Q&A: President George W. Bush

Our guest is former President George W. Bush, who speaks about his best-selling memoir, "Decision Points." Program from Sunday, January 30, 2011.

[@marcellocalbesi]

The quality looks more like 1991 than 2011

[@phineas6268]

The Quality looks like 2001 than 2011

[@WeaponsEducation]

This book is a must read. I could not put it down and read it in 2 days. He is amazingly honest.

[@HenryMyth]

It'd be the only he was. But I seriously doubt that.

[@paulcalb]

Thank you for your service Mr. President. I admire him as a person.

[@julia2k8]

You admire a war criminal?

[@simonrankin9177]

Im from Australia and I love this great man...

[@dunnudoit]

Thank you George Bush for keeping America safe. Its better to fight the terrorists over there than have war at home.

[@dinoradja2980]

Lolol no no no

[@patricktsai2303]

The twin towers fell under his watch, never forget that

[@Worrier316]

I'm a Democrat, but I think President Bush is a good man who loves his country. I admire his refusal to criticize President Obama.

[@agirlyoudontknow332]

Jack Tripper same

[@hplenn1]

You're an ass

[@reveries119]

You don’t know these individuals at all then. They have fooled you.

[@2H2521]

@Worrier316 I would’ve criticized the hell out of him.

[@eftijiskaravasilis8204]

What I respect most about him is his careless attitude about maintaining fame over making proper decisions. I could care less if people like you. The only matter is if you did the right thing.

[@agirlyoudontknow332]

there is so much to learn when listening to President Bush. I enjoy it.

[@bilbob7624]

it's always interesting to hear a president speak his mind... especially after being in office.

[@roscomeon3965]

He doesn't have a mind.

[@ssj7nick]

The man of the hour!

[@joycebenton9368]

The former President Bush is absolutely very inspirational one. Often when one was a President, certainly will do as much as can for many inspirational things, but the former President Bush even after he retired from his Presidency service, he still spends his precious retired time to take care of disabled veterans and rides bicycles with them to encourage them to live happier and more meaningful. He also went to Africa to take care of ADIS and cival cancer African women. Although he and his wife the former 1st Lady Laura Bush hare not Africans, but they even brought brushes, rolled up their sleeves, to paint their house for them. It’s very touching facts for oneas America’s former President and the former 1st Lady to concern and take care of American women’s health and paint their house for them as well as danced happily with them too. His principles and kindness under principles and decency are touched our heart. He is great.

[@edmund1358]

i actually agree with bush when he talked about the news and how they have to shout to be heard

[@MrAitraining]

Great and Brave President. History will treat him well I hope

[@erzsebethyoung]

+MrAitraining the Rabbi said, Bush Jnr was a good boy, he did as he was told. www.whale.to/c/580452_382153685216594_1169347959_n.jpg

[@hallucinathann]

37:48

[@sklassen13]

After he exited his presidency, he seemed to become this really likeable man. Props to you George!

[@mark31995]

He was the same person you were not paying attention

[@ryanglass1008]

@@mark31995 if by “same person” you mean a War Criminal, you would be correct!

[@michaeld5770]

Great interview.

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 I am aware of Tripolitan War. What is your point?

[@JarellB0w]

It's interesting how he uses the term "sober" so often.

[@FuS3D86]

I think Bush did everything he thought was necessary and I think the way he handled 9/11 especially as he did not expect nor want to be a wartime president, I think he did the best he could and It could have been allot worse. At least he did something about it rather that just give up to rage and declare full blown war.

[@johnmandro9355]

Georgius Kaesar I like George H W Bush, his speech... To keep the mind clear and steadily but also knowledge too also sharp.......

[@johnmandro9355]

Georgius Kaesar To keep official meetings or anything to learn knowledge for highly improve it....

[@elliottpereda5724]

Georgius Kaesar Well Said!

[@FuS3D86]

@@elliottpereda5724 My opinions have changed dramatically in 5 years. Sorry to disappoint.

[@elliottpereda5724]

Georgius Kaesar Not disappointed, George did Fogged it up, for using his father as an WMD’s excuse for Iraq Invasion. While Afghanistan should have been kept in focus.

[@Howard007]

One of the best presidents of our time

[@edmund1358]

anyone read his book yet? does he talk about the environment?

[@adameater]

god bless you mr. bush! We love you!

[@byronpelton]

38:51 begins “The three isms” segment, to whom it may concern

[@MsTommyknocker]

"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

[@Afghan-1919]

I love this guy . A very tough President . HE WAS MY ROLE MODEL AT THE TIME HE WAS IN OFFICE .

[@JarellB0w]

Where in the video does he talk about rainbows?

[@SnozberriesTasteLikeSnozberrys]

Imagine paying FORTY bucks for a CSPAN hoodie 😂😂😂 they got that merch!😂😂

[@joejojo1483]

Question: How do you remain so brave, dynamic, wholesome and handsome in the face of danger?

[@terencewinters2154]

Reflections in a golden eye.

[@JoeyTV]

Have you forgot september 11th my friend?

