The Family (97 page)

Books:
John Podhoretz,
Hell of a Ride
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993); Sarah Brady with Merrill McLoughlin,
A Good Fight
(New York: Public Affairs, 2002); Donnie Radcliffe,
Simply Barbara Bush
(New York: Warner Books, 1989); Joe Conason and Gene Lyons,
The Hunting of the President
(New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000); Michael Duffy and Dan Goodgame,
Marching in Place
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992); John Brady,
Bad Boy
(Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1997); Barbara Bush,
Barbara Bush: A Memoir
(New York: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1995); Monica Crowley,
Nixon off the Record
(New York: Random House, 1996); Marlin Fitzwater,
Call the Briefing!
(New York: Times Books, 1995); John Robert Greene,
The Presidency of George Bush
(Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000); Bob Woodward,
Shadow
(New York: Touchstone, 1999); George Bush letter to Robert W. Blake, Oct. 10, 1991, letter to Alan Simpson, Oct. 21, 1991, and diary entries Nov. 4, 1992, and Nov. 19, 1992, in George Bush,
All the Best, George Bush
(New York: Touchstone, 1999); Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover,
Mad As Hell
(New York: Warner Books, 1993); Susan J. Tolchin,
The Angry American
(Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1999); Mary Matalin and James Carville with Peter Knobler,
All’s Fair
(New York: Random House, 1994); Lawrence E. Walsh,
Firewall
(New York: Norton, 1997).

Articles:
Donnie Radcliffe, “The First Patient’s Return; A Decade After Assassination Attempt, Reagan at GWU,”
Washington Post
, March 29, 1991; Frank J. Murray, “Reminiscent Reagan Zaps Bush, Backs Brady Gun Bill,”
Washington Times
, March 29, 1991, and “Hampton’s Class of ’91 Snubs Bush,”
Washington Times
, May 13, 1991; Andrew Rosenthal, “In Reagan’s Cool Shadow,”
New York Times
, March 30, 1991; David Talbot, “Reagan Blasts Bush,”
salon.com
, April 14, 2003; Mollie Dickenson, “Bush’s Assassination of the Brady Bill,”
Washington Post
, Nov. 2, 1992; Lally Weymouth, “The Surprising George Bush,”
M
, May 1991; Michael Kranish, “Outraged Bush Resigns from NRA,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 11, 1995; Robert Novak, “Get-Even Time for Bush with His Slap at NRA,”
Buffalo News
, May 23, 1995; Michael Rezendes, “NRA Says Bush Resignation Tied to ’92 Campaign,”
Boston Globe
, May 23, 1995; Lee Bandy, “Tributes to Atwater Stress Life,”
Columbia State
, April 2, 1991; “Bush Will Attend Services Here for Wife of Ex–Business Partner,”
Houston Chronicle
, Oct. 24, 1992; Thomas Sanction, “A Heartbeat from Eternity: Stricken with Fatigue and Shortness of Breath While Running Bush Recovers After Giving the Nation a Little Scare,”
Time
, May 13, 1991; Sidney Blumenthal, “Bull Moose: George Bush and Teddy Roosevelt,”
New Republic
, Jan. 7, 1991; Michael Duffy, “Mission Impossible,”
Time
, Jan. 20, 1992; T. R. Reid, “One Flu Over the State Dinner; Japanese Warm to First Lady’s Cool,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 9, 1992; Greg McDonald, “Bush Set to Hit the Hustings After Illness; Democrats Get Flu Too, President Says,”
Houston Chronicle
, Jan. 10, 1992; “The Clarence Thomas Bandwagon,”
Baltimore Sun
, Aug. 12, 1991; Ruth Marcus, “Divided Committee Refuses to Endorse Judge Thomas,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 28, 1991; Timothy M. Phelps, “Ex-staffer Says Thomas Sexually Harassed Her,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Oct. 6, 1991; Walter V. Robinson, “Thomas Vote Delayed a Week; Hearings Set to Air Charge of Harassment,”
Boston Globe
, Oct. 9, 1991; Helen Dewar, “Senate Confirms Thomas by 52 to 48 to Succeed Marshall on Supreme Court,”
Washington Post
, Oct. 16, 1991; Robert H. Siner, “Women Make Big Inroads in Congress,”
International Herald Tribune
, Nov. 5, 1992; “Better Late Than Never,”
Time
