that bush got up, walked over to bullock, hugged him, and made like he was going to kiss him full on the lips. bush said if you are going to f me, you got to at least kiss me first. [laughter] >> it is the only occasion -- and i've known bush since he was 26 and i was 22. it's the only occasion that i'm aware of bush used the f word. taken back, he lost composure and fled the room. lady roared with laughter. it was one the last times he felt he needed to take it to the governor. all right. the chapter on the supreme court decision is one of the best c

bush in mr. bush's new book. if mr. mcconnell does end up denying this, he will have to effectively call george w. bush a liar to do so. as the courier-journal puts it in their editorial unless he is prepared to call a former president of his own party a liar, mr. mcconnell has a choice, he can admit that he did not actually believe the iraq mission was vital to american security regardless of what he said at the time, or he can explain why the fortunes of the republican party are of greater importance than the safety of the united states." again, that's mr. mcconnell's hometown paper. the initial reaction on our staff to finding this thing about mitch mcconnell in george w. bush's book is right at the beginning of a chapter. sort of a showcase moment in the book. the initial reaction of this was, ooh, george w. bush is throwing mitch mcconnell under the bus using and abusing mcconnell to show that he, george w. bush, didn't bow to craven politics of people like mitch mcconnell. but with mr. mcconnell -- so if you think

bush's new book shows bush's personality driving everything. what's obama's personality tell us about where he's heading, what he's likely to do, if he's likely to change? and finally, cause for war. president bush's new book insists he was right to fight the iraq war because it prevented another 9/11. is this an argument he can win? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today "the washington posts" bob woodward, author of "obama's wars. bbc's katty kay. nbc's andrea mitchell. and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, president obama called it a shellacking. several times this week he tried to show he got message. here he was wednesday -- >> i ran for this office to tackle these challenges and give voice to the concerns of everyday people. over the last two years we made progress but clearly too many americans haven't felt that progress yet and they told us that yesterday. as president, i take responsibility for that. chris: he may not be showing it there but the president does hold a strong hand because his personal popularity

bush, and laura bush. we thank you for their shared commitment to our country, and to the tenets of democracy. we pray that this center will be an inspiration for those who choose public service as a life's location. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in he context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the hitory, for the very future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center, and your holy name we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration of your words. what a wonderful crowd for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the grodbreaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas. [applause] >> what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joied by more than 3000

bush interview. we begin with fox news analyst, radio talk show star laura ingraham who joins us from washington. also the author of the big best seller "the obama diaries." laura, did you learn anything from that interview? >> well, i'm not sure if i learned anything all that new. i had a chance to read most of the book already. but what i take away from that interview is kind of what i took away from the whole presidency. number one, president bush is enormously likeable. is he congenial. is he a patriot. he loves this country. there is no doubt about it he wanted us to take that away from his book and i think most people will. what i also noticed though, bill, is that he still doesn't understand how important it was, and you tried to get him in on this, how important it was for him to prop up his popularity in order to not only help his party but to help the nation. we don't have to remind everybody by the time he left office discretionary spending had gone through the roof. he added over $2 trill

bush, mr. vice president, and my fellow members here, i could not be more delighted to be with you, and more honor to serve as the chair of the george w. bush institute board. on behalf of my fellow institute of board members, the advisory board looks forward to continuing the great work that has already begun under the excellent leadership of jim glassman. i want you to know that the institute looks forward to continuing to be a place where smu students feel welcome to, where they can participate in the work of the institute, and where faculty from smu, from around the country, scholars and practitioners from all over the world, can come together to explore powerful ideas, and to find ways to put them into action. the hallmark of the presidency of george w. bush was the fundamental bedrock belief in the inherent works of every individual. and because every individual is worthy, every individual deserves to live in freedom. the president and mrs. bush believed that america had a special respons

bush got his people to give him legal opinions he wanted. mr. bush's advice for mr. cane, buy the book. >> he obviously doesn't know. i hope he reads the book. that's why i have written the book. they can draw whatever conclusion they want. >> yeah, that's why he wrote it. mr. bush suggesting the so-called techniques saved lives. >> if it's legal, president bush, if an american is taken into custody in a foreign country, not necessarily a uniform -- >> look, i'm not going to debate the issue. >> is it okay for a foreign country to waterboard an american citizen? >> just read the book. >> then bush writes mcconnell asked him to bring troops home from iraq before the 2006 midterms to help the republican party out. instead the president increased the number of troops as part of the surge. his decision to be what he characterizes as a pro-life president came from an experience with his pro choice mother. mr. bush detailing, thanks for this, barbara bush's decision to show her teenaged son the remains of her miscarriage. >> no question that affected me, my philosophy that

