it is his time in the sun and has not tried to upstage ronald reagan. >> george bush has to stop being seen and regarding's number two and be seen in the public's eyes as a president in his own right. 92 there was a lot of suspicions about whether bush was strong enough and tough enough to be president of the united states, to succeed the gipper. >> "newsweek" magazine where i worked, we do a cover story fighting the wimp factor. we used the word, "wimp". bush said in his diary it was the cheapest shot he had ever seen in his political life. the people on my carrier in combat didn't feel that way. people in business didn't feel that way. people in the cia didn't feel that way and the american people won't feel that way. >> where did the term come from? >> i've given you my answer. >> having participated in this story, i can tell you it was a mistake. it's too harsh. bush was not a wimp.