A conversation with the President of the United States

with George W. Bush
in Current Affairs part of Presidents, Past and Present
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A conversation with President George W. Bush about Iraq and other challenges and opportunities for the country in the remainder of his presidency.

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    1. machngunjoe  06/15/2010 04:58 PM Report

      Just listening to him... I mean he doesn't even sound intelligent. America wanted a President they can have a beer with and thats what they got.

    2. gabriel Collett  10/23/2008 05:02 PM Report

      the good news is that many millions of people have lost everything

      the bad news is that I am still president

    3. Umar Muhammad  10/01/2008 08:28 PM Report

      The 700 Billion ‘bail out’ only falsely holds up a system that is inefficient: the idea that one could live beyond their means; whether it be the government, industry or private individuals is not practical. All the excessive home and commercial building that was based on contrived promissory notes that were (illegally) tied or securitized by 401K and other pension plans; those institutions involved in that activity should have to take whatever losses the market dictates; and that debt should trickle down to the stock holder. What our congressmen should be focused on is making sure my 401K is secure by enacting laws that block these institutions from transferring that debt to the American people. With credit card debt,those people who lived in excess did so on their own and should be responsible for that debt. Tax dollars should not be used to pay it…this also should be illegal. There are millions of Americans like myself who were denied excessive credit, and I don’t want to pay for the next person who was allowed to abuse it.

      Hopefully the FBI is identifying those elected officials who used public money in these ponzi schemes, at the very least we want to get these people out of office.

      The banks and credit houses, in my opinion will not stop doing business. The CEO’s of Leman brothers and A.I.G will take their millions and move on and there will be a new level of scrutiny that is a result of this crisis. Will credit be harder for the average American; yes, and it should be. And the banks and money managers will be more diligent in their decisions, and the market will have corrected itself.

      Botom line: I think the government is trying to back door us into privatizing social security.

    4. christian  09/21/2008 08:53 AM Report

      If you are a patriot then PLEASE read Vincent Bugliosi's

      "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder"

      www.prosecutionofbush.com

    5. Pepe Le Peu  08/21/2008 03:35 AM Report

      The clown prince and his buddies should end up like Mussolini.

    6. sa  08/08/2008 12:57 PM Report

      check out this creampuff!

      my grandma bought it and only

      drove it to church on sundays.

      i can sell it to you for a song!

      kick the tires. and step into the showroom.

      my manager has a fake invoice to show you.

      what will it take for you to buy this car today?

    7. Hector Salgado  08/05/2008 12:29 AM Report

      Mr. Rose, we all know who Kissinger is. The people who watch your program knows who he is. HE IS A CRIMINAL Stop trying to change his image. For 20 years I considered you a good journalist but not anymore.

    8. John Bliss  07/17/2008 04:19 PM Report

      Charlie;

      I have watched your show for many years now and I

      would like to thank you for all of your good work.

      I will continue to watch as long as both of us are alive.

      Thank you;

      John

    9. Vincent Berry  07/14/2008 04:41 PM Report

      Your show is good but whenever you have a guest on you ask a question usually simplistic in nature. Then you interrupt your guest in mid sentence no matter the topic once you realise the your point is insignificant and then ask another question immediately. Can you explain this please. You still will get the better guests. But would be helpful to understand your interviewing skills. Much appreciationated, Vince

    10. Fernando Torres  06/27/2008 12:55 PM Report

      Charlie Rose

      Dear Mr. Rose,

      I was watching your program last night and was astonished by your interview with Henry Kissinger. Never have I seen such indulgence from a mainstream reporter to such a shadowy character as Kissinger who was involved in so many criminal wrongdoings---not only abroad but also in-house!

      I cannot understand why you did not ask the real questions? Have you already forgotten what is documented history? Did Kissinger give you a set of questions that he agreed to answer? Some sort of script maybe? I'm wondering how prepared you actually were for the interview.

      What made you so benevolent towards such a murky character whose normal way of conducting business was secret warfare and secret government behind the backs of the people he's supposed to serve?

      Then, in HORROR, I watched you ask him for advice on how to win the war in Iraq. This was so laughable that your question made me cry, Mr. Rose. You are asking a loser how to win? This is preposterous journalism at its best. Would you please re-check you history sources please, sir. Mr. Kissinger is a loser, a failure in international diplomacy and politics. He believes in war, in twisting arms, in bullying diplomacy and in double-speak. The only time he was successful was in Chile when he removed a democratically elected president and put a junta in his place. And in the process, Mr. Rose, he was responsible for thousands of people being imprisoned, tortured and killed---not to mention so many more that just disappeared.

