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How George Bush and I Made It to the White House
Simon and Schuster
May 2003
On Sale: April 29, 2003
320 pages
ISBN: 0684808900
EAN: 9780684808901
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Margaret Carlson -- widely read Time columnist,
regular CNN panelist, political insider, and hostess of
A-list but scarcely traditional Washington dinners -- has
been commenting on American life for over a decade. In
Anyone Can Grow Up, she expands on her writings about
presidents, politics, morals, children, family life, and
lessons from her own life. In the section entitled
"Presidential Material," Carlson reflects on what it takes
to be president by looking at those who choose to pursue the
office (and by extension, those, like her, who choose to
cover the pursuit). She looks at the hard facts (offices
held, speeches given, money raised) and the soft, sometimes
determinative, ones (how the candidates talk and look, how
they perform under pressure, who they marry and divorce when
no one is looking, and how they get into -- and out of --
scrapes). The best man doesn't always win. That's why those
who've lost, and those who almost run but don't, are covered
as well. Bush Sr. and son, and Clinton in his scandalous
term, are here. Carlson also takes a look at those whom have
thought of running, like Donald Trump, those who America
wanted to run, like Colin Powell, and those who've run and
lost, like John McCain. Carlson draws from her own
life in the "Family Matters" section as well, commenting on
subjects relating to children, women, and men -- from
abortion to balancing work and family, from feminism to
sexual harassment. Finally, in the last section, we
read about what makes us who we are and what makes us do
what we do. From breaking down how congressmen make money on
the side to what cost Newt Gingrich his job, from days in
court trying the Menendez brothers to a memorable three-hour
lunch with Katharine Hepburn that didn't turn out the way
she imagined, Carlson finds the strength of character, or
lack of it, in Americans famous and not. Carlson
gets as many as a hundred letters a week from readers who
say, "That's exactly what I was thinking." In the vein of
Anna Quindlen, Ellen Goodman, and Bill O'Reilly, here is a
wise and witty book from a writer who knows what makes us tick.
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