The Family (96 page)

Interviews:
Stephen Maitland-Lewis, July 10, 2001, and correspondence, July 13 and 16, 2001, Jan. 14, 2002, Dec. 17, 2002, and Dec. 28 and 29, 2003; confidential source, March 28, 2003; John Claiborne Davis, Jan. 24, 2002; Howard Means, Jan. 17, 2002; Bob Gardner, June 18, 2003; correspondence with Peter Gethers, Nov. 25, 2001; Robert Whitt, Oct. 3, 9, and 22, 2001; Ina Schnell, Nov. 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 21

Records:
“Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, Vol. I, August 4, 1993”; 1988 campaign pamphlet, “George Bush. The one candidate who has proven his commitment to the Jewish people”; “George H.W. Bush’s Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention—August 18, 1988,”
bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/pdfs/rnc.pdf
.

Books:
Geraldine A. Ferraro with Linda Bird Francke,
Ferraro, My Story
(New York: Bantam Books, 1985); Sidney Zion,
The Autobiography of Roy Cohn
(Secaucus, N.J.: Lyle Stuart, 1988); Richard Ben Cramer,
What It Takes
(New York: Vintage Books, 1993); Marlin Fitzwater,
Call the Briefing!
(New York: Times Books, 1995); Peter Schweizer and Rochelle Schweizer,
The Bushes
(New York: Doubleday, 2004); Donald T. Regan,
For the Record
(New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988); Bill Minutaglio,
First Son
(New York: Times Books, 1999); John Brady,
Bad Boy
(Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1997); George Bush letter to Robert Mosbacher, Feb. 14, 1985, letters to Dorothy Bush, Dec. 16, 1986, and Jan. 11, 1987, in George Bush,
All the Best, George Bush
(New York: Touchstone, 1999); George Bush with Victor Gold,
Looking Forward
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987); Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990); Barbara Bush,
Barbara Bush: A Memoir
(New York: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1995); Donnie Radcliffe,
Simply Barbara Bush
(New York: Warner Books, 1989); George W. Bush,
A Charge to Keep
(New York; William Morrow, 1999); George Bush with Doug Wead,
Man of Integrity
(Eugene, Oreg.: Harvest House Publishers, 1988); Jeffrey Eugenides,
Middlesex
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002); Herbert S. Parmet,
George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee
(New York: Scribner, 1997).

