Mr. President, I was wondering if you've ever failed at anything you've ever attempted?
—Pitt Laumann, Tulsa
Mr. Laumann, I'm glad you asked me that.
Folks look at me and all they see is SUCCESS. I married the prettiest girl in Midland, TX. (Don't tell Laura, heh, heh.) I made money in the oil business whether I found oil or not. When I owned the Texas Rangers, they were the best baseball team to never have won a World Series. Every execution during my Texas governorship went off on time and without a hitch. I became the only Bush to have won two presidential elections. Yup, success pretty well follows me around.
But in fact, I do have one failure that I've never talked about publicly before. So I welcome this opportunity to get it off my chest.
As you might remember 9/11 was a Tuesday, so I was getting ready to return to Washington from the Crawford Ranch. At the time that word arrived that the World Trade Center had been struck, I was reading a story to a bunch of kindergarteners.
After 15 minutes or so, I decided to personally look into the World Trade Center incident. The rest is history.
I never did finish reading that story to the kids. I pride myself on finishing what I start, so I consider that day a failure.
(Please leave your questions in the Comments.)
—Pitt Laumann, Tulsa
Mr. Laumann, I'm glad you asked me that.
Folks look at me and all they see is SUCCESS. I married the prettiest girl in Midland, TX. (Don't tell Laura, heh, heh.) I made money in the oil business whether I found oil or not. When I owned the Texas Rangers, they were the best baseball team to never have won a World Series. Every execution during my Texas governorship went off on time and without a hitch. I became the only Bush to have won two presidential elections. Yup, success pretty well follows me around.
But in fact, I do have one failure that I've never talked about publicly before. So I welcome this opportunity to get it off my chest.
As you might remember 9/11 was a Tuesday, so I was getting ready to return to Washington from the Crawford Ranch. At the time that word arrived that the World Trade Center had been struck, I was reading a story to a bunch of kindergarteners.
After 15 minutes or so, I decided to personally look into the World Trade Center incident. The rest is history.
I never did finish reading that story to the kids. I pride myself on finishing what I start, so I consider that day a failure.
(Please leave your questions in the Comments.)
posted by George Bush at 1:14 PM
1 Comments:
Dear Mr. President,
Being the God-Fearing Christian Authority that you are, what is your take on all the disasters going on lately? Surely New Orleans, being on American Soil, didnt earn God's wrath like say, what is happening in France right now. What gives?
Christine in Phoenix
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