[@SlamDunkMunk]

You Are Loved Honored and Admired Mr President

[@nyyankees4296]

Everyone is mad nervous haha

[@Xendrius]

7 min

[@FrancesSloan]

@ThunderAppeal Wow, you are so warm and fuzzy. :-)) Just a little teddy bear. :) Thank you so much for those kind words.......you must be a very special person.

[@jonburgett6243]

"I am the decider".....

[@arcsta_rr]

What is up! What is good! George. "Trailblazer". ✌️☝️🖤✌️😊

[@2mcna2]

Why?

[@stevey2020]

@Theshamham congratulations, he is!! But so are we all.. the race is on!

[@alexrosenbluth3128]

46:06 Great question and foresight

[@brandondixon4292]

wow, the comment about 24 hour news and hyper partisan news being a death spiral, really hit home. We saw it coming and we failed to do something about it

[@user-gd4wt6oi7y]

I like him and Jeb as normal people with lot of humor, and certain intellect, same as I follow lot of journeys of other public figures to know who what they are, you can get to know lot about others, how you can know people you don't interact with personally, but you can know lot about them, and but he did have certain messed up decisions as leader of Nation, that cannot be denied, but then nobody knows the truth of those pressures and decisions because it involves intelligence agencies, congress nay' yay' sayers and lot of other factors.

[@HaveYouSeenMyGardens]

Haha I love how Bush kept casually ribbing at Brian Lamb, once or twice being like "these students questions are way better than what this guy would've asked!", then later casually calling him old, etc. By his reaction around the 54 minute mark he seemed a bit offended bush called him old!

[@aleks8551]

He's a natural comedian :)

[@terencewinters2154]

A gift to charity. Covers a multiplicity of things.

[@roman14032]

when i look at theses coments, the effect they have on me is to impress me with the fundamental disshonesty of most of bushes loudest critics

[@roman14032]

thanks for that visual now im going to have nightmares

[@atlormerjo8830]

I know a country that approves Bush 100%

[@ayatallahjaber4763]

Good man very good book 📖 👍 👌 👏

[@user-px2st1bl8l]

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[@audio-agenda7221]

I have a feeling these questions were all pre written by a Republican professor and students interviewed and interrogated intensely before being picked and also told what to say and not say.

[@paularnold8316]

he says his fight for freedom against tyrannts. yet his closest ally in the middle east saudi arabia , is a tryrannical regime. the guy is a war criminal and should be in jail

[@WMAlbers1]

Lots of students that dont ask critical questions.

[@kamelchargi3980]

💖

[@hallucinathann]

I wish we had Bush Jr instead of trump, "enhanced interrogation techniques" excluded. Everyone bashing him for war crimes, look at Rumsfeld, Cheny, and his advisors who he probably kept him in the dark within his cabinet

[@FrancesSloan]

@ThunderAppeal I checked out your channel and you say that you are a Conservative Republican. You are not like any Conservative that I know. I 'am' a Conservative Republican and I am 'not' full of hate for anyone. You need to do a reality check. You comments are way out of controle.

[@dia480]

I will take neither. I will take Ron Paul over all of them

[@shaggystyles7016]

Man i never though id miss Bush so much. Hahaha

[@bananajoe090]

"The idea of spreading freedom in parts of the world where some people don’t think freedom could possibly exist is controversial. It’s really a change in foreign policy which, in the past, I’ll kind of simplify it, but you know, if it’s a tyrant and he was good to the United States it’s OK. Well it’s not OK, as far as I’m concerned, for people to live under tyranny." What about Saudi Arabia?

[@TheCrappyaccount]

"I was sustained by my faith" no wonder LOLS

[@terencewinters2154]

But he figured he could deal with the problems by putting himself in the deciders seat.

[@terencewinters2154]

Everyone has there own log or speck in their eyes and that's a good point to work on your own stuff.

[@Henryk6203]

Very much Bush was very understandable, he wouldn’t know what goes on and trying to know what happened, and if people basically didn’t criticise him😮 0:44 a lot and very much has to be very How do you say seventh and know it all and try and be coherent to throw things go far? If you could only understand how he inspires the audience with great jesters and very much good humour, which is very honourable you go George W. Bush 1:10 How does it compare with Home you recently thought about life in general and how to be very consistent what’s going on? I think what C-SPAN to do is know how people understand and communicate with people doing understandably good work 1:45 .

[@terencewinters2154]

Bush was just the man in the middle.

[@ractsninjas]

why such hate. Boy.....man is retired.

[@gp2jaj]

Hum . . . so . . . what do you think about Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, Iran leadership of Ali Hosseini Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Just wondering.

[@brandondixon4292]

The comment about religion sums up Mike Pence and Tim Scott

[@jonburgett6243]

It took a courageous man to lead. Bush & God are good leaders. Well, W is God.

[@classicallady]

@CombatHandgun Dearest...simplist ? Bwahahahahahahah I believe you are developing Alzeheimer...

