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Ironic. the president accomplished things. there was a valuable response to 9/11 and some other things that are less valuable, right? so what, how does this library and museum deal with it? obviously, talk a little about guantanamo. do they talk about tort you, they talk about the strong response after 9/11? do they talk about the mission accomplished moment? how do they deal with this? >> i haven't been down there to see the exhibits. i was there about a month or two before they were put in. i assume it is probably very much like president bush's memoirs, decision points is an argument for th...

Didn't come to the table to show cards. the republicans and certainly the talk, talk radio circuit was really difficult. i remember we used to ask tony snow when he was press secretary, go on all the talk radio shows. put him in the room for an hour. bring him vanilla latte anytime he wanted it and get him to talk to people to understand what was going on. i think the bill failed because of politics. reading today in president bush's book "decision points" he says he wished he had done immigration before social security, because he thinks there would have been bipartisan support for it before ...

>> we have brought from price waterhouse cooper willie geist, who's been an accountant there for 47 years. willie, you've been protecting this list. it under lock and key. this is exciting. am i on the list? >> who's the most sought after dinner companion? >> hmm. >> number 10. >> yeah. >> colin powell. >> okay. >> number 9, warren buffett. >> okay. >> surprised? >> i don't know. he's got like billions and billions of dollars. maybe he'll tip you. >> number 8. >> like $300 million before he leaves the house. >> bill clinton. >> that would be good. >> that would be fun. >> hillary clinton, numb...

Feel great. but in policy, the gay rights legacy of the bill clinton administration is the defense of marriage ask and don't ask, don't tell. awesome. does the president's personal feeling about gay people make that policy legacy any better or worse? not substantively. but the connection between personal beliefs and the wielding of political power is a very, very thin connection on this issue. so when george w. bush writes on page 69 of his memoir, "decision points," when he pats himself on the back for telling vice president dick cheney, that, quote, i could not careless less about the sexual...

Page 69 of his memoir, "decision points," when he pats himself on the back for telling vice president dick cheney, that, quote, i could not careless less about the sexual orientation of dick cheney's daughter, mary. when he pats himself on the back about that, about how personally tolerant he is, that does not make me feel better about president george w. bush's record, as a campaigner who got re-elected in part about making gay people's lives more miserable. it does not make me feel better. it also makes me feel more disgusted about that. not everybody feels the same way about this. but perso...