Mike Allen asks tough questions to George W. Bush

A live tweeting by @JohnJCook, Gawker's EIC of a POLITICO interview with the former President

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Politico: "There's iron-fisted control of access to White House information and officials." Last night's pool report: pic.twitter.com/w7ZTFoEtom/w7ZTFoEt
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Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:27:12
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:27:12
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I will now Tweet every question Politico's Mike Allen asked President George W. Bush during a May 2008 interview
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:39:39
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Q Good morning, Mr. President.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:39:55
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:39:55
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Q Thank you for having us into this amazing place.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:04
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:04
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Q Congratulations, father of the bride.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:20
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:20
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Q When you took her arm, Mr. President, what were you thinking?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:30
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Q Mr. President, what was your toast?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:42
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:42
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Q Mr. President, we understand you had a little homework assignment, you watched Steve Martin's "Father of the Bride."
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:40:52
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Q Did you pick up any tips there?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:04
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:04
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Q Mr. President, the one thing we don't see in here is a computer, and we know that you went cold turkey off email for security reasons.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:19
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What are you looking forward to when you finally get your computer back?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:22
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:22
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Q Mr. President, we know you're a man of intense faith.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:36
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:36
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And I wonder, what was a moment in this room over the past eight years when you needed that most?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:39
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:39
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Mr. President. You talked about some tough decisions -- what was the happiest moment you've had in this amazing room?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:55
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:41:55
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Q Do you think the first President Bush is proud of you?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:08
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:08
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Q Mr. President, thank you very much for having us into the Roosevelt Room for the first online interview.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:26
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:26
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In the spirit of the Internet, I wonder if we could ask a question from one of our users,
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:33
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:33
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Steve Bailey: With oil at $126 a barrel, pushing up the price of everything -- even food -- what can you do to help people right now?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:52
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:42:52
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Q Mr. President, as you know, as a possible solution, McCain, Clinton have talked about suspending the federal gasoline tax this summer.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:17
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:17
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You never said an absolute "no" to that. Is it something you would consider or do you think it's a bad idea to consider?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:21
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:21
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Q Mr. President, I wonder if in your eight years in office what the changes have been, in your view, of climate change?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:39
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Q Mr. President, for the record, is global warming real?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:47
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:43:47
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Q Mr. President, acknowledging those constraints, you're an oil man
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:09
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:09
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-- some people say that climate change, global warming could have been your Nixon-to-China. Do you wish you'd done more?
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:13
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:13
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Q Mr. President, turning to the biggest issue of all, Iraq. Various people and various candidates talk about pulling out next year.
Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:36
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— John Cook (@johnjcook)Tue, Feb 19 2013 07:44:36

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kristahicksA one man show. Funny though.2014-03-26T05:28:18.138Z
Tyler Gierkeseems like john cook is talking into outerspace2013-08-23T23:33:42.597Z