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The president thinks too much is read into such remarks. When the subject comes up, Bush always expresses great love for his father. "I wouldn't be sitting here . . . as president, without the unconditional love of my father," he told Wallace.
Whether he was the best vice president or not.
Lincoln's 199th
Bush has always nursed a deep admiration for Abraham Lincoln. He keeps a portrait of the 16th president in the Oval Office, and one of the first books he read after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was Jay Winik's volume about the end of the Civil War. So it should come as little surprise that he would want to celebrate Lincoln's 200th birthday. The only trick? It won't come until Feb. 12, 2009, when Bush will be out of office.
Never let a little thing like the calendar get in the way, though. Bush hosted a celebration of Lincoln's 199th birthday last night at the White House, complete with experts and actors. Bush presented Ford's Theatre Lincoln Medals to former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor and pioneering neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
The event was intended to kick off a year of events leading to the actual bicentennial celebration, but Bush was having fun. "I'm often asked, 'Do you ever see Lincoln 's ghost?' " he said. "And I tell people, 'I quit drinking 22 years ago.' "
Quote of the Week
"I used to think that leading a group of strong- willed senators was one of the toughest jobs in the country. I may have found one even tougher one -- father of the bride. You know, I told Laura I was going to say that and she said, 'Well, you might add another one -- son-in-law to the president.' "
-- President Bush, in his CPAC speech
