Decision Points – The E-book (shocking revelations)

George W. Bush’s best-selling memoir, Decision Points, has been described as an unconventional narrative and a “groundbreaking new brand of memoir.” Rather than detail his life in chronological order, President Bush chose to center on the “fourteen most critical and historic decisions in [his] life and public service.”

Decision Points is also available as an e-book which itself is a groundbreaking new form of electronic publication. Rather than reproduce the printed book word for word, the former president has decided to present his e-book in point form as Decision Points: The Point Form Version. Herewith are some of the e-book “decision points” in Mr. Bush’s unique point form style:

Alcohol

– had to ask myself: “Can you remember the last day you didn’t have a drink?”
– couldn’t do it
– remember saying “Jesus, I have to quit!”
– funny story, that’s how I found Jesus, too

election night 2000

– sitting in the Texas Governor’s Mansion waiting for results
– Al Gore calls and concedes
– next thing I know, Mr. Inconvenient Truth calls back and disconcedes
– I decided to fight for what was arguably mine
– luckily I had a few friends on the Supreme Court – heh heh

stem cells

– embryonic stem cells come from little people
– could I OK killing little people?
– couldn’t do it
– stopped stem cell research

9-11 attacks

– why did I keep reading The Pet Goat?
– couldn’t upset the kids
– plus I wanted to know how it turned out
– sure wish I had read that briefing on August 6th entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U. S.

invasion of Iraq

– Saddam could have had weapons of mass destruction
– Dick Cheney was pretty sure he did
– as the Decider, I couldn’t risk taking a chance that he didn’t
– anyway, Saddam was a real bad guy – did you know he tried to kill my dad?

Katrina

– do I wish that I had declared an emergency sooner? You bet
– do I wish that I had sent more aid and visited right away? No doubt
– most of all, I wish that I hadn’t cut back on levee construction funds but that’s water under, over and all around the bridge now

the financial crisis

– that was a tough decision to bail out all those banks and companies
– but a lot of those guys were my friends and some hadn’t gotten all their big tax cuts yet
– when your friends need help, it’s a pretty easy decision to make
– plus Dick Cheney thought it was a good idea, too

No word yet on when the movie version of Decision Points is slated for release although one insider has indicated that it will likely go straight to video.