now, bush feels like he's pretmuch untouchable. republicans are attacking nadler for calling bush on the carpet. fox news favorite congressman peter king in new york jumped to bush's defense right away and he told politico, quote, jerry and i are friends, but he's entirely wrong on this. there would have been lives lost and bush deserves credit fwhar he did. king went on to say that, bush should get a medal for authorizing waterboarding? now, republicans don't care if waterboarding is legal or moral. when this story comes up, their first reaction is to praise the former president, make liberals look like they're nothing but a bunch of damn terrorist sympathizers, well psycho-talking michele bachmann played that card and played that garbage over and over on "the o'reilly show." >> bush is right, bush did the right thing, all right he protected us. he had to dunk these three guys and he did and he got information and we captured a whole bunch of really bad, bad people from it. if you hear the left this is the worst thing the united s

bush for violating anti-torcher laws. this after the release of mr. bush's book decision points. fox news anchor geraldo rivera. do you think this will end, this stupid, dopey stuff? you know, look, bush says and i believe him that his guys -- woo,. >> john woo. said. >> bill: it produced actionable intelligence. the far left is never going to give it up. >> well, what politician also never give up, bill, is that successive administrations always want to investigate the prior administration. that's the kind of cancerous tradition in american politics. it's very, i think very counter productive. in this case the aclu is probably right on the law though even though as a matter of public policy and national interest they are wrong. i mean, under -- what is it 18 u.s. code 2340 torture is against u.s. law. under the obama administration with eric holder as the attorney general, they have made a finding that waterboarding equals torture. so, when george bush said damn right whether they should waterboard khalid sheikh mohammed and abu and the other guy, he was making admission he was

now are disowning george bush because of things like medicare part d. or his spending ways which of course they have to do because they have to justify how is it that we have such a problem with the deficit and the debt now when we didn't have a problem with it during the eight years of the bush administration when the debt ceiling was raised five times when the national debt went from four trillion to ten trillion when we went from projected surpluses to massive deficits they have to turn around now and make it all about bush as opposed to it being part of the broader conservative ideology and its failure to be able to govern yeah but they're talking a bush in terms of money nine in terms of i guess you know the war on terror guantanamo bay detainees interrogation enhanced interrogation techniques and bush doesn't really seem to be sorry about that either let's play a little clip for us from his interview last night. why's waterboarding legal in your opinion because the lawyer said it was legal so it didn't fall within the to torture act i'm going to o

bush, and laura bush. we thank you for their shared commitment to our country, and to the tenets of democracy. we pray that this center will be an inspiration for those who choose public service as a life's location. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in the context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the history, for the very future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center, and your holy name we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration of your words. what a wonderful crowd for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the groundbreaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas. [applause] >> what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joined by more than

bush or the other guy? he got elected. >> for the first time ever, they will say that tobacco products are addictive, and they will say in the bluntest terms that tobacco can tell. -- kill. >> the federal government is going to hammer the point home by notifying you on the packets of cigarettes that they're addictive and can cause cancer and lung disease and can harm your baby. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public help in all of human history, and the amount of suffering it has reduced is great but i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it spread to things like smalt and obesity, how you sneeze on your sleeve and your hand. i object to that, but on smoking, i am a hard line. i would abolish it if

bush. it was after barack obama was elected president but before obama was officially sworn into office. despite some stiff competition on the show i feel safe saying that lame duck watch was the best we ever did in terms of using musical interludes on this show. it was "hail to the chief" followed by a quack. do you remember? ♪ [ quack ] >> people would come up to me on the street and do that. quack! i loved it. it still stuck in my head two years later. it was our way of watching underreported things the bush administration was going. it's the old congress coming back to washington for one last hurrah before the new congress that was just elected gets sworn in. this is a new lame duck period. it's time to bring back the lame duck watch, right? the problem is the music. we cannot use that great little musical animation anymore. we can't use it because that is "hail to the chief" which is specifically for the president and so it made sense for watching a lame duck president. it makes no s