, Nov. 4, 1991; Phil McCombs, “Counsel’s Last Hurrah: The Final Furious Days of C. Boyden Gray,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 16, 1993; Ann Devroy, “President Signs Civil Rights Bill; White House Disavows Proposed Directive to End Affirmative Action,”
Washington Post
, Nov. 22, 1991; Thomas Oliphant, “Bush Response to L.A. Riots Too Little, Too Late,”
Boston Globe
, May 7, 1992; Cragg Hines, “As Operative for His Father, Loyalty Was the Foremost Watchword,”
Houston Chronicle
, May 8, 1994; Ruth Miller Fitzgibbons, “George Bush, Too,”
D
, April 1992; Jim Nolan, “New Book: Bush Has Swiss Tryst,”
New York Post
, Aug. 11, 1992; Dolph Tillotson, “A Sleaze-Monger? Not My Sister,”
Galveston Daily News
, Aug. 16, 1992; Ian Brodie, “Bush Enraged by ‘Sleaze’ Claims of Affair with Aide,”
Telegraph
, Aug. 13, 1992; Cragg Hines, “‘An Absolute Outrage’; Questions About Infidelity Infuriate First Lady,”
Houston Chronicle
, Aug. 13, 1992; Marianne Means, “Why Dole Won’t Get Bush VP Nod,”
Houston Chronicle
, Jan. 19, 2002; Jon Swan, “Jennifer,”
Columbia Journalism Review
, Nov./Dec. 1992; “Gennifer Flowers Is in Town, and She’s Still Singing,”
New York Times
, Jan. 25, 2004; Marlee Schwartz, Ann Devroy, and Gwen Ifill, “Bush Office Aide Expected to Get a Protocol Post,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 10, 1992; Walter Pincus, “Former Bush Aide Fined for Customs Violations,”
Washington Post
, March 18, 1990; Ann Devroy, “State Dept. Charges Longtime Bush Aide,”
Washington Post
, Aug. 8, 1990; Gareth Pownall, “Jennifer Is Completely Incapable of Having an Affair,”
Daily Mail
, Aug. 14, 1992; Leah Garchik, “President’s Pal ‘Disappointed’ in Him,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, Sept. 11, 1992; Janice Castro, “Same to You,”
Time
, Aug. 31, 1992; Ann Devroy, “Dorothy Walker Bush Dies at Age 91; President’s Mother, ‘Righteous Lady, ’”
Washington Post
, Nov. 20, 1992; “Mr. Bush’s Unpardonable Act,”
New York Times
, Dec. 25, 1992; “Was Vice President Bush in the Loop? You Make the Call,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 31, 1993; George Lardner Jr., “U.S. Archivist to Quit, Run Bush Library; Wilson Agreed to Give Ex-President Control of White House Computer Records,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 13, 1993, and “Archivist Was Sounded Out in December on Library Job,”
Washington Post
, March 3, 1993; “Doing Bush a Favor,”
Time
, March 1, 1993.

Interviews:
Cody Shearer, Aug. 21 and 27, 2003, and Oct. 8 and 15, 2003, and correspondence, Oct. 16, 2003; Mollie Dickenson, May 20, 2002; Anne Pritchard, March 7, 2001; Robert DeVecchi, July 21, 2003; John Brady, May 15, 2001; Thomas S. Foley, March 19, 2002; Carol Taylor Gray, Oct. 3, 2003, and correspondence, Dec. 1, 2003; Ralph Neas, June 2, 2003, July 1, 2003, and Aug. 5 and 12, 2003; Susan J. Tolchin, June 21, 2002; Osborne Day, Aug. 6, 2002; Brian Doyle, Jan. 31, 2001; Dick Morris, Feb. 22, 2003; Julia Malone, Oct. 9, 2002; Mary Tillotson, Feb. 13, 2002; Dolph Tillotson, Feb. 19, 2002; Larry Sabato, May 19, 2004, and correspondence, May 22, 2004; correspondence with Tom Johnson, April 27, 2004; confidential source, Oct. 12, 2001; Sharon Bush, April 1, 2003, and May 13, 2004.

CHAPTER 24

Records:
Transcript, “Videotaped Oral Deposition of Neil Mallon Bush, March 4, 2002, in the Matter of the Marriage of Neil Mallon Bush and Sharon Lee Bush”; documents concerning Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of George W. Bush sale of Harken stock, obtained through Freedom of Information Act; Barbara Bush, July 8, 1978, fund-raising letter, Herbert Brownell Jr., papers, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; documents in the case of
Philip Agee
v.
Barbara Bush et al.
, civil action no. 95-1905 (RCL), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Barbara Bush letter of retraction to Philip Agee, May 9, 1997; “President Bush’s Speech 4/26/99,”
intellnet.org
(April 29, 2002); George H. and Barbara P. Bush Income Tax Returns, 1977–86.

