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Bush Officials Denied Rowling Medal Because Books 'Encouraged Witchcraft'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer has been making waves and drawing fire the past two weeks with the dishy revelations in his new memoir, "Speech Less: Tales of a White House Survivor." Bush predicted Sarah Palin's crash-and-burn exit and remarked on the size of Hillary Clinton's "keister." But as politicos and bloggers make their way through the book, they're finding even stranger bits, like the news that Bush officials denied British author J.K. Rowling a Presidential Medal of Freedom because her "Harry Potter" books "encouraged witchcraft." The Bush administration also passed ...
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By David Corn - Politics DailyThis seems to be the season for books from political insiders. Taylor Branch's "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President" is loaded with intriguing info on the Clinton years, courtesy of Bill Clinton himself. Ted Kennedy's "True Compass" offers posthumous reflections on life as a Kennedy brother. And Matt Latimer, a former White House speechwriter for George W. Bush, has written a memoir entitled "Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor," which garnered early bloggable attention for disclosing that Bush was not so kind when it came to talking about Sarah Palin, Hillary ...
Former Speechwriter Says Bush Slammed Obama, Predicted Palin Debacle
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer president George W. Bush had a flair for insulting the people fighting to be his successor, former speechwriter Matt Latimer reveals in the October issue of GQ. The piece, an excerpt from Latimer's forthcoming book, "Speech Less: Tales of a White House Survivor," gives a candid look at the final days of the Bush presidency. In several passages, Bush comments on the candidates then vying for the White House: The president, like me, didn't seem to be in love with any of the available options. He always believed Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. "Wait till her fat keister ...
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