Film:
Stephanie Slewka (producer),
Every Head Bowed, Every Eye Closed
, 2004.
TV:
Raney Aronsen (writer, producer, director) “The Jesus Factor,” PBS
Frontline
, 2004.
Interviews:
Kent Hance, May 2003; Peck Young, Aug. 15, 2003; Zach Leonard, June 8, 2002; Bobbie Greene, Aug. 6, 2002; correspondence with Leyla Aker, Sept. 27 and 28, 2001; correspondence with confidential source, March 21, 2004; Larry Lewin, June 21, 2002; correspondence with Philip Agee, Dec. 7, 2003, and Jan. 14, 2004; Lynne Bernabei, Jan. 30, 2004; “someone familiar with the evening,” March 22, 2002.
CHAPTER 25
Records:
Documents in the case of
John W. Moseley et al.
v.
Rainbo Club, Inc. et al.
, Henderson County, Tex., District Court, case no. 94A-365; police report on Laura Bush, Nov. 6, 1963, car crash, Office of the City Attorney, Midland, Tex.; Maine Department of Motor Vehicles document and Kennebunkport Police Arrest Record Card concerning George W. Bush DUI, Sept. 4, 1976, Metro Dade Police Department Offense Incident Report concerning George P. Bush, Dec. 31, 1994, and Tallahassee Police Department Offense Reporting Form concerning John Ellis Bush Jr., Oct. 7, 2000,
thesmokinggun.com
.
Books:
Bill Minutaglio,
First Son
(New York: Times Books, 1999); Barbara Bush,
Reflections
(New York: Scribner, 2003); Peter Schweizer and Rochelle Schweizer,
The Bushes
(New York: Doubleday, 2004); Ann Gerhart,
The Perfect Wife
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004); James Moore and Wayne Slater,
Bush’s Brain
(Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, 2003); Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, and Carl M. Cannon,
Boy Genius
(New York: Public Affairs, 2003); Al Franken,
Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)
(New York: Dutton, 2003); George W. Bush,
A Charge to Keep
(New York: William Morrow, 1999); Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose,
Shrub
(New York: Vintage Books, 2000); Dana Milbank,
Smashmouth
(New York: Basic Books, 2001); Stuart Stevens,
The Big Enchilada
(New York: Free Press, 2001); Roger Simon,
Divided We Stand
(New York: Crown Publishers, 2001); John McCain with Mark Salter,
Worth the Fighting For
(New York: Random House, 2002); Jeff Greenfield,
“Oh, Waiter! One Order of Crow!”
(New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001); Jeffrey Toobin,
Too Close to Call
(New York: Random House, 2001).
Articles:
Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Decision; For Bush, His Toughest Call Was the Choice to Run at All,”
New York Times
, Oct. 29, 2000; “Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh,”
Newsweek
, Nov. 20, 2000; “The Governor’s Gusher: The Sources of George W. Bush’s $41 Million Texas War Chest,” tpj.org, Jan. 2000; transcript,
Frontline
interview with Clay Johnson, 2000, from
pbs.org
(Aug. 6, 2001); Katharine Q. Seelye, “Clinton-Lewinsky Affair ‘Inexcusable,’ Gore Says,”
New York Times
, June 16, 1999; “McCain’s Moment,”
Time
, Feb. 14, 2000; Tucker Carlson, “Devil May Care,”
Talk
, Sept. 1999; Ralph Blumenthal, “Move to Screen Bush File in ’90s Is Reported,”
New York Times
, Feb. 12, 2004; Dave Moniz and Jim Drinkard, “Ex-officer: Bush Files Details Cause Concern,”
USA Today
, Feb. 12, 2004; Michael Rezendes, “Doubts Raised on Bush Accuser,”
Boston Globe
, Feb. 13, 2004; Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr., “1986: A Life Changing Year; Epiphany Fueled Candidate’s Climb,”
Washington Post
, July 25, 1999; Frank Bruni, “Bush Clarifies Views on Abortion; Domestic, Foreign Issues Discussed in TV Interview,”
New York Times
, Nov. 22, 1999; Jake Tapper, “Austin, We Have a Problem,” salon.com, Aug. 20, 1999, and “Jonesing for Votes,”