      Are you that naïve or ignorant, Mr. Rose or are you trying to re-write history? Maybe Mr. Kissinger is really your friend. You were so lenient with him and so ruthless to history. Don't you know about his role in Cyprus, Chile (the 9/11 coup, Operation Condor), Indochina, East Timor, and his unconditional support of South Africa's Apartheid, his betrayal of the Kurds in Iraq? He is a war criminal.

      Mr. Rose, do you know Mr. Kissinger is a fugitive? (The Nation Magazine/June 25, 2001 issue). Do you know there are countries around the world he is afraid to go to because he can be detained? Did you know he escaped from judge Roger Le Loire, who requested a summons while he was staying at the Ritz Hotel in Paris (2001). Did you know in 2002, Chilean judge, Juan Guzman sent Mr. Kissinger a number of questions with a note that an extradition procedure may be placed if he did not cooperate?

      Mr. Rose, did you know that for his rare public appearances, Kissinger always requests not to have a question and answer period? Did you know he is a man who walks in fear?

      Sincerely

      Fernando A. Torres

      California

    11. james  06/18/2008 04:12 PM Report

      why do they think his answers were anything but sincere? why is it so damning to use the soul as a reference to where things like the want for equality among people to be placed? that word has nothing to do with religion, that word is too general.

      Many politicians may be old people functioning on burnout senile mode, convinced that the only way to do politics is to "play" politics and that the only way to represent people of this country( my neighbors) is to "survive" a political verbal social trivial asskicking from people with different opinionssocial dexterity and tactical cunning who hold it as a soul purpose to be out to get you . Bush seems to get that. And he seems to be learning how to spot and handle these situations.

      I am convinced that he isn't one of them anymore. he seems to be a servant onlly to the comittments which he has presented to the people and said that he would be to. no side agendas.

    12. Greg Morell  05/28/2008 07:40 PM Report

      Albee deserved a full hour. Mr Rose, this was not your best interview and I am a fan of your show. Albee was difficult, enigmatic, but absolutely fascinating. Additionally, he is the best looking 80 year old man I have yet to encounter. .

    13. Greg Morell  05/28/2008 07:40 PM Report

      Albee deserved a full hour. Mr Rose, this was not your best interview and I am a fan of your show. Albee was difficult, enigmatic, but absolutely fascinating. Additionally, he is the best looking 80 year old man I have yet to encounter. .

    14. bushwhacked  03/10/2008 05:04 PM Report

      Glad to see Jr. veto the no-torture bill. The desent to the bottom should be accelerated enough that an upward bounce becomes more feasible. His endorsement of McCain, along with evangelical pastor John Hagee, should contribute to the demise of the neocon arrogance. If not we'll deserve everything we'll surely reap. Glub, glub.

    15. W.Wood  02/02/2008 03:56 PM Report

      I guess it was a little hard interviewing the Anti-Christ.

    16. james  02/02/2008 02:22 PM Report

      why do they think his answers were anything but sincere? why is it so damning to use the soul as a reference to where things like the want for equality among people to be placed? that word has nothing to do with religion, that word is too general.

      Many politicians may be old people functioning on burnout senile mode, convinced that the only way to do politics is to "play" politics and that the only way to represent people of this country( my neighbors) is to "survive" a political verbal social trivial asskicking from people with different opinionssocial dexterity and tactical cunning who hold it as a soul purpose to be out to get you . Bush seems to get that. And he seems to be learning how to spot and handle these situations.

      I am convinced that he isn't one of them anymore. he seems to be a servant onlly to the comittments which he has presented to the people and said that he would be to. no side agendas.

    17. Paul Treacy  01/29/2008 11:49 PM Report

      I'll be moving back to Europe in July with my family. I've been here, this time around, for over five years and I'm eligible to apply for citizenship but instead will not do so. I love New York City. It's a nation unto itself. Unfortunately, it happens to be in the USA. My wife and I (she's English, I'm Irish) are now concerned that America has well and truely lost its way in the world and has rather been left behind. Its best days are long since past. America simply does not look after its young people very well and therefore it is not where we would like our children to grow up.