bush or the other guy? he got elected. the government takes steps to scare us away from cigarettes. >> but the first time ever, it was a tobacco products are addictive, in the bluntest of firms, that tobacco can kill. >> if you did not already know that cigarette smoke is bad for you, the federal government will hammer the point home by notifying you on the package that cigarettes are addictive and can give you lung disease. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this, i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public health in all of human history. the amount of suffering it has reduced is a great. i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it has spread over to things like obesity, eating, how you sneeze on your sleeve or in your hand. i object to that, but on smoking,

now, bush feels like he's pretty much untouchable. republicans are attacking nadler for calling bush on the carpet. fox news favorite congressman peter king in new york jumped to bush's defense right away and he told politico, quote, jerry and i are friends, but he's entirely wrong on this. there would have been lives lost and bush deserves credit fwhar he did. king went on to say that, bush should get a medal for authorizing waterboarding? now, republicans don't care if waterboarding is legal or moral. when this story comes up, their first reaction is to praise the former president, make liberals look like they're nothing but a bunch of damn terrorist sympathizers, well psycho-talking michele bachmann played that card and played that garbage over and over on "the o'reilly show." >> bush is right, bush did the right thing, all right he protected us. he had to dunk these three guys and he did and he got information and we captured a whole bunch of really bad, bad people from it. if you hear the left this is the worst thing the united s

in the post bush years would have been otherwise and. it actually. divides the republican party at the same time so if this point time you can cut both ways for the republican party well i would i would tend to argue that what we know is we know we know about the short term in the short term you're going to have much more energized republican turnout on tuesday and that's going to help the republicans and to a large degree the tea party folks get some credit for that weather down the road it creates friction within the party or make some point makes the republicans west electable in some places we'll see it's interesting to note however that frankly the modern way of the republican party has been shrinking for years so the notion that that that they are competitive part of the republican party just frankly isn't true. the republican party's future is being able to convince mainstream american voters who voted for ronald reagan who voted for both bushes that the republicans can offer fiscal conservatism in a package that they find acceptable certainly

in the post bush years would have been otherwise and. it actually. divides the republican party at the same time so if this point time you can cut both ways for the republican party well i would i would tend to argue that what we know is we know we know about the short term in the short term you're going to have much more energized republican turnout on tuesday and that's going to help the republicans and to a large degree the tea party folks get some credit for that whether down the road it creates friction within the party or make some point makes the republicans less electable in some places we'll see it's interesting to note however that frankly the matter wing of the republican party has been shrinking for years so the notion that that that they are a competitive part of the republican party just frankly isn't true. the republican party's future is being able to convince mainstream american voters who voted for ronald reagan who voted for both bushes that the republicans can offer fiscal conservatism in a package that they find acceptable certai

laura bush. barbara bush. when it's republican first lady they're ignored or vilified. democrat, put on a special throne. "washington post" when hillary clinton went to africa they called her queen of the world. two years later, laura bush went to europe and headline was first lady takes europe by calm. the allure is wearing off of michelle obama like barack obama. they've got this mantra about they're reaching out for the poor and feel the pain. then the public is seeing these marie antoinnette vacations and they don't like them. >> sean: g.o.p. election and msnbc suggests the potential of a violent revolution. >> are things in our country so bad it might be time for a revolution? the answer obviously is yes. the only question is how to do it. from the wrongful wars to the corrupt economy to the special interest and the industries that control every politician in this country. in the next guest targets the day-to-day absurdities of washington through the political cartoons in newspapers across the country but now he is tackling something bigger. the need for real chang

bush. -- of tv interviews for george w. bush. nbce'll be a special on tomorrow, a one-short interview with matt lauer -- one-hour interview with matt lauer. >> the main purpose is to have a data point for future historians. i do not care about perceptions at this point " in time -- point in time. i served. i gave it my all. i am a content man. book has been part of the transition process and to private life. it is a way to put the reader into the environment in which i had to make decisions. >> the book is called -- host: the book is called "decision points." the former president will also appear on the oprah winfrey show and will have a number of other appearances on the fox news channel, including an interview on friday with greta van susteren. whether the rest of the country is ready to connect with mr. bush again remains to be seen, but after nearly two years of silence, he is imposing from self-imposed exile to defend his record and begin the process of defining his legacy at the moment when his successor is on the ropes. as

