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George W. Bush

A Charge to Keep Hardcover – November 17, 1999

by George W. Bush (Author), Karen Hughes (Author)

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In this political memoir, the governor of Texas and front-runner for president in the year 2000 tells us who he is and what he stands for. The George W. Bush who leaps off these pages has his father's energy, his mother's tart and honest wit, and his own irreverence and impatience. He has prospered as George and Barbara's boy -- "How can I deny it?" -- but has walked a very fine line between loyalty and independence.

He addresses the questions that may well decide who becomes the next president: crime, education, abortion, tax and tort reform, and the continuing battle "for the soul" of the Republican Party. He is, by no one's definition, a conventional candidate.

Will George W. Bush become the next president of the United States? A Charge to Keep will help the American public decide.

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The political biography, complete with life-altering turning points and a political philosophy for leading the United States into greatness, has become obligatory for those running for president--just one more thing to check off the "to do" list on the way to the Oval Office. A Charge to Keep is George W. Bush's offering: a light and breezy book mixing personal and political remembrances that proves heavy on chatty anecdotes and light on policy prescriptions. If you read the last chapter you'll sort of learn where George W. stands on most things, but still not really discern how he would actually run the country. There are no revelations, either personal or political: Bush's wild side and youthful indiscretions, like stealing a Christmas wreath from a New Haven hotel for his Yale fraternity, are touched on lightly when he discusses them at all. A Charge to Keep is so upbeat and positive, in describing the Houston woman to whom he was engaged in college and from whom he "gradually drifted apart," Bush says simply: "I still think the world of her, and our parting was friendly. We were very young, we lived in different places, and we gradually developed different lives."

George W. has been labeled a lightweight by some; A Charge to Keep will do nothing to dispel that notion. It features lots of Bush family memories and numerous mentions of George W.'s famous parents, including letters from his president father. George W. has followed closely in his father's footsteps, attending the same prep school and college. He even belonged to the same secret society at Yale, Skull and Bones. From college it was on to flight school and the Texas Air National Guard, Harvard Business School, and then (again, like his father) the Texas oil business and politics. George W. seems mostly in sync with his father on policy issues as well. "A thousand points of light" is transformed slightly to become "compassionate conservative," which pops up in the final chapter more than 10 times. Readers will come away knowing many of the experiences and events that have helped shaped George W., but his future is still an open book. --Linda Killian

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...a puzzling exercise. It offers little more than his standard stump speech does to convey what a Bush presidency might be like. -- The New York Times Book Review, Adam Clymer

About the Author

George W. Bush is the two-time governor of Texas, Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces and President of the United States of America.

Karen Hughes has recently been appointed Counselor to the President. Previously, she served as George W. Bush's communications director and was executive director of the Republican Party of Texas.

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (November 17, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688174418
ISBN-13: 978-0688174415
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Customer Reviews: 79 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15596 in U.S. State & Local History
- #9867 in United States Biographies
- #4244 in Political Leader Biographies

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William Thomas Hill

At this Time

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2001

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Let us hope and pray before God almighty at this time when we need a strong and intelligent leader that this is simply the poorly written work of Karen Hughes. This book makes Bush come off as shallow, an air-head, and as little more than a cheerleader. This is embarrassing! ...utterly filled with childish prattle that leads the reader to feel that he or she is being read down to. As a well-read reader of the Bush family and W's life I found this book insulting. The following example will suffice:
One night, Laura and I were out of town camping, and Barbara and Jenna spent the night at the vice presidential mansion. Dad had spent the day preparing for a debate with Michael Dukakis. Unfortunately, Barbara lost her sleeping companion, Spikey, her favorite stuffed dog. She complained loudly that she could not sleep without Spikey, so "Gampy," better known as Vice President Bush, spent much of the night before his debate searching the house and grounds of the vice presidential residence, flashlight in hand, on a mission to find Spikey. Finally, he did, and Barbara slept soundly. I don't know if dad ever went to sleep that night. (179)
Oh! Jeeminy wilikers! And it's that way through two hundred forty three pages!
Does anyone really believe that Barbara Bush is so self-absorbed that she would be more concerned about her stuffed dog than about the fact that her husband has a major presidential debate coming up? It's enough to make anyone with more than a third grade education vomit!

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Frank Anderson

GREAT BOOK

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

I read all the Biographies of the Presidents by way of the Presidential series. If you are going to do it, read John Hancock first because he was the first Continental Congress President. You will find as you read these how the lives of each President intertwined with the next. The job is a lineage.

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Wendy S. Block

Don't expect a page turner!

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2001

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I bought this book, because I love George W. Bush and I also really appreciated the first 2 positive reviews on Amazon.com regarding the book. But don't expect a page turner per say. I felt a deeper appreciation for Bush after reading that he is a deeply religious man, he worked with disadvantaged children (heart rendering), and he talked about his military service, and educational experience (impressive). Something about people in that generation, they are not articulary "expressive" "personal" so don't expect George W. to discuss his "deepest darkest secrets." (There were other books by men of that generation that i loved who expressed so much more "feeling" such as Colin Powell's book, Norman Schwartzkoff's book, Ken Hamblin, or better yet, "Bill O'reilly." While I admire George W. greatly, I just wish he had revealed more personal thoughts and insights. (maybe its the touchy feely generation x-er in me). The book is worth reading, (if your not into collecting moments in history or political memorabilia) you may want to just borrow a copy. I wanted to be a part of George W's literary success so I bought the book, will go along quite nicely beside's his mother's book that I have (her memoirs). His mother's book is much more fun and "chatty" than his! I also enjoyed hearing about his success as governor in Texas, also it was admirable how he carries out the death penalty and his gubenatorial race with the much hated Ann Richards is worth reading. He is long winded on political detail, on and on the details go...and a lot of things he writes just are plain "boring" and uninspiring... There are some pretty good pictures of George W. that are worth looking at and keeping (such as him in his Fighter Pilot flight suit) my, what a hansom man! (I love him and his bushy eyebrows at Yale)... Worth reading, I am not sure you will be spellbound though... Long live the next president! Hurray Hurray! He is truly and honorable man and that is the important thing, don't you think?.

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TLA

Proof from the source

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2014

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I have mixed feelings about this book. For one thing is that I am no fan of Bush at all but I do appreciate his honesty in this, by which you won't get from many of his followers who are delusional and live in denial and take the word of lying propagandists. So I do recommend this book if you want to know the source and not more propagated lies. Despite what the description on this page says about being authored by Karen Hughes is incorrect as it is an autobiography written by Bush himself. Right towards the beginning of chapter 4 he admits his membership in SKULL & BONES. I know diehard Bush fanatics that deny he was ever a member. If you know any who are like that then I highly recommend this. No true christian can easily dismis one who belonged to a satanic secret society. Also in this you will see how his views aren't christian but are universalist. To be a true christian means that you believe in Christ's lordship and to claim that any other way to God besides him is to call Jesus a liar. What fool calls his own master a liar? But those who support Bush even after reading this book are as bad as he is and a lost cause. In this Bush mentioned that his father started NAFTA, which many blame Bill Clinton for, and which the Illuminati are heavily involved in working to establish the kingdom of the Antichrist. This book is just the beginning as far as getting to the truth of GWB. To really discover more truth about him I recommend Alex Jones dvds and about 9/11 truth.

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S. A. Wald

A great read!

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2011

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George Bush's name has been trampled and thrown in the mud since his presidency so I decided I wanted to hear his side of things; therefore, I picked up this book and Decision Points. This in an incredibly informing book that will shed light on Bush's political ethics and concern for Texas and America.

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Lana K. Garrison

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014

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This was an excellent read.

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