Articles:
Chuck Clark, “Barbara Bush Spills the Beans; Son Jeb Confirms Intention to Enter Race for Governor,”
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
, Feb. 18, 1993; “Mrs. Bush Advises Her Son: Don’t Run,”
St. Petersburg Times
, April 29, 1989; Cindy Rugeley and Mark Toohey, “Bush’s Son Rejects Gubernatorial Bid,”
Houston Chronicle
, Aug. 2, 1989; Alan Bernstein and R. G. Ratcliffe, “President’s Son Won’t Run for Bentsen’s Seat,”
Houston Chronicle
, Dec. 12, 1992; Paul Alexander, “All Hat, No Cattle,”
Rolling Stone
, Aug. 5, 1999; Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr., “Moving Up to the Major Leagues; Laura Miller, “The Inner W.,”
salon.com
, June 16, 2004; Father’s Campaign, Baseball Provide Foundation for Own Run,”
Washington Post
, July 31, 1999; Nicholas D. Kristof, “Breaking into Baseball; Road to Politics Ran Through a Texas Ballpark,”
New York Times
, Sept. 24, 2000, “Governor Bush’s Journey: A Master of Bipartisanship with No Taste for Details,”
New York Times
, Oct. 16, 2000, “Bush and the Texas Land Grab,”
New York Times
, July 16, 2002, and “Learning How to Run: A West Texas Stumble,”
New York Times
, July 27, 2000; Dana Milbank, “Dispelling Doubt with the Rangers,”
Washington Post
, July 25, 2000; Cragg Hines, “As Operative for His Father, Loyalty Was the Foremost Watchword,”
Houston Chronicle
, May 8, 1994; Joe Nick Patoski, “Team Player,”
Texas Monthly
, June 1999; Bill Minutaglio and Nancy Beiles, “George W. Bush . . . and the Horse He Rode in On,”
Talk
, Nov. 2000; Robert Bryce, “A Home No More,”
Talk
, Nov. 2000; Michael O’Keeffe, “Broken Promises Plague Parks; Owners, Mayor Are Texas Two-Faced,”
New York Daily News
, Oct. 13, 2002; Charles Lewis, “How George W. Bush Scored Big with the Texas Rangers,”
public-i.org
, Jan. 18, 2001; Skip Hollandsworth, “Born to Run: What’s in a Name? How About the Republican Nomination for Governor,”
Texas Monthly
, May 1994, “The Many Faces of George W. Bush,”
Texas Monthly
, Feb. 1995, and “Younger. Wilder?”
Texas Monthly
, June 1999; Louis Dubose, “O, Brother! Where Art Thou?”
Austin Chronicle
, March 16, 2001; Tom Fiedler, “Bush and Sons,”
Miami Herald
, Sept. 5, 1994; Marjorie Williams, “Brothers in Arms,”
Talk
, Sept. 2000; Kevin Merida and Anne Day, “Dispatches from Florida GOP Race,”
Washington Post
, Aug. 7, 1994; Diane Rado, “Bush Alienates Black Lawmakers,”
St. Petersburg Times
, Oct. 28, 1994; “A New Clump of Bushes,”
Economist
, Oct. 29, 1994; Jill Lawrence, “Issue May Belong to His Foe, but Jeb Bush Has the Appeal; Revamped Image May Help Candidate Win FLA. Gov’s Race,”
USA Today
, Oct. 27, 1998; Hugh Sidey, “Dad Says: ‘I Don’t Miss Politics,’”
Time
, June 21, 1999; Nicholas Lemann, “The Controller,”
New Yorker
, May 12, 2003; Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, “The Quiet Dynasty,”
Time
, Aug. 7, 2000; Patricia Kilday Hart, “Not So Great in ’78,”
Texas Monthly
, June 1999; Arthur Blessitt, “The Day I Prayed with George W. Bush to Receive Jesus,”
www.blessitt.com
, May 31, 2003; Ronnie Dugger, “Questions for George W.,”
Texas Observer
, May 14, 1998; “Graham Apologizes for Faulting Jews,”
Washington Post
, March 2, 2002; Eric Fingerhut, “Bush Tried to Clarify His Stand on Jews, Heaven,”
Washington Jewish Week
, Dec. 17, 1998; Michael Kinsley, “Go to Hell,”
slate.msn.com
, July 24, 1999; Ellen Debenport, “Brothers Ran Different Races,”
St. Petersburg Times
, Nov. 10, 1994; Hugh Aynesworth, “Photo Finish Anticipated in Texas,”
Washington Times
, Sept. 25, 1994; Barbara Matusow, “Mama’s Boy,”
Washingtonian
, June 2001; Howard Fineman, “Harkening Back to Texas,”
Newsweek
, July 22, 2002; Michael Kranish and Beth Healy, “Board Was Told of Risks Before Bush Stock Sale,”
Boston Globe
, Oct. 30, 2002; “Bush’s Son Misses Deadline for Reporting ‘Inside’ Sale,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 4, 1991; Dana Milbank, “Bush SEC Delay Called ‘Mix-Up’; Under Scrutiny, White House Shifts Blame for ’91 Late Filing,”
Washington Post
, July 4, 2002; Jules Witcover, “Will President Fall in Dad’s Footsteps?”