bush? will a record that includes iraq, katrina and wall street's collapse be overshadowed by the construction at southern methodist university? among those celebrating, dick cheney. also, lisa murkowski took her best shot against sarah palin. now that the alaska senator leads joe miller in the vote count, she said palin lacks quote leadership qualities and curiosity that are needed to be president.{ and let me finish with some counterintuitive advice for the national football league. if you want to cut down on head injuries, consider ditching the face mask. >>> we're joined by two incoming members. congressman-elect steve sutherland of florida and karen bass, congresswoman-elect. mr. sutherland, you're in the midst of orientation. what have you learned in the last 48 hours that you department know? >> i'll tell you, we're busy learning the lay of the land. even the floor plans are all new to us. we're learning about our budgets and how to go about hiring our congressional staff which will

bush or the other guy? he got elected. >> for the first time ever, they will say that tobacco products are addictive, and they will say in the bluntest terms that tobacco can tell. -- kill. >> the federal government is going to hammer the point home by notifying you on the packets of cigarettes that they're addictive and can cause cancer and lung disease and can harm your baby. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public help in all of human history, and the amount of suffering it has reduced is great but i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it spread to things like smalt and obesity, how you sneeze on your sleeve and your hand. i object to that, but on smoking, i am a hard line. i would abolish it if

bush not much better. in fact, over the duration of his presidency, while a lot of jobs were created in the housing bubble. they were lost by the time it was over. >> i remember when bush started, we had 4% unemployment. about 6.8 at the end of his term. you know, bush did inherit kind of a dream of any president in terms of you had a surplus. you had a much stronger global economy that you were dealing with. we were in pretty good shape in terms of our relationships around the world. he that had luxury of saying, gee, what will i do with all this money. well, i'm going to get into a couple of wars, give big tax breaks. now, we're having the same conversation about trying to give tax breaks and cut the deficit. >> there's a policy debate and then there's a leadership style, jimmy, which is bush, i'm doing this, i will always believe on wednesday, whatever i believed on monday no matter what happens on tuesday. so you could throw katrina out, do whatever. we're at war, i don't care. and then you've got bara

bush. same time, you're both selling books about the same time n your book you criticize the former president for his compassionate knit conservative team. explain that. >> i think gorge -- george bush will go down as one of the great presidents in history. his fight against islamic terrorists in the west is some of the important work of the 20th and 21st century, to date. there are issues dealing with the budget i disagreed with. the fact of the matter is that republicans in control of congress in the mid 2000s spent too much money on programs, whether medicaid part d or no child left behind, programs cost too much money. >> sold in the name of compassionate conservatism. >> yes. i will tell you, i think those were wrong. we have a chance now as we go back into session, in january, to redo a lot of those. i think the american citizens sent a clear message. we don't want you spending all of the dollars on the plam plams -- programs we don't necessarily want. >> what should snb. >> i don't.

bush, another moment on tape, george w. bush is promoting his new memoir. he sat down with sean hannity. >> thing that for joining -- can we do that again. >> they never let me do it again. it would have been underestimate. not misunderestimate. >> this is all included. >> strategy not strategery. >> i know that, what do we call that, the other network. let's give sean and the president both points for a sense of humor. >> he seems a lot looser. >> "w"? >> yeah. >> you don't have the burden of the presidency. that is a fact. up next, a close look at the new proposal to get the federal deficit under control, not only suggests major cuts at the pentagon, but npr cuts and you would have to pay to see the pandas at the zoo and the cool planes at the air and space museum. [ woman ] you know, as a mom, i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyota developed this software that can simulate head injuries and helps make people safer. then they shared this technology with researchers at wake forest to help reduce head injuries

bush. we're going to take you to texas where president bush goes on the record about his new book "decision point." the former president has been quiet since leaving office. but not anymore. you're going to get the inside story on the bush white house. then president bush takes you to the site of his future presidential center. tonight he gives you a sneak peek at artifacts that will be housed in the presidential museum, including the famous ground zero bull horn and a gun found on saddam hussein when he was captured. first, here is president bush on the record. >> nice to see you. i'm feeling good about life. thank you. >> you look like you feel good about life. new book. things look great. >> i spent a lot of the time in the post presidency writing the book. i'm happy with the way it came out. i hope people read it. >> it's interesting. you are in an exclusive club of few people and expresidents. interesting that you have a rear-view mirror. happy to be out of the white house, happy to be

