:: Growing Up With The President

Growing Up With The President
I've known George W. Bush most of my life. We grew up in the same neighborhood, and during our childhood years ran around with pretty much the same group of guys. I haven't, of course, talked to George in many years, but I guess we always got along just fine back in the day, even if I never did quite trust him. He was a bit of an "operator," as my mother liked to say, and I still remember the day Mr. Hanson, our high school biology teacher, called him a "four flusher" when George was horsing around in the back of the room...

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