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ANALYSIS/OPINION: The Showtime documentary series, “The Reagans,” makes the preposterous suggestion that media bosses, deep in the hypnotic thrall of White House spin doctors, either worshipped Ronald Reagan or ordered their minions to cover him favorably.   Some of us who spent time in Reagan’s White House and Reagan political organizations have very different memories. While President Reagan was popular for much of his presidency, it had nothing to do with the media’s affection for him, but it didn’t hurt that Reagan’s team, unlike President Trump’s, deliberately avoided atta...

Rifle association, members of congress. this is a president who has close ties to russia and has potential conscious points of view with respect to whether there should be diplomatic relations with russia or relations with russia that are not consistent really with the intelligence community's view on what's best for the american public. so i think that conflict is extremely serious. >> michael, just button this up for us because you worked for george w. bush. all presidents, they're critical of the news media. they don't like the articles some of us write and all of that, but have you ever se...

For long periods of time? is there a tour? what happens? >> well, i don't know for sure, but i tell you what i have a good reason to believe. this is going to be a wonderful meeting. this is about america now. and president obama has said that and president trump, president-elect trump is looking forward to that. when george bush replaced governor an richards, she said that she wanted her outgoing transition to be the best ever. and it was very magnanimous. it was very productive. governor bush, governor elect bush was helped tremendously by governor richard's staff. as president obama has tal...

>> we continue now with former secretary of state condeleezza rice. you write in your book, you got on board the bush campaign early, but you thought it was a long shot going up against al gore. >> i did. >> you did? >> i did. we were in peace and prosperity. there was really no hint of what we would experience somewhat later. and i did think it was a long shot. as a matter of fact, i was too polite to say that to then governor george w. bush of texas, but i sure thought it. >> it's interesting, because your background is pretty phenomenal. why don't you give a quick synopsis. you wrote very t...

>> we are speaking with former secretary of state condeleezza rice. you write in your book that you got onboard the bush campaign early, but you thought it was a long shot going up against al gore. >> i did. >> you did? >> i did. we were in peace and prosperity. there was really no hint of what we would experience somewhat later. and i did think it was a long shot. as a matter of fact, i was too polite to say that to then george w. bush of texas but i sure thought it. >> it's interesting because your background is pretty phenomenal. why don't you give a quick synopsis. you wrote touchingly abo...