According to senior aides, George W Bush is now considering ideas for a book on his presidency, designed to be completed some time after his final term ends. Newsweek, however, doubted that Bush would command an advance equal to Clinton’s “My Life” due to his “[aversion] to second-guessing himself” and lack of “raw materials”, noting: “His father wrote letters and kept a diary; Clinton taped conversations about his life with former speechwriter Ted Widmer. But President Bush does not write e-mail, unlike his father and brother Jeb. He scribbles thank-you notes and greeting cards with a black Sharpie marker”

Writing a biography might be an easier task for Bush then Newsweek realizes because, unlike Clinton, Bush has his own, personal biographer: sports columnist Mickey Herskowitz of the Houston Chronicle. That’s right, the only president to ever fight simultaneous wars, is going to have his story explained by a guy whose last column was titled, “Spurs whistle while they work, and the results show!”. How can a man who’s never asked a question tougher then, “shouldn’t we have punted?“, interview a war-time president? Herskowitz’s editor probably laughed at the request:

“Hi, I’m two term president George Bush and I’d like Mickey to write my biography”
“…hmm… he’s got to finish an article on the sacrifice bunt, but maybe afterwards?”

Although, I’m not sure if Hemmingway could turn Bush’s “raw materials” –a collection of short notes “scribbled” with “Sharpies”– into a great book. Perhaps 3M would tell you differently, but I’m pretty sure Sharpies were invented to label frozen food, not write presidential biographies. Luckily, readers of blerds.com can form their own opinions, as Herskowitz has generously shared Bush’s first draft of the biography with us:

31/10/2006
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