I’m very reluctant to ascribe thought to George Bush beyond anything he actually says, and even then, I don’t often believe him.
I don’t know what’s in his heart. He says he has a good heart, he’s a good man. Let him think that if he wants. I’m interested in the results of his policies.
We don’t call him a liar in this book. We don’t ever say he’s lying, because we don’t know what he’s thinking. We don’t know what his consciousness is.
I do think that a man [that] tells us over and over again, "I’m 100 percent positive they have weapons of mass destruction." And then instead of saying, "Oh I’m wrong and I’m sorry," says "I’m 100 percent sure they have weapons of mass production" -- whatever that phrase was, isn’t someone who’s primary concern is that he always is scrupulous to the truth...That’s a kind of giveaway.
But I really couldn’t give a shit what Bush thinks or feels. I care what the results for the country are…
…I’m called a Bush-hater by the Wall Street Journal, but I don’t really have any feelings about Bush personally.
I never met him [but] when I watched that movie "Journeys with George," I found him quite charming, to tell you truth. I understood the charm of the guy.
But I don’t care if I like him or not. I don’t care if I like Clinton or not. I don’t care if I like Cheney or not.
I care, as a patriot and as an intellectual, what are the results of the policies for the country and the world.
And my view is that they are all uniformly disastrous. I can’t tell you a single good thing the guy has done for the country.
