Woman Interviews 25 "George Bush's" For Book - "They Aren't Well-Informed"

[matcom]

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DALLAS - Martha Boone Mattia grew up overseas and had only a vague sense of what it meant to be an American. She was even puzzled by the patriotic outburst that followed the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The former newspaper reporter and public relations executive decided she could better understand the American character by interviewing George Bush — 25 of them.

The result is her book, Conversations With George Bush. Mattia crisscrossed the country for two years interviewing people who share the president's name, bending the rules a bit to include women — Georgia, Georgette and Georgianna Bush. She admired the resilience of her subjects. She found them thoughtful but not always well-informed about national or world events.

"I saw more optimism than pessimism, and (they) were less cynical," Mattia said. "They may not read as much as my father made me read, but they think a lot."

The book includes a Mississippi doctor, a Florida accountant, a New York artist and a Texas health care worker. Mattia describes their lives and daily struggles and their views about the country.

It's not a political book, although she did ask about current topics. Almost all the Bushes she interviewed owned guns, but most favored some gun control. Nearly all opposed same-sex marriages, although some supported civil unions for gay couples. They agonized over abortion.

George R. Bush, a doctor and a deacon at his Southern Baptist church in Laurel, Miss., said he won't perform abortions but mentions the procedure to young pregnant patients.

"That's a little difficult, coming from a person who's just talked to you about his Christian belief and his faith," he told Mattia, "but I think, well, we all have a choice."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/books/news/3198469

[underpants]

1. They didn't all change their name?

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[jeff30997]

2. LOL! Yeah. Try to find one Adolf Hitler in Germany.