      We came here to experience New York and it has been amazing. We thought that it might be for a few years but were open to the possibility of staying throughout our children's education. However, the presidency of George Bush has been such a disaster that we now must leave. I still cannot understand how the general public elected such a person into such high office. It boggles the mind, quite frankly. George W. Bush and his crew have done the United States an enormous disservice.

      We decided to come to America for a while to broaden our global perspectives. And they most certainly have been broadened. Now it's time to go. I'm lucky I have the option.

      Americans, please put the Democrats back in power. Any one of them will do. You might just be able to get your fine country back on track before it's too late.

    18. Harriet E. Gross  01/17/2008 06:08 PM Report

      Your choice of guests is great and you generally are an excellent interviewer. However many times you cut off or interrupt the speaker as he or she is trying to elucidate an explanation important to his or her position. This was especially the case with Naomi Klein tonight and Paul Krugman last night. We know you are smart and informed but we want to hear what the guest has to say. Back off and give them the chance to finish the thought being explicated even if you want to get on to something else.

    19. michael  12/27/2007 12:08 PM Report

      there are many mysteries in life. two that puzzle me are the acceptance, popularity, and reverance for howard stern and madonna. of course, since these two "made it big", there have been many others. two of them are hill and billy clinton. two manipulating, transparent liars. if you didn't write off billy when he lied about inhaling and draft dodging, then i guess you could swallow his "depends on what you mean by" defense with his girlfriend. and hilly staying with him afterward, speaks about her single-minded, whatever it takes mentality to get what she wants. grow up. just becuase you envy their status does not mean they are intelligent or worthy. they insult your intelligence and you thank them for it.

    20. Charles   12/26/2007 03:08 PM Report

      Mr. Bush is the best president in my life time.

      He is better than Ronald. The worst was Jimmy Carter and I voted for Carter twice. Clinton raped that woman. Charlie Rose is a Zero.

      Thanks

    21. Farhad  12/21/2007 11:34 PM Report

      I am an Iranian and like many other Iranians, I admire President Bush for his democracy agenda. For many Iranians like me, Bush is the only and real hope for a better future. In spite of whatever that is happening now in Iraq, I believe one day the Iraqis will thank him and America for removing Saddam. I wish he could stay longer in office so that he could help Iranians get rid of mullahs too and join the free world. God bless you Mr President.

    22. LC FERN  12/20/2007 12:11 AM Report

      DIMWIT. ENOUGH SAID.

    23. Marjorie Sunderman  12/15/2007 03:44 AM Report

      I am trying to listen to Bill Clinton and you Charlie are yapping away as usual trying to appear smarter than Bill. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Would you please shut up for God sake and let us listen to Bill.

    24. Marjorie Sunderman  12/15/2007 03:43 AM Report

      I am trying to listen to Bill Clinton and you Charlie are yapping away as usual trying to appear smarter than Bill. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Would you please shut up for God sake and let us listen to Bill.

    25. julia  12/08/2007 01:37 AM Report

      Now days TV shows, including yours, can be seen by the people all over the world. For the hosts of these shows, learning some about the world outside of USA is very helpful, especially when you interview foreigners. Try to be more professional, even the person that you interview is not from your favorit country. Remember, the people all over the world are watching, and they are very intelligent.

    26. Harman  12/02/2007 03:07 PM Report

      "Give my chance a plan to work"

    27. KDC  11/16/2007 03:20 PM Report

      Have he No shame..? Lying, Killing, all in the name of Profit..! He (Bush) is the very problem with the USA..! Rich kids that never grow up.. but who's family passes the power on to them..!!! Damn Shame...!!!

    28. JPeres  10/24/2007 04:22 PM Report

      Just selected, not elected.

      My mind reflexively recalls the bumper sticker "Richard M. Nixon used to be the worst President ever."

      It feels like we are living another country's nightmare.

      And I am tired of "journalists" who ask direct questions yet just settle for responses instead of demanding answers--a predicament spanning the networks of all persuasions. Bill Moyers digs in; George Stefanopoulos is often persistent, but ultimately ends up settling for what he's given. What can you do, it's not a senate hearing--and let's face it, the Bush administration members wouldn't show up anyway, much less give it up, even if it was a senate hearing.

      I say, on to The Hague.

    29. Gerald Weber  10/12/2007 08:51 PM Report

      Just thought I would aloow everyone to rate this joke for me to see if I am missing the humor in it somehow.

      http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushism-trifecta.htm

    30. LNL  10/12/2007 06:46 PM Report

      My comment is simply this...

