What’s Next for George W. Bush?
His values unshaken by a controversial presidency, he has no plans
to reinvent himself: “I take pride in being the same person.”
At this relatively mellow mo-
ment in his life, George W. Bush,
the 43rd president of the United
States, wants nothing more than
to be a good friend and neighbor.
Standing on the front step of his
red brick ranch house in subur-
ban Dallas, sipping a cup of coffee,
his black Scottish terriers Barney
and Miss Beazley at his feet, he
comes to life when he spots the
guy next door getting ready to
leave for work. “Sleeping in this
morning?” he yells across the
lawn with a friendly grin. “That’s
where Barney made his deposit,”
he adds, referring to an amusing
story in his new memoir, Decision
Points, about being leader of the
free world one day and scooping
Barney’s mess off the neighbor’s
front yard the next.
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By Nancy Perry Graham
Photograph by DAN WINTERS
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