[@armyveteran101st]

No, he didn't. You're confusing Bush 43 with Bush 41. During the 1st Gulf War in 1991, Bush 41 ordered the military to stop all offensive operations after only 100 hours, and to refrain from helping the Kurds, who were almost completely slaughtered by Saddam with chemical weapons as a result. That was one of the mistakes Bush 41 committed back in 1991, but this had nothing to do with Bush 43 and the Iraq War of 2003. Get your facts straight.

[@sgtred111]

I like the comment on immigration around 40 min. However, it seems like we need to think hard on ways to not only make immigration "orderly" but also to invest in ways to unify them as Americans. Diversity is great until it divides the house. Unity can happen in various ways such as religion, language, political ideology, etc... I think language is key because when people cannot communicate it quickly leads to distrust. It is hard to build a relationship when you can't talk to each other.

[@NewWaveFan1]

@moe761 are you high?

[@jonburgett6243]

"who do U say that I am?"...God

[@bergil210]

@ManAcadie drug's maybe, cloned is more like it from what i just read.

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 No I am not a truther. And I agree with your last comment, all except the part about my contradiction and the part "regardless of what you do or not". What I personally do may have no effect but what my government does can. You are saying that if we put our hand for peace they will cut it off. If you think that then hope is lost. But lets turn it around. If a fanatic really doesnt want to bomb a church but he feels like he has to because he cant make peace then what will he do?

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 Now about stepping in other nations. Iranians have been getting more and more fed up with Iranian leadership. This goes for many nations but Iran is a good example. Now we sit back and let the Iranians fight because it is in our interest. But when the Iranian leadership says westerners are behind the revolt then the people unite against us and the revolt is over. The reason they believe their leaders is because of our history. We have caused revolts and that is not forgotten.

[@UrbaNSpiel]

Hmm

[@Tyler2Wheel]

@MrNicholasVega Watch the lone gunman pilot that aired march of 2001..It was a bout a group inside the us government who hikacked commercial planes and attempted to fly them into the WTC by remote control do a youtube search for The Lone Gunman Pilot

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 This is why America shouldnt have any relationship between religion and government. But what do we see? God on our money. God in our politicians speeches. God in our schools. This is the kind of stuff that gives our enemies fuel. When we invade Iraq and our soldiers paint religious symbols on the tanks then it has an effect. When Bush says in his speeches that God is with us and that the evil will be defeated that sends a wave of religious tone to our enemies and the people.

[@Thejbirdy]

@ignoranceisntfun Amen.

[@MagdalenaAntolak]

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[@gp2jaj]

He looks old because the job was so hard. The pressures are incredible - even without 9-11.

[@classicallady]

@renijohn012270 Hear hear....

[@knoose]

@moe761 Bahahaha! We had to do something only because of him...

[@hobbo3003]

People need to learn how to spell before they post comments. You can't be taken seriously if you can't spell out argument.

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 I never denied such fanatics existed. I was simply explaining what western actions ideals cause the hate to begin with. You mention all these peoples who are victims but also remember that the majority of Islam is not suicidal. You are skipping a step in the logic train. You seem to say that fanatics just happen. You also bring up examples such as the mongols and Spaniards. That is simple empire. You also say all the anger is against the west. I never said ALL.

[@kathybalushi7240]

I have psychatric enemy

[@user-cx8ro1pu4r]

You know my ma mario la powell tomorrow

[@Tyler2Wheel]

@anno4you Watch the lone gunman pilot that aired march of 2001..It was a bout a group inside the us government who hikacked commercial planes and attempted to fly them into the WTC by remote control do a youtube search for The Lone Gunman Pilot

[@elliottpereda5724]

Bush had a Bad Administration, but focus on pressuring Iraq was smart and Fought war on Afghanistan was smart, except Iraq war was a backstabbing decision, just hold off the pressure and let Saddam suffocate until, Good deals came. Still does not make me say Bush was Bad, He Was very Good president and very Humble.

[@shaniekatalley7791]

Speeding on drugs suicide at the time I cant afford two support people habits they gotta learn two leave for like years n then come back people gotta work

[@wilhelmjaimemercado8375]

Riots not ribbons

[@samsa419]

Incurablely inarticulate man, but right to liberate Iraq & Afghanistan.

[@user-px2st1bl8l]

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[@shaniekatalley7791]

And showing up at people house trying two date bountys

[@classicallady]

Same fate for all of them!

[@Jononutoob]

@abram493 Well I dont mean to compare. But when you compare today's America from the founding principles of no religion in government then you can say it is an issue. Hell if I compare America's economy to Greece then we are doing great. Americans have a serious problem with comparing nations. When we compare ourselves to the world around us it gives us some sense of being okay. But we are falling from where we once were which is a problem.

[@ManAcadie]

Evil.

[@user-px2st1bl8l]

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[@devildirtstraker666]

I agree that president like Abraham Lincoln or Harry Truman were criticized ..and i agree with Georgie here that politics is a harsh job....but in the very end George took our country more in to a shithole abbys.......RON PAUL 2012

[@wilhelmjaimemercado8375]

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[@hectorgarcia6098]

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