{"id":723858,"date":"2010-04-26T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T20:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=102447"},"modified":"2010-04-26T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T20:13:10","slug":"george-w-bush-memoir-%e2%80%9cdecision-points%e2%80%9d-nov-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/723858","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush Memoir \u201cDecision Points\u201d Nov. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/george-bush-laughing.jpg?resize=500%2C494\" alt=\"\" title=\"george-bush-laughing\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-100044\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In news that will leave conservative Republicans everywhere jumping with glee, George W. Bush &#8212;  whose presidency was marked by the September 11 attacks, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a crippling financial crisis &#8212; is penning his memoir.<\/p>\n<p>The former Texas governor has remained relatively quiet since leaving The White House in January 2009 with one of the lowest presidential approval ratings in US history.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-102447\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Decision Points, will center on 14 decisions Bush made in his eight years as president, including &#8220;his flaws and mistakes, as well as his historic achievements.&#8221; Bush is expected to embark on a national tour this fall to promote the book, which will sell for $35, Crown Publishing Group said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;President Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor&#8217;s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9\/11 in the gripping hours after America&#8217;s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; inside the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The book is also expected to explore the former president&#8217;s battle against alcoholism and his love of faith and family.<\/p>\n<p>For us liberals, living through Bush&#8217;s reign of terror was enough, but those of you into cruel and unusual punishment can pick up the tome when it hits shelves Nov. 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-oWi4AjSIiP76zieyYiRbKjvmnM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-oWi4AjSIiP76zieyYiRbKjvmnM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-oWi4AjSIiP76zieyYiRbKjvmnM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-oWi4AjSIiP76zieyYiRbKjvmnM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In news that will leave conservative Republicans everywhere jumping with glee, George W. Bush &#8212; whose presidency was marked by the September 11 attacks, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a crippling financial crisis &#8212; is penning his memoir. The former Texas governor has remained relatively quiet since leaving The White House in January 2009 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-32j8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}