el senador kennedy, como lo dice el presidente bush, lo fue a ver para convencer al presidente bush que le hablara a reid para convencerlo de que no, que, por favor, no cerrara el debate. >>¿por quÉ lo hizo? >>Él no querÍa que el presidente bush, republicano, tuviera una victoria sobre el tema de inmigraciÓn. cosa que se me hace muy cÍnica. una movida muy cÍnica, respeto al senador reid por su posiciÓn, pero eso fue polÍtica dura, politica sucia y los que pagaron fueron los inmigrantes. >>secretario, estas son palabras muy fuertes que usted estÁ haciendo aquÍ en "enfoque". el senador reid, acaba de ganarle a sharon angle con el 9o% del voto hispano. ha prometido reforma migratoria, hizo, tratÓ de pasar el dream act aquÍ, dos semanas antes de las vacaciones, para las elecciones. Él puede mostrar con hechos, que ha tratado de hacer, que por cierto, muchos republicanos, no sÓlo no ha tratado de hacerlo, sino han sido los que han bloqueado cualquier intento de reforma migratoria. >>lo que ha hecho el senador reid es empezar una pelea, empezar una bronca con los republicanos,

bush? [ laughter ] >> bill: also tonight a new tv ad by american atheists. >> put to death men and women children and infants. >> caution, you where to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill owe o'rei. thanks for watching us tonight. desperation on the far left. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. after last week's election results some in the obama administration and liberal media are furious and now desperation is setting up. first, fox owe phobia, that is the irrational fear of the fox news channel which for the first time in history beat every other news agency on election night. a stunning turn of events. that kind of power is frightening the far left. last week we telling you about "the washington post" columnist dana milbank left wing hater. mr. milbank writing quote to be fair and balanced, fox brought in a a nominal democrat pollster doug shone this is a complete repudiation of the democratic party, he proclaimed. milba

john mccain, for example, against the bush tax cuts for the richest americans. john mccain, on the other hand, totally for those very same tax cuts. >> if you go back to 2004, i know your position on the bush tax cuts did change and you talked about that before. i do want to play something you said in an interview in 2004 and ask you about it. >> i voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportionate amount that went to the wealthiest americans. i would clearly support not extending those tax cuts in order to help address the deficit. but the middle-income tax credits, the family and child tax credits, all those, i would keep. >> that's exactly what president obama said. >> what does john mccain today have to say to john mccain 2004? he says is there a statute of limitations? no, seriously, that's what he said. >> is there a statute of limitations? >> no? even though john mccain 2004 was against tax cuts for the rich, john mccain now says this. >> it is not the time to raise anyone's taxes. >> anyone's. john mccain is also opposed to john mccain on environ

bush or the other guy? he got elected. >> for the first time ever, they will say that tobacco products are addictive, and they will say in the bluntest terms that tobacco can tell. -- kill. >> the federal government is going to hammer the point home by notifying you on the packets of cigarettes that they're addictive and can cause cancer and lung disease and can harm your baby. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public help in all of human history, and the amount of ffering it has reduced is great but i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it spread to things like smalt and obesity, how you sneeze on your sleeve and your hand. i object to that, but on smoking, i am a hard line. i would abolish it if i

president bush says, no, not his fault. listen. >> what happened in afghanistan was that our nato allies turned out -- some of them turned out not to be willing to fight, and, therefore, my -- our assumption that we had ample troops, u.s. and afghan -- and nato troops, turned out to be a not true assumption, and so we adjusted, and i completely disagree with the take eye off the ball. i found that to be empty political rhetoric. >> empty political rhetoric. it was a nato shortcoming, not a u.s. shortcoming in after san? >> i think if you look at the statements of the time, secretary rumsfeld believed very, very strongly in a very light foot. he wanted to get in and get out as quickly as possible. he didn't want to have troops on the ground. look, it's a respectable point of view. it was a way of thinking about a fast lethal operation. not doing nation building. not getting bogged down in operation. you know, there are still people who believe that that was -- that would have been the right approach. that clearly was the app

