Of his seven siblings, only three were confined to jars.
At Harvard Business School, successfully defended his master’s thesis on why kegstands are awesome.
In 1972, while serving in the Air National Guard, thwarted an attempted Viet Cong takeover of a San Antonio-area Fiesta Mart
On 1973 through 1988: “FATAL ERROR; SOME DATA MAY BE LOST”
First act as president of the Rangers was to acquire a totally bullshit Texas accent.
Catapulted to the Texas governor’s mansion by promising to legalize the carrying of concealed flamethrowers.
Got John McCain to drop out of the Republican primaries in 2000 by promising to make McCain turn his back on every principle he held dear.
In the heated moments of the Florida vote recount, planned a concession phone call to Al Gore that would have ended with him saying “psyche!” and hanging up.
Took so long to respond when informed of the 9/11 terrorist attacks because his mind was occupied trying to think of that one guy who was in that thing.
Considered himself a “dissenting voice” in the debate over going to war in Iraq, but rather than press the issue, opted to use his political capital to argue for pizza for lunch the next day.
Blames a printing press error for the “aircraft carrier” mess in 2003. The banner was originally supposed to read “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED…IS WHAT THIS SIGN WILL SAY ONCE THE WAR IS OVER”.
In order to combat perceptions that Dick Cheney was the real power behind the presidency, contemplated removing him from the ticket in 2004. Changed his mind after waking up in a ditch with no memory of the events of the previous week.
As the Iraq War spiraled out of control and more and more Americans were killed trying to bring democracy to a land that didn’t seem to want it, he had this weird dream where was in an ostrich rodeo.
Deeply regrets that, in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he allowed so many news networks to report on it.
Believes the Kanye West incident is “the lowest point of my presidency” because “any other choice is too horrifying.”
After Obama’s inauguration, as Air Force One took him away from the White House for the last time, he finally thought of that one guy who was in that thing. It was Bill Paxton.
Ends book with an anecdote about picking up after his dog because when you’ve committed war crimes, caused the needless deaths of thousands, and driven your country into a ditch, it’s good to laugh about it.
His mother, Barbara Bush, was one of the first proponents of the child rearing philosophies of David Cronenberg.