Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush

The political columnist examines the life of President George Bush's son, looking past the rumors of youthful indiscretions to his core beliefs, but discovers not much to sink her teeth into, and complains that his success is due largely to his political vagueness. Simultaneous.

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There couldn't be a better person than Texas daughter Molly Ivins to cover the recently hatched but rapidly ascending political career of George Walker Bush, the leader among the GOP 2000 presidential hopefuls.  While the media dwells on Bush's "youthful indiscretions," Ivins looks at his stance on the real issues and shows that for all his congeniality ("You would have to work at it to dislike the man"), there is not much there:  The single worst thing I can say about George W. Bush after five years of watching him is that if you think his daddy had trouble with 'the vision thing,' wait'll you meet this one".  Bush, whose only prior political experience was assisting his father's campaign, has succeeded largely due to his vagueness--voters are able to read into him the views they want.

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