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>> larry: one week from tonight we have mick jagger. first, we welcome back laura bush. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you were such a private first lady. wasn't this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted it to be very candid. i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that what reporters asked me about, all those eight years we were there, you know, didn't cover some of the things that were in this b...

one week from tonight we've got mick jagger here for the hour. right now we welcome back former first lady laura bush to "larry king live." we spent many hours together. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you see its cover. you were such a private first lady. wasn't this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted to be very candid, i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that what reporters asked me about, all those eight years we were there, you know, di...

And the ladies would drink margaritas, and the men would drink beer. and the next night on saturday night we would go to somebody's house for dinner where, you know, we'd barbecue and people would bring hors d'oeuvres or whatever and we would drink. >> larry: you too? >> us too. everyone, women and men did. i really thought that george drank too much, and i would notice it. and you know, it might be funny. i say this in the book, when other people's husbands have too much to drink, but i didn't think it was funny when mine did. >> larry: did you encourage him to get help? >> i encouraged him. ...

And the life there in west texas had a lot of drinking. drinking was a part of it. our social life was to go out on the weekends, go out on friday night usually with all of our friends to eat mexican food. and the ladies would drink margaritas, and the men would drink beer. and the next night on saturday night we would go to somebody's house for dinner where, you know, we'd barbecue and people would bring hors d'oeuvres or whatever and we would drink. >> larry: you too? >> us too. everyone, women and men did. i really thought that george drank too much, and i would notice it. and you know, it ...