Here’s a link to Carole Coleman’s Bush interview with George Bush before his arrival in Ireland for the summit. She asked a lot of tough questions and pointed followup questions – Bush appeared to be somewhat irritated that the followup questions came faster than he could parrot the usual rote answers back to her.
There’s also an official White House transcript here, most likely somewhat cleaned up. Bush didn’t come off so badly, so long as they were discussing things dear to his heart, like his beloved and still illusory weapons of mass destruction. He lit up with pleasure when describing his favorite bedtime story, “How 9/11 And Saddam Hussein Are Connected And The World Is A Better Place Now That He’s Out Of Office.”
However, he asks several times for Carole to let him finish answering. It takes time to recite from memory when you can’t improvise or edit as you go.
