One month after the worst attack in U.S. history, George W. Bush watched a 100-minute-long Anthony Hopkins film called Hearts in Atlantis.
This Vanity Fair piece about Bush’s daughter’s gay friend coming to dinners at the White House makes for an interesting distraction.
“Sounds like you had some trouble down there at the gate!” […]
“Hello, Mr. President. Brian Smith. Yes, sorry about that. I was in an accident … ”
He interrupts. “Well, the girls are getting ready and I’m supposed to give you a tour, Smitty. Let’s get you something to drink first. How about a beer?” He turns and shouts to a butler, “One beer for Smitty, and I’ll have a non-beer.”
Ok, go read more now.