Bush 43 Honors Bush 41 In New Book
JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. In our "Politics Lead," a new look at the presidency of George H.W. Bush as seen through the eyes of his son. Today, George W. Bush released his book, "41, A Portrait Of My Father," a tribute from one veteran to another on this Veteran's Day. It's not the only admiration shown for Bush 41. As you know, Bush 43 has become an avid painter and this week, W unveiled this portrait showing him and his father side by side. Check out the family resemblance. Not bad. CNN national correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux, was there for today's book unveiling and she joins live in College Station, Texas -- Suzanne.</s>SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Jake, since you and I covered George W. Bush, he remarkably appears very much the same. Of course, understandably his father looking a little bit more frail at 90 years old despite the fact that he recently went skydiving. And you bring up a very good point, which is that it makes it particularly special on this day, Veterans Day, that the two appeared together, his father having been a vet of World War II.</s>MALVEAUX (voice-over): It was classic George W. Sitting slouched across from his former chief of staff, Andy Card, in front, his parents, George H.W. and Barbara. President Bush unveiled "41, A Portrait of My Father with Passion, Humor and Humility."</s>FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: This is a love story. It's not an objective analysis of President Bush. I wrote it when I did because I wanted dad to be alive. I used to say in these campaigns that I had my daddy's eyes and my mother's mouth and you're learning why I said that.</s>MALVEAUX: In his book and his speech, Bush took on the stereotypes that his childhood was all roses and his father played it safe.</s>BUSH: Catch this. So he is at Yale, the gene pool got polluted. Everybody says Wall Street and he moves to Odessa. We get out there and dad finds us a place to live. It's a duplex on Seven Street with one of the few indoor bathrooms on the street. A bathroom we shared with two ladies of the night so much for the silver spoon stuff.</s>MALVEAUX: He spoke of the unique challenge both faced as wartime commanders in chief.</s>BUSH: Mother used to call me and say, you need to call your dad. And I'd say why? Because he just read some editorial and he's upset. And so I called him and he said, can you believe what they said about you? I said, Dad, don't worry about it, I'm doing fine.</s>MALVEAUX: Bush marveled at his father's ability to embrace the man who beat him in 1992, the unique friendship that has developed between H.W. and Bill Clinton, which has turned them into buddies as well.</s>BUSH: We're the only two baby boomer presidents and we both like retail politics. We're both, you know -- we both can talk a lot. Now we're both grandfathers.</s>MALVEAUX: But Bush doesn't rule out an epic rematch between the Bush and Clinton families.</s>BUSH: The idea of Bush/Clinton troubles him which speaks to his great integrity. I said how does this sound Bush, Obama, Bush, Obama, Clinton?</s>MALVEAUX: So Jake, he says that it's a 50/50 chance whether Jeb will actually jump into the race. He said, if he does, the whole family will be out there campaigning and all in and on board -- Jake.</s>TAPPER: All right, Suzanne Malveaux, live for us at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas. Thank you so much. Coming up, what could go wrong? Bill Cosby turns to Twitter to ask users to come up with some funny sayings using his pictures. Well, the response he got was definitely not what he had in mind. That's next.