And former President George W. Bush is claiming he considered replacing Vice President Dick Cheney before the 2004 election. In his forthcoming memoir, Bush writes that Cheney offered to step down to avoid being a political liability for Bush’s re-election bid. Bush also reveals that he thinks the worst incident of his presidency was when the musician Kanye West said he “doesn’t care about black people” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Bush writes, “I didn’t like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.” Addressing his legacy, Bush also writes