      While I was not expecting Charlie Rose to aggressively interrogate our president, or help lower his already poor ratings, however, I did expect Charlie to address the concerns his viewers have with GW and provide answers of some sort. And, while I do appreciate the importance of allowing GW to provide his own answers and perspective, I would have liked Charlie to guide the conversation better and actually address and get answers to important issues. This is not the time for "casual" conversation.

    31. LNL  10/12/2007 06:46 PM Report

      My comment is simply this...

      While I was not expecting Charlie Rose to aggressively interrogate our president, or help lower his already poor ratings, however, I did expect Charlie to address the concerns his viewers have with GW and provide answers of some sort. And, while I do appreciate the importance of allowing GW to provide his own answers and perspective, I would have liked Charlie to guide the conversation better and actually address and get answers to important issues. This is not the time for "casual" conversation.

    32. Gerald Weber  10/11/2007 07:55 PM Report

      George Bush is a clown wannabe. He can't hide his character no matter how he tries. His trifecta joke doesn't have me laughing one bit though.

    33. Bill Corley  10/04/2007 12:21 AM Report

      I think the American People have been taken for a ride. Personally I dont think Mr. Bush is running our country, I think our VP a select few with hidden agendas are enacting plans many years in the making. I think we are now tumbling down a very dangerous path that may take many years to recover from our injuries. I am amazed at the amount of control this group has over our goverment.

    34. MAC  09/24/2007 03:25 PM Report

      Some time ago you commented that "Nobody likes war." That still sticks with me. You surely did not mean that; it had to have been an utterance that was made only as a reflex. Only the truly naive believe that - many see war primarily as an opportunity to cash in, or to believe that greatness (or the potential for it) is in being a 'wartime' president, etc., etc. Human destruction is of little or no consequence to these types.

    35. MAC  09/24/2007 03:25 PM Report

      Some time ago you commented that "Nobody likes war." That still sticks with me. You surely did not mean that; it had to have been an utterance that was made only as a reflex. Only the truly naive believe that - many see war primarily as an opportunity to cash in, or to believe that greatness (or the potential for it) is in being a 'wartime' president, etc., etc. Human destruction is of little or no consequence to these types.

    36. MAC  09/24/2007 03:25 PM Report

      Some time ago you commented that "Nobody likes war." That still sticks with me. You surely did not mean that; it had to have been an utterance that was made only as a reflex. Only the truly naive believe that - many see war primarily as an opportunity to cash in, or to believe that greatness (or the potential for it) is in being a 'wartime' president, etc., etc. Human destruction is of little or no consequence to these types.

    37. jd  09/22/2007 03:27 PM Report

      IMPEACH 'EM BOTH!

    38. John C  09/17/2007 09:04 PM Report

      Thank you for this immensely informative interview Charlie, your hard work is greatly appreciated.

    39. Carol J  08/22/2007 08:50 PM Report

      Charlie Rose did a soft job with President Bush. Was this do to respect or was he told no toughnest???????????

      Also the first 1 or 2 minutes of the tape kept pausing.

    40. Frances Fife  08/01/2007 10:45 PM Report

      Now is the chance for Bush to demonstrate his

      courage. Fight for one day in Iraq. Our real men and women are dying due to lies this fellow told.

    41. Eagle Eye  07/29/2007 03:51 AM Report

      This comment, in no way, is an endorsement of this administration. However, to MURRAY and Co., GROW UP.

      Your rant was - well, a rant. We need, we must, if only, then etc.......

      WAKE UP Doctor. America is not an ivory tower nation - but a player and as such must act as such.

      Phillip Urso Russo

    42. Dervish  07/25/2007 04:59 AM Report

      You're just one person, Murray, one-three hundred millionth of the population. The voice of reason has always been the minority. And unfortunately, this is a democracy.