bush. boris johnson, mayor of london writes the former president is at engine wen risk of being arrested for war crimes even in wales. the next moment, click, some embarrassed member of the welsh could walk on stage, place some handcuffs on the former leader of the free world and take him away to be charged. >>> here, counterterrorism authorities are too busy arresting a florida step dance team. dressed in camo oor, hoofing it through the lincoln tunnel because their van was stuck in traffic and they were late for a tv show! thank god they didn't try to fly. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. this is friday, november 19th. 718 days until the 2012 presidential elections. yes, mrs. palin, there is a government death panel. it is in jan brewer's arizona. government action which will actually condemn some low-income americans to death was passed this march by republican state legislature and signed into law by a republican governor. it took effect th

president bush 41 and they all call her mother and barbara bush. you can't work for either one of these men without coming to understand, you know, the kind of really the profound way that their love for each other held all of them up at the most difficult points in their personal and professional lives. i think the fact he was following share some of these things is what makes the book such a treat. >> speaking of books that are a treat "18 acres" one excerpt that comes to mind is you have got a female republican president making a surprise pick of tara meyers, a feisty new york attorney general and a democrat to form a unity ticket and you write, melanie, that it's chief of staff, disliked everything about tara, she was loud, tacky and rude. she seemed to calculate the least presidential approach over to situation and pursue it with vigor. any roots in the role you played for the mccain palin campaign? >> i had so much fun drawing on the entire he can spain of my professional experience for these characters and i will plead the fifth on what was

>> george bush doesn't care about black people. >> he scald me racist. >> he said george bush doesn't care about black people. >> he said i'm a racist. i don't appreciate it then. i don't appreciate it now. it's one thing to say i don't appreciate the way he handled his business. another thing to say this man is a racist. i resent it. it's not true. and it was one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency. >> this from the book, i faced a lot of chris sichl as president. i didn't like hearing people claim i lied about iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich, but the suggestion that i was racist because of the response to katrina represented an all-time low. >> yeah. still feel that way as you read those words. felt them when i heard them. felt them when i wrote them. and felt it when i was listening to them. >> you say you told laura at the time it was the worst moment of your presidency. >> yeah. >> i wonder if some people are going to read that and they might give you some heat for it. >> i don't care. >> here's the reason for it. you're not saying

where do you think they stand on this bush tax cut? >> i think the only thing they are taking back is the president wants to do the negotiabling when he gets home. axelrod said it more plainly than they would like at that home. we will work that out i hope and i expect on "meet the press" on sunday. they do have to do it. i think the president will try to position himself as the fiscal conservative by saying if we do this, where are the corresponding spending cuts, republicans? that may be where he tries to score a point. >> here is what he had to say about the deficit commission. some have already broadly praised him for holding fire and not dumping the way nancy pelosi did. let's watch. >> the only way to make those tough choices historically is if both parties are willing to move forward together. and so before anybody starts shooting down proposals, i think we need to listen, we need to gather up all the facts. i think we have to be straight with the american people. >> now as congress is returning they are other social issues such

. >>> leading off tonight, bushed. ambassador joseph wilson blew the whistle on the bogus intel the bush people used to push the war with iraq. a new movie, "fair game", tells the story of what happened to him and his wife, valerie, directly thereafter. is that what you get when you stand up for truth against the white house operatives, neocons and political hacks who beat the drum for war with iraq? our top guest tonight, joe wilson himself, to talk about the former president who's out there now defending his war in his self-described sickening feeling when he learned that those nuclear weapons did not exist, the ones he swore were there, the ones he used to sell the war. >>> also aboard tonight and right up front, mike isakoff reports that bush didn't so much as burp when he heard those weren't there. >>> and will there be a democratic mutiny? the fight over who's in charge of the house, tonight. >>> there's also a leadership fight be among republicans, some of whom want to replace michael steele and find someone els

year the bush administration. it created five trillion dollars in new deficits and then republicans come through this tea party thing talking about fiscal responsibility it's a joke the whole tea party is a joke you know and they it once people start to really mean. we've just we just bought the same thing we just bought the same thing that we didn't like for eight years that made the republican party only likable by twenty percent of the american electorate ok and once people realize that that's what they've bought again they're going to be very upset so you know you guys are probably going to win some sense to this a lot and maybe even enjoy it while the last you know that's that slow down a little bit gentlemen i'm going to go fill first go ahead fill and then we'll go to peter in orlando go ahead phil. look as i said in the opening but apparently some folks weren't listening this is a clear open repudiation a rejection of both bush and obama fiscal policies with the exception of the only genuine supply side th