“So I’m drunk at the dinner table at Mother and Dad’s house in Maine. And my brothers and sister are there, Laura’s there. And I’m sitting next to a beautiful woman, friend of Mother and Dad’s,” says Bush. “And I said to her out loud, ‘What is sex like after 50?’ … I hope somebody reads this book and says, ‘If Bush can quit, I can quit.’”

Former President George W. Bush on tackling the big issues … alcoholism. You know, not to intermingle politics with celebrity, but I like Bush. I like him a lot. Though I voted for him – twice – there were some decisions that were made during his presidency that I didn’t care for, but on the whole? I think he’s an alright dude. And I think that he’s got a lot of wit and charm buried in there that a lot of people don’t see because they either think he’s some backward, blithering idiot, or because his Presidency overshadows everything that he’s done since. Or before. Or at all.

Remember this little gem?  Kanye’s infamous “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” announcement?  All right, now remember 9/11?  Yes?  And that whole War on Terror thing?  And the actual Hurricane Katrina, not just Kanye’s comments on how Bush handled it?  Ok, now that you have those things in your head, guess which one George Bush considers the worst moment of his presidency.

Of course it’s Kanye.

Matt Lauer interviewed Bush about the former president’s upcoming book, Decision Points (both of which you can check out next week), and Matt had some questions about what Bush wrote about the Kanye comment, which was that “the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.”  Bush got upset all over again, and Matt decided to push it:

Lauer: “You say you told Laura at the time it was the worst moment of your presidency?”

Bush: “Yes. My record was strong, I felt, when it came to race relations and giving people a chance. And it was a disgusting moment.”

Lauer: “I wonder if some people are going to read that, now that you’ve written it, and they might give you some heat for that. And the reason is this — “

Bush [interrupting]: “Don’t care.”

Lauer: “Well, here’s the reason. You’re not saying that the worst moment in your presidency was watching the misery in Louisiana. You’re saying it was when someone insulted you because of that.”

Bush: “No, and I also make it clear that the misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well. There’s a lot of tough moments in the book. And it was a disgusting moment, pure and simple.”

One of my nieces used to be an absolute demon.  She wouldn’t listen to anyone, she liked to pull hair and pinch and say mean things. But after a while of this, she’d always get to the point where she was just spinning, like she was just sputtering out nonsense, and that’s when I’d pick her up and put her on my lap, and I’d say “it’s ok, honey, it’s ok, just go to sleep.”  And that’s exactly what this interview makes me want to do to George Bush.  The man is sputtering out nonsense, and somebody needs to rock him to sleep.

“People in the White House…actually object[ed] to giving the author J.K. Rowling a presidential medal because the Harry Potter books encouraged witchcraft.”

Former George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer in his new book titled, Speech-less:  Tales of a White House Survivor in which he explains that GWB refused to award a presidential medal to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling because her books were clearly promoting evil.

As an aside:  I was looking for a pic of our former Prez and my son said, “Now, Mommy, George W. Bush is like, locked away in his house somewhere far away, right?”  Even he fears this dude.

It just wants Bush out.

Here’s George W. Bush throwing out the opening pitch at a Nationals game. He’s booed throughout the entire thing. The whole damn stadium. Booing.

The commentators mention what a good pitch he threw, and how he, unlike most other Presidents doing the same, actually stood on the pitcher’s mound.

That’s really great, Mr. Bush.

It’s just that whole war in Iraq thing …