salon.com
, Feb. 3, 2000; “Ex-President Stands By His Son,”
Houston Chronicle
, Oct. 20, 1999; Robert Bryce, “Prosecutor Says Bush ‘Directly Deceived’ Him to Avoid Jury Duty,”
salon.com
, Nov. 5, 2000; George Lardner Jr., “‘Tort Reform’: Mixed Verdict,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 10, 2000; Katie Fairbank, “Bush Uses Tax Law to Cut Costs of Lakeside Retreat,” Associated Press, Aug. 24, 1999; Bill Sanderson, “Laura: ‘Fatal Crash Was Crushing,’”
New York Post
, March 3, 2000; “Lee High School Senior Dies in Traffic Mishap,”
Midland Reporter-Telegram
, Nov. 7, 1963; “A Son’s Restless Journey,”
Newsweek
, Aug. 7, 2000; Hanna Rosin, “Applying Personal Faith to Public Policy; ‘Changed Man’ Advocates Church-Based Programs,”
Washington Post
, July 24, 2000; Richard T. Cooper, “To the Manner Born, Bush Finds His Own Way,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 30, 2001; Alan Berlow, “The Texas Clemency Memos,”
Atlantic Monthly
, July/Aug. 2000; transcript,
Larry King Live
, CNN, Jan. 14, 1998; Marlene Martin and Mike Corwin, “Karla Faye Tucker Executed in Texas,”
New Abolitionist
, Feb. 1998; “Bush Donor Profile: Charles M. Cawley,” tpj.org, Dec. 31, 2003; Jo Becker, “Bush: Wife Meant to Hide Shopping Spree from Me,”
St. Petersburg Times
, June 22, 1999; Mimi Schwartz, “Cast Away,”
Texas Monthly
, May 2004; Jim DeFede, “Problem Child,”
Radar
, April 2003; “Who Is George W. Bush?”
Advocate
, July 4, 2000; “Bush Allows Gays to Be Fired for Being Gay,”
misleader.org
, March 20, 2004; Calvin Trillin, “George W. Bush Speaks Out on Gay Marriage,”
Nation
, March 22, 2004; “A Helping Hand from Dad: How Bush the Elder Is Quietly Boosting His Son’s Cause,”
Newsweek
, Sept. 27, 1999; Martha Brant, “A Little Help from Mom,”
Newsweek
, Jan. 31, 2000; Mary McGrory, “New Hampshire’s Cold Shoulder,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 3, 2000; Andrew Phillips, “McCain’s Magic,”
Maclean’s
, Feb. 14, 2000; Bill Moore and Danielle Vinson, “The South Carolina Republican Primary,”
byu.edu
(Nov. 5, 2002); “Interest Groups Played Key Primary Role,”
USA Today
, July 17, 2000; Cragg Hines, John W. Gonzalez, and Clay Robison, “McCain Pulls Attack Ads; Bush Keeps Up Negative Fire,”
Houston Chronicle
, Feb. 12, 2000; David Von Drehle, “Lee Atwater, the Specter of South Carolina,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 17, 2000; Richard H. Davis, “The Anatomy of a Smear Campaign,”
Boston Globe
, March 21, 2004; Pete Yost, “GOP Consultant Named in Enron Ruling,”
Washington Post
, March 10, 2003; John Harwood and David Rogers, “McCain and Bush Clash over Negative Tactics in Televised Debate as South Carolina Vote Nears,”
Wall Street Journal
, Feb. 16, 2000; William Hershey and Ken Herman, “McCain Sweeps 2 States; Broad-Based Support Gives Him Arizona, Michigan, and Momentum,”
Austin American-Statesman
, Feb. 23, 2000; “Boy George’s Bogus Confession,”
New York Daily News
, Feb. 29, 2000; Dave Gonzo, “Larry Flynt Drops Bombshell on Dubya,”
americanpolitics.com
, Oct. 21, 2000; Ronald Brownstein, “Clinton, Bushes Not Quite Hamilton and Burr,”
Los Angeles Times
, Aug. 3, 2000; Howard Fineman, “Ready for Their Close-Up,”
Newsweek
, Aug. 7, 2000; Rafael Lorente and Jeremy Milarsky, “Bushes Come A-courtin,”
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
, Sept. 23, 2000; Glen Johnson, “Cheney Has Surgery After Slight Heart Attack,”
Boston Globe
, Nov. 23, 2000; transcript, “Vice President Al Gore Delivers Remarks,”
cnn.com
, Dec. 13, 2000.
Film:
Alexandra Pelosi (director and writer),
Journeys with George
, 2002.
