"By taking the issue to the people, a president can build up public support and change minds in Washington. Unfortunately, George Bush did not do that for the budget agreement of 1990, and the bitterness that resulted from his broken pledge damaged his standing within the party," Bush writes.
The elder Bush had a serious illness two years ago.
In December 2017, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. The family feared the worst and gathered at his bedside. The elder Bush put his hand on granddaughter Jenna's pregnant belly and said, "There's death and there's new life."
"We all left the room sobbing," Bush writes.
在本周发布的关于自己父亲的新书《41:我父亲的肖像》中,第43任美国总统小布什回忆起年轻时曾与第37任美国总统理查德•尼克松的女儿初次约会的旧事,约会似乎并不顺利。
上世纪六十年代末老布什还是德克萨斯州国会众议员,他当时为儿子安排了与尼克松女儿特里西娅的约会。小布什第一次去白宫就是去接特里西娅。
“晚宴期间,我伸手去弄一些黄油,不料打翻了一个杯子,红酒在桌子上留下污迹,我十分惶恐。然后我点了一支烟,不过引来特里西娅礼貌提醒我不要吸烟。晚宴刚完,特里西娅就要求我送她回白宫,那次约会就这样结束了。”小布什在书中写道。
小布什自称此书是关于父亲“爱的故事”。
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