Articles:
Amy Wilentz, “Bygones; Let Us Now Praise Old Enemies,”
Time
, Dec. 23, 1985; Aaron Epstein, “Bush Pays Tribute to Late Rightist Foe, Publisher William Loeb,”
Houston Chronicle
, Dec. 15, 1985; John Robinson, “For Nancy Ellis, a New Role as the President’s Sister,”
Boston Globe
, Jan. 18, 1989; Charles Trueheart, “Bush’s Day of Higher Service,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 28, 1988; Garry Trudeau, “How will history judge the Bush hours?”
Doonesbury
, Aug. 10, 1985; George de Lama, “Bush’s ‘Administration’ Passed Without a Sound,”
Chicago Tribune
, July 16, 1985; David Remnick, “Why Is Lee Atwater So Hungry?”
Esquire
, Dec. 1986; William Greider, “The Bush Question: Is Anybody Home?”
Rolling Stone
, Sept. 22, 1988, and “Bush and Dukakis both Deserve to Lose,”
Rolling Stone
, Nov. 3, 1988; Brian Duffy, “Guess Who’s in the Loop? New Questions About George Bush’s Iran-Contra Story,”
U.S. News & World Report
, Oct. 5, 1992; Cragg Hines, “Politics, Poignancy Mix During Bush Auschwitz Visit,”
Houston Chronicle
, Sept. 30, 1987, “Bush Battles ‘Politics’ Label on Europe Trip, but Not Aide,”
Houston Chronicle
, Oct. 4, 1987, and “Thorny Issue of Abortion Plagues GOP Politics; Bush Stance Took Sharp Turn in 1980,”
Houston Chronicle
, Aug. 10, 1992; Walter V. Robinson, “With Nazi Camp Tour, Bush Ends Polish Trip,”
Boston Globe
, Sept. 30, 1987; “Vice President Tours Concentration Camps on Last Day of Visit to Poland,” Associated Press, Sept. 30, 1987; “End of 4-Day Trip to Poland; Bush’s Emotional Tour of Auschwitz,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, Sept. 30, 1987; David Lee Preston, “Fired Bush Backer One of Several with Possible Nazi Link,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Sept. 10, 1988; Chris Black, “Report Says Emigres with Nazi Ties Form GOP Unit,”
Boston Globe
, Sept. 15, 1988; David Hoffman, “Bush Associate Resigns After Disclosure on BLS; Malek Tallied Jews for Nixon Administration,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 12, 1988; Paul Alexander, “All Hat, No Cattle,”
Rolling Stone
, Aug. 5, 1999; Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr., “Moving Up to the Major Leagues; Father’s Campaign, Baseball Provide Foundation for Own Run,”
Washington Post
, July 31, 1999, and “A Run for the House; Courting a Wife, Then the Voters,”
Washington Post
, July 29, 1999; Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, “The Quiet Dynasty,”
Time
, Aug. 7, 2000; transcript,
Frontline
interview with Jim Pinkerton, 2000, from
pbs.org
(Aug. 6, 2001); Nicholas D. Kristof, “For Bush, Thrill Was in Father’s Chase,”
New York Times
, Aug. 29, 2000; Margaret Warner, “Bush Battles the ‘Wimp’ Factor,”
Newsweek
, Oct. 19, 1987; Robert Parry, “Bush Family Politics,”
consortiumnews.com
, Oct. 5, 1999; transcript,
Larry King Live
, CNN, Oct. 12, 1987; Bob Minzesheimer, “Bush Strikes Back,”
USA Today
, Oct. 27, 1987; Jane Podesta, “Playing to Win,”
People
, Aug. 22, 1988; Lori Stahl and Diane Jennings, “Bush Family, Friends Say His Sincerity Outshines Image Honed for Contest,”
Dallas Morning News
, Nov. 13, 1994; Sidney Blumenthal, “The Sensitive Son,”
New Republic
, Oct. 8, 1990; Maureen Dowd, “Making and Remaking a Political Identity: George Herbert Walker Bush,”
New York Times
, Aug. 20, 1992; Allan Wolper and Al Ellenbert, “The Day Bush Bailed Out,”
New York Post
, Aug. 12, 1988; Gail Sheehy, “Beating Around the Bush,”
Vanity Fair
, Sept. 1988; Lou Cannon, “Bush Wins the Boss’ Respect,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 1, 1988; Jessica Lee, “Bush Supporters Deny His ‘Macho’ Stand Was Planned,”
USA Today
, Jan. 27, 1988; Herblock and Mike Royko, “Perspectives,”
Newsweek
, Feb. 8, 1988; “In Search of Stature,”
Time
cover, Aug. 22, 1988; Marjorie Williams, “Reagan, Once Over Lightly for Bush; A Restrained Endorsement at Party Fundraiser,”
Washington Post
, May 12, 1988; “Bush Sees Kin as ‘the Little Brown Ones,’”
Washington Post
, Aug. 17, 1988; Brock Brower, “Captain Enigma: Can George Bush Lead the Nation?”
Life,
May 1988; David Hoffman, “A Day of Damage Control; Bush Team Hunts Facts, Holds Discipline,”
Washington Post
, Aug. 19, 1988; transcript, “The Bentsen-Quayle Vice Presidential Debate,” Oct. 5, 1988,
www.debates.org
; Ken Hoover, “Former CIA Agents Urge Bush’s Defeat,” UPI, Nov. 4, 1988; Jonathan Kaufman, “Bush Ads Draw Charges of Racism; Some Say It’s Just Politics,”
Boston Globe
, Oct. 23, 1988; Jake Tapper, “The Willie Horton Alumni Association,” s
salon.com
, Aug. 25, 2000; “Silver-Footed Olive Branch,”
Washington Post
, Dec. 4, 1988; Timothy Noah, “Old Bland-Dad: Meet Poppy’s Poppa,”
New Republic
, April 3, 1989.