Interviews:
Dan Rostenkowski, May 24, 2002; Ronald Reagan Jr., Feb. 6, 2004; correspondence with confidential source, June 10, 2003, and Jan. 6, 2004; “Washington, D.C., woman,” Oct. 17, 2003; Sharon Bush, April 1, 2003, and May 13, 2004; confidential source, Feb. 7, 2002; David Fink, Oct. 8, 2002; Ruth Gilson, Jan. 21, 2002; Mark Salter, Nov. 4, 2002; correspondence with confidential source about Amtrak, June 10, 2002; Conway Downing, Feb. 15, 2002; Brian Doyle, Aug. 20, 2001; Richard Gooding, June 13, 2003; confidential source, Oct. 30, 2002; Heather Foley, Nov. 11, 1989, March 21, 2002, April 18, 2002, and June 24, 2002, and correspondence, May 21, 2002; Torbert Macdonald, July 18, 2003.
CHAPTER 26
Records:
News releases, transcripts of George W. Bush speeches, remarks, and press conferences, and remarks by Mrs. Bush at the National Book Festival, Oct. 3, 2003,
whitehouse.gov
; George Bush Public Papers,
bushlibrary.tamu.edu
; statement by Barbara Lee,
Congressional Record
, Sept. 24, 2001.
Books:
Gary Boyd Roberts, comp.,
Ancestors of American Presidents
(Santa Clarita, Calif.: Carl Boyer 3rd, 1995) and
Notable Kin
(Santa Clarita, Calif.: Carl Boyer 3rd, 1998); Stephen Hess, introduction to
America’s Political Dynasties
(New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997) and
America’s Political Dynasties
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966); Ann Gerhart,
The Perfect Wife
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004); Bill Minutaglio,
First Son
(New York: Times Books, 1999).
Articles:
Susan Page, “A Dynasty by Any Other Name,”
USA Today
, March 5, 2002, and “Crisis Presents Defining Moment for Bush; History Will Remember U.S. Response,”
USA Today
, Sept. 12, 2001; David Jackson, “Presidential Library Prepares Exhibit on Bushes, Adamses,”
Dallas Morning News
, March 4, 2002; Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, “The Quiet Dynasty,”
Time
, Aug. 7, 2000; R. W. Apple Jr., “Dad Was President (but Please, No Dynasty Talk),”
New York Times
, Jan. 31, 2000; Roxanne Roberts, “Like Father Like Sons; The Bushes Have Become the Nation’s Most Prominent Political Dynasty,”
Washington Post
, Dec. 16, 2000, and “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,”
CJR
, Sept./Oct. 2002; Dana Milbank, “Bush Courts Regional Media,”
Washington Post
, Oct. 14, 2002; “Sun Beats the World,”
Sun
, Nov. 17, 2003; Walter Isaacson, “‘My Heritage Is Part of Who I Am,’”
Time
, Aug. 7, 2000; Jeanne Cummings, “Bush Issues Order to Block Federal Funds for Overseas Groups Involved in Abortion,”
Wall Street Journal
, Jan. 23, 2001; Eric Lichtblau, “Ashcroft Defends Subpoenas,”
New York Times
, Feb. 13, 2004; Laurie McGinley, “Nancy Reagan Urges GOP to Back Stem-Cell Studies,”
Wall Street Journal
, July 12, 2001; Paul Krugman, “Stating the Obvious,”
New York Times
, May 27, 2003; Robert Salonga, “Students Protest Bush Speaking at Commencement,”
Daily Bruin
, Feb. 20, 2002, and “First Lady Declines Invitation,”
Daily Bruin
, Feb. 26, 2002; Cate Doty, “Laura Bush Has Words of Advice for Americans and Her Husband,”
New York Times
, Dec. 29, 2003; Jill Smolowe, “Jeb’s Daughter Fails Drug Program,”
cnn.com
, July 17, 2002; “Transcript of Call to an Orlando Dispatcher,”
Orlando Sentinel
, Sept. 14, 2002; Steve Goldiner, “W’s Niece Busted Again,”
New York Daily News
, Sept. 11, 2002; David S. Broder, “Now Comes the Hard Part,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 2, 2001; Eric Alterman, “9/11/01: Where Was George?”
