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Advance guys. he likes pork rinds. everywhere he traveled, there was a big bowl of pork rinds. >> and he listened to country music in the oval office. >> and many of the guests, the country music stars joining today, have campaigned with him in the past, were part of his public life, but were part of the family life. >> yeah. >> anderson, what i'm really struck by when i listen to tim and anita is we see the pictures. is it gene becker who was his long-tyke -- >> 24 years chief of staff, and before that, by the way, as is always good, she worked for barbara bush. so she came, and a former jour...

President bush's e-mail domain, you know, sometimes it's clinton, bush. it was four very weird letters. i always thought flfw. not what you normally see for a president's e-mail address. what did it stand for? former leader of the free world. so he was taking the stuff out of himself at the same time. can i tell a tstory about tim mcbride? the original elder statesman, the personal aid for so long. barbara bush and president bush, i spoke to three of their more recent aids today, and they would always say, you're good to the new young guys, but you are not as good as him. >> it was good to be ...

Us. he was so kind, so thoughtful. chris, you know this. you know when he took you on a tour, you and your parents were there. >> i know all about him, but i want you to tell me. go ahead. >> he did so many things. he was personally nice to me which i'll never forget, but he doesn't get the credit for doing some of the other wonderful things. for instance, tim mcbride, my friend was his special assistance for several years. then he named probably the first african american ever to be special assistant to the president, bruce kaufman who had been a military aide to the president. the president ...

Honorably. and so now i'm free, and i'm free to set my own priorities. and my own priorities no longer involve soing the problems of the -- solving the problems of the world or trying to take legislative initiatives that might lift someone else up. dana: that was former president george h.w. bush on life after his presidency. now let's bring in anita mcbride who joins me on the phone as she's headed back to d.c., executive in residence at american university's center for congressional and presidential studies. she was also chief of staff to first lady laura bush, and you also have a very speci...

She was a people person and she loved politics because politics is about people and she appreciated what people did to help get her husband elected and a be a big part of their family life and in fact, i share that with you. my first encounter, true encounter with barbara bush was in a receiving line. i was dating tim mcbride, the president's personal aide and they were curious to see who i was so that invitation came in the form of an invite to a state dinner. talk about no pressure walking through the receiving line. those pictures are precious of them looking down the row at me. so, i compl...