Interviews:
Geraldine A. Ferraro, Oct. 22, 2002; Michael Evans, July 17, 2002; confidential source, March 8, 2003; Susan King, Feb. 21, 2002; Anne Woolston, May 22, 2003; Roberta Hornig Draper, Jan. 4, 2003, and Nov. 28, 2003; correspondence with Peter Gethers, Nov. 25, 2001; confidential source, Oct. 12, 2001; Sandra McElwaine, April 18, 2001, and Sept. 8, 2003; Susan Watters, Oct. 8, 2002; Cragg Hines, May 22, 2003; Lilyan Wilder, Aug. 1 and 22, 2001; Charles Bartlett, Oct. 30, 2003; French Wallop, Feb. 25, 2003, and May 1, 2003; correspondence with Philip Agee, Dec. 7, 2003, and Jan. 4, 2004; correspondence with Peggy Noonan, Feb. 26, 2002; correspondence with Michael Sheehan, Feb. 1, 2004.

CHAPTER 22

Records:
Transcript of David Frost interview with George and Barbara Bush, Aug. 25, 1998, “Gate List for Event: Luncheon—01/21/89,” letters dated March 1, 1989, to each of George H.W. Bush’s children concerning their White House Staff Mess privileges, Bush Presidential Records, George Bush Presidential Library; George Bush Public Papers,
bushlibrary.tamu.edu
.

Articles:
Margaret Carlson, “The Silver Fox,”
Time
, Jan. 23, 1989; Diana Wiest, “For Barbara Bush, This Move’s a Joy,”
Washington Times
, Jan. 17, 1989; David S. Broder, “What Makes Barbara Bush So Special,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 22, 1989; Julia Reed, “The Natural,”
Vogue
, Aug. 1989; Donnie Radcliffe, “The Book That’s Banned in Kennebunkport,”
Washington Post
, Aug. 15, 1989, “First Degree for the First Lady; Smith College Honors Its Undergraduates,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 7, 1989, and “The First Daughter’s D.C. Option,”
Washington Post
, May 15, 1990; Cheryl Lavin, “Barbara Bush: Her Career Has Always Been Her Family, and It Hasn’t Been an Easy Career,”
Chicago Tribune
, Aug. 14, 1988; Patricia Leigh-Brown, “The First Lady–Elect: What She Is and Isn’t,”
New York Times
, Dec. 11, 1988; Michel McQueen, “America’s Grandma: Barbara Bush Earns Even Higher Ratings Than the President,”
Wall Street Journal
, Oct. 9, 1989; Fred Barnes, “CS,”
New Republic
, Aug. 7, 1989; Ann McDaniel, “Barbara Bush: The Steel Behind the Smile,”
Newsweek
, June 22, 1992; Liz Smith, “Crying Time for ‘Evita,’ the Movie,”
New York Daily News
, Sept. 22, 1989; Marjorie Williams, “Barbara’s Backlash,”
Vanity Fair
, Aug. 1992; Michael Kilian, “A Lady, Bar None,”
Chicago Tribune
, Nov. 8, 1989; Calvin Trillin, “First Lady,”
Nation
, July 16–23, 1990; Bill Minutaglio, “George W.’s Secret Weapon,”
Talk
, March 2000; Roxanne Roberts, “It’s Just a Woof over Their Heads,”
Washington Post
, March 19, 1989; Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “Lunch with Bar: An Interview with the Ancien Regime,”
New Republic
, Nov. 9, 1992; Dave Barry, “Barbara Shows She’s No Shrinking Violet, and You’d Better Believe It,”
Buffalo News
, Aug. 20, 1992; Barbara Matusow, “Mama’s Boy,”
Washingtonian
, June 2001; Dan Goodgame and Anastasia Toufexis, “What’s Wrong with Bush,”
Time
, Aug. 10, 1992; Julia Malone, “Bush Hiring Women,”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, April 22, 1990; George J. Crunch, “Is This Goodbye?”
Time
, March 6, 1989; William Safire, “Media Manipulated!”
New York Times
, Feb. 9, 1989, and “Victory in the Baltics,”
New York Times
, Jan. 21, 2002; Michael Kinsley, “Is Bush Nice?”
Time
, July 16, 1990; Kenneth T. Walsh, “The President’s Damage Control,”
U.S. News & World Report
, Aug. 13, 1990; Bob Woodward, “Origin of the Tax Pledge; In ’88 Bush Camp Was Split on ‘Read My Lips,’”
Washington Post
, Oct. 4, 1992; Diane McLellan, “First Daughter,”
Washingtonian
, Sept. 1990; Landon Y. Jones and Maria Wilhelm, “George Bush,” interview,
People
, Dec. 25, 1989; Jean Heller, “Photos Don’t Show Buildup,”
St. Petersburg Times
, Jan. 6, 1991; John Berry and Dan Koeppel, “A Line in the Sand, Dark Clouds for the Economy,”
Adweek’s Marketing Week
, Sept. 10, 1990; John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, “How PR Sold the War in the Persian Gulf,”
prwatch.org
(March 20, 2003); Dan Goodgame, “Men of the Year: The Two George Bushes,”
Time
, Jan. 7, 1991; Dane Smith and Patricia Lopez, “A Voice for the ‘Little Fellers,’”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
, Oct. 26, 2002; “George Bush,”
People
(Commemorative Issue: Heroes of the War), Summer 1991; Dan Balz, “Bush Seeks Firing of Party Official; White House Turns to Damage Control,”
Washington Post
, Oct. 26, 1990.