Baltimore Sun
, July 12, 2002; “Into the Sunset,”
Economist
, Jan. 16, 1993; “All the Presidents’ Money,”
Money
, July 1, 1999; Richard Cohen, “Post–White House Pay Dirt,”
Washington Post,
Feb. 1, 2001; Dan Moldea and David Corn, “Influence Peddling, Bush Style,”
Nation
, Oct. 5, 2000; “Kuwait, in ‘Love Storm,’ Welcomes Bush as Hero,”
Baltimore Sun
, April 15, 1993; Seymour M. Hersh, “The Spoils of the Gulf War,”
New Yorker
, Sept. 6, 1993; “Clinton Awaits Report on Alleged Iraq Plot on Bush,”
Boston Globe
, May 9, 1993; Jeffrey Smith and Ann Devroy, “Clinton Says U.S. Action ‘Crippled’ Iraqi Intelligence; Officials Decline to Release Further Details,”
Washington Post
, June 29, 1993; transcript, Richard Clarke interview,
60 Minutes
, March 21, 2004,
www.sadlyno.com
(March 22, 2004); “Bush Backs Clinton Anew on NAFTA,”
Washington Times
, Oct. 21, 1993; Sue Landry, “Pride, Bitterness Fill Bush Speech,”
St. Petersburg Times
, Feb. 8, 1995; Bill Minutaglio, “George W.’s Secret Weapon,”
Talk
, March 2000; transcript,
Larry King Weekend
, CNN, June 28, 2003; “Ex–CIA Officer Sues Barbara Bush for Libel,”
Washington Times
, Sept. 7, 1995; Joseph C. Wilson IV, “What I Didn’t Find in Africa,”
New York Times
, July 6, 2003; Robert D. Novak, “Mission to Niger,”
Washington Post
, July 14, 2003; Mike Allen and Dana Priest, “Bush Administration Is Focus of Inquiry,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 28, 2003; James Wolcott, “What If They Gave a War and Nobody Cared,”
Vanity Fair
, March 2003; “Bush Sr.’s Profitable Crossing,”
Business Week
, Feb. 22, 2002; Linda Rawls, “Home Builders Celebrate Booming Business,”
Palm Beach Post
, Jan. 20, 2004; “Bush Made Less Than Reagan, Paid More,”
Newsday
, April 23, 1988; Julia Malone, “President’s Income, Taxes Drop in 1988,”
Austin American-Statesman
, April 13, 1989; “Bush Family Income and Tax Bill Drop Slightly,”
Washington Post
, April 16, 1991; Ellen Warren, “As Author, Bush No Match for Dog Millie’s Royalties $889,176, the President’s $2,718,”
Buffalo News
, April 16, 1992; Ted Samply, “George Bush Parachutes Again to Exorcise Demons of Past Betrayal,”
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
, March/April/May 1997,
www.usvetdsp.com
; Hugh Sidey, “Bush’s Final Salute,”
Time
, April 7, 1997; Jean Seligman, “Presidential High,”
Newsweek
, April 7, 1997; Hugh Aynesworth, “Bush Makes Grand Entrance; Former President Parachutes over His Library in Texas,”
Washington Times
, June 10, 1999; Cragg Hines, “Day to Remember for Bush; Library Dedicated at Texas A&M,”
Houston Chronicle
, Nov. 7, 1997; Paul Jennings, “Planet Bush,”
Texas Observer
, Nov. 6, 1997; Maureen Dowd, “Takin’ Up for Daddy,”
New York Times
, Nov. 8, 1997; Alan Judd, “Bush, MacKay Mince Words,”
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
, Oct. 21, 1998; Dan Balz, “The Brothers Bush: One Deadpans, the Other Dances,”
Washington Post
, Nov. 19, 1998.