Newsweek
, Oct. 6, 2003; Jake Tapper, “Bush, Challenged,” salon.com, Sept. 11, 2001; Mickey Kaus, “Bush Is No Giuliani; He Shouldn’t Even Try,”
slate.msn.com
, Sept. 13, 2001; Mary McGrory, “Leaders in the Breach,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 13, 2001; Judy Mann, “Falwell’s Insult Compounds Nation’s Injury,”
Washington Post
, Sept. 21, 2001; Jonathan Alter, “Periscope,”
Newsweek
, Dec. 31, 2001–Jan. 7, 2002; Elisabeth Bumiller, “Filmmaker Leans Right, Oval Office Swings Open,”
New York Times
, Sept. 8, 2003; Judy Keen, “Strain of Iraq War Showing on Bush, Those Who Know Him Say; He’s Said to Be ‘Burdened,’ Tense, Angry at Media, Second-Guessers,”
USA Today
, April 2, 2003, and correction, April 4, 2003; “What a Difference a Year Makes,”
People
, Jan. 19, 2002; Thomas B. Edsall, “GOP Touts War as Campaign Issue,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 19, 2002; Mike Allen, “GOP Takes in $33 Million at Fundraiser,”
Washington Post
, May 15, 2002; Howard Fineman, “A President Finds His True Voice,”
Newsweek
, Sept. 24, 2001; Dana Milbank, “A Coalition of the Willing to Visit,”
Washington Post
, Dec. 22, 2001; Glenn Kessler, “U.S. Decision on Iraq Has Puzzling Past,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 12, 2003; David Rose, “Bush and Blair Made Secret Pact for Iraq War,”
Observer
, April 4, 2003; Anton LaGuardia, “Blair ‘Restrained Bush From Attacking Iraq After Sept. 11,’”
London Telegraph
, March 21, 2003; interview with Christopher Meyer, March 19, 2003, for “Blair’s War,”
Frontline
,
pbs.org
; William Raspberry, “When Did the Target Become the Taliban?”
Washington Post
, Nov. 5, 2001; Marie Cocco, “U.S. Lets Afghanistan Traffic in Opium,”
Newsday
, May 18, 2004; Vernon Loeb, “U.S. to Announce End of Afghan Combat,”
Washington Post
, April 27, 2003; Eric Krol, “Fitzgerald: Bush Talked of Assassinating Hussein,”
Arlington Heights Daily Herald
, Feb. 25, 2003; Richard Wolffe and Stryker McGuire, “A Gathering Storm,”
Newsweek
, Jan. 27, 2003; Bill Walsh, “Bush Denies Personal Reasons Involved in Push to Depose Saddam,” Newhouse News Service, March 3, 2003; Eliot A. Cohen, “Air Strikes Shouldn’t Raise ‘False Hopes,’”
Wall Street Journal
, Oct. 8, 2001; Robert Barr, “Anti-war Protesters Hold Global Rallies,” Associated Press, Feb. 15, 2003; Glenn Frankel, “Millions Worldwide Protest Iraq War,”
Washington Post
, Feb. 15, 2003; Rebecca Dana, “For Bush Senior, a Return to Yale After Ten Years,”
Yale Daily News
, April 25, 2001; transcript, George H.W. Bush interviewed by Paula Zahn,
cnn.com
, Sept. 9, 2003; “Former President Bush Defends His and Son’s Iraqi Policies,” Associated Press, Jan. 27, 2003; Les Kinsolving, “Bush Sr. Hammers Episcopal Bishop,”
worldnetdaily.com
, Jan. 28, 2003; Frank Rich, “The Spoils of War Coverage,”
New York Times
, April 13, 2003; Mike Allen, “‘Coalition of the Willing,’”
Washington Post
, March 27, 2003; William Douglas, “Bush’s ‘Great Image,’”
Newsday
, May 2, 2003; Peter Slevin, “U.S. Officials Cold-Shoulder Schröder,”
Washington Pos
t, Sept. 24, 2002; Maureen Dowd, “No More Bratwurst,”
New York Times
, Sept. 25, 2002; George E. Condon Jr., “President Hails Arrest, Warns Mexico,”
Dover–New Philadelphia (Ohio) Times Reporter
, March 4, 2003; Andres Oppenheimer, “Bush Putting Mexican President on Hold,”
Miami Herald
, March 27, 2003; Helen Thomas, “Nothing Sweeter to Bush Than Revenge,”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
, May 30, 2003; “Paris Air Show Opens; U.S. Stays at Home,”
New York Times
, June 15, 2003; Lloyd Grove, “Hey France! Here’s Spud in Your Eye,”
Washington Post
, March 12, 2003.