Interviews:
Cody Shearer, Aug. 21 and 27, 2003, October 8 and 15, 2003, and correspondence, Oct. 16, 2003; Bobbie Greene, Aug. 6, 2002; Donnie Radcliffe, Aug. 29, 2003; Heather Foley, Nov. 11, 1989, March 21, 2002, April 18, 2002, and June 24, 2002, and correspondence, May 21, 2002; Herbert E. Abrams, Oct. 8, 2002; Lois Abrams, Oct. 11, 2002; “CNN producer,” Oct. 16, 2002; correspondence with confidential source, May 9, 2002; Sharon Bush, April 1, 2003, and May 13, 2004; French Wallop, Feb. 25, 2003, and May 1, 2003; correspondence with Jane Fonda, Nov. 10, 2003; Herb Moses, May 14, 2001; Paul Bedard, Aug. 5, 2002; Judy Woodruff, June 20, 2002; Ralph Neas, June 2, 2003, July 1, 2003, and Aug. 5 and 12, 2003; Susan King, Feb. 21, 2002; Lowell Weicker, Dec. 5, 2001; Claudia Weicker, Dec. 5, 2001; Kim Elliott, Dec. 10, 2001; Tom D’Amore, Dec. 10, 2001; Worth Kinlaw, June 2, 2002; Julia Malone, Oct. 9, 2002; John Mashek, Dec. 11, 2003; correspondence with Peggy Noonan, Feb. 26, 2002; Martin Tolchin, Feb. 10, 2001; Margaret Hall, April 18, 2003; Courtney Callahan, Aug. 29, 2003; Dan Rostenkowski, May 24, 2002; Douglas Bailey, July 12, 2001; Thomas S. Foley, March 19, 2002; confidential source, March 8, 2003.

CHAPTER 23

Records:
George Bush Public Papers,
bushlibrary.tamu.edu
; George W. Bush letter to Boyden Gray on behalf of Rhesa H. Barksdale, July 1989, Case Number 063899cu, George W. Bush letter to Boyden Gray on behalf of Edith Brown Clement, Jan. 1991, Case Number 212251cu, George W. Bush correspondence with White House staff on behalf of Helen Segal Huvelle, April 1990, and others, WHORM: Subj. File, processed Freedom of Information Act request 1998-0044-F, Bush Presidential Papers, George Bush Presidential Library; Barbara Bush letter to Marianne Means, Feb. 1, 2000; Marianne Means letter to Barbara Bush, March 15, 2000; “Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, Vol. I, August 4, 1993.”