    43. Dr_Murray_M Morgan  07/23/2007 08:16 PM Report

      Servant Bush

      An Order to the President of the USA

      ===

      According to the Constitution of the USA, government should be servant of people to execute the will of people. According to the self-rule right, the President of a government-of-people by-people for-people is supposed to be our servant to execute our will. Accordingly, I, Murray M. Morgan, hereby, order President Bush to, immediately and without any second of delay:

      1. put stop to interference in the internal affairs of Iran (including their peaceful nuclear program),

      2. put stop to bullying/coercive/humiliating treatment of Iranians (which also includes their rough government that, is up to the people of Iran only to, in the absence of feeling of any sort of threat rise against and re-establish their self-rule in there)

      3. remove all of our [pirating\ naval forces from the Persian Gulf and vicinity (in the Indian Ocean)

      4. evacuate all our military/clandestine-military bases abroad (specially the ones located in the Middle East and Central Asian countries) and bring all the personnel therein home

      5. put stop to all his infringements on Citizens liberties (nowadays known to everybody) and put stop to indirect/coercive censorships.

      6. It is the equal-and-with-respect treatment of others that assures peace and constant flow of oil to Europe and our country. It also pours water on all the inflamed sentiments that as a result puts end to "terrorism" which is, sinfully, abused so much these days by corporative military industrial complex that Late President Eisenhower warned us against their undue and detrimental influence -- that has created a sort of Parasitic Imerialism. Therefore, it, also, hereby President Bush is ordered to put stop to Parasitic Imperialism that should be carried out with co-operation of the conscionable members of the Congress and Senate which, for sure, does NOT include the war-mongring Senator Joseph Lieberman.

      The era of imperialism is over. It is era of co-existance in peace that would, only, be possible through with-respect and equal-regrding of others.

      So is ordered in the presence of God on this July 23rd 2007 and so would be executed by the Servant Bush.

    44. Eagle Eye  07/22/2007 09:56 PM Report

      Dear Viewers,

      Charlie Rose understands that truth, at times is best uncovered, when the interviewee decides to fail the Charlie Rose moment and the class - with everything but veracity.............

      The opportunity was for the President to grasp - Not for Charlie to put on his dental cap..........

      Phillip Urso Russo

    45. Commenter # 15765  07/20/2007 05:47 PM Report

      I think people should stop attacking Charlie. He's trying to be fair. The purpose of the interview seemed to be, let Bush explain his position in a non-threatening environment, and wherever his deficiencies are, the audience will know. It is a debate between two parties, and both are absolutely certain that they're right, and the opponent is wrong. He was giving Bush the benefit of the doubt. Personally, I do think the President refers to a shallow, over-simplified version of reality. And I think what Charlie does is he convinces himself to see the world from everybody's perspective. If Charlie seemed over-simplified or uncritical in the interview, it was because Bush contaminated him.

    46. Peter Seligson  07/17/2007 05:41 PM Report

      Charlie Rose is such a phony. The way he sucked up to Bush with that disgusting softball interview on 4/24/07 was almost criminal. To dignify that fascist murderer Bush in any way is unconscionable. But Charlie really went beyond the pale by kissing Bush's ass. I have no use for Chuck anymore and I'm fed up with his incredibly pretentious theatrics. When he starts speaking slowly at the end of a sentence and enunciating words he's at his most egotistical. When he does that it's like he thinks that every word that comes out of his mouth are pearls of wisdom to be etched in stone on Mt. Olympus. What an egomaniacal narcissist he is. Charlie Rose thinks he walks on water. He's insufferable.

    47. Sabrina Pospisil  07/14/2007 04:07 AM Report

      We are in a constitutional crisis and the congress and the press have stood by in silence. Tonight Bill Moyers began a serious discussion about impeachment. I hope that you will continue the conversation.

    48. Kilgore  07/10/2007 04:41 PM Report

      RE:Comment by Chuck on Sunday, May 6 at 01:37 AM

      You asked the question "(1) How many Al-Qaeda members have been removed from this planet while Bush was in office and how many when Clinton was in office? (2) Same question for the Taliban?" and so on. I recommend you watch the CR interview with George HW Bush and Scowcroft. At 37:55: "We're the United States. You don't measure the extent of your victory by how many people you kill. Some might, we don't do it that way." Father Knows Best. Stop being so simplistic.

    49. Nobody  06/15/2007 04:50 PM Report

      "That with a swerd he sholde lese his heed;/Ther nas non other remedye ne reed,/But taketh his leev, and homward he him spedde;/Let him be war, his nekke lyth to wedde!" --Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1340-1400

    50. Ruby  06/11/2007 02:48 PM Report

      43 plans to be remembered in a positive way. Who's putting that together? "Tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth." I hope the CR interview will show us 43 as good as he might be or ever hope to get. I regularly watch & admire CR, he has NEVER broadcast ANY OTHER interview of such an inept person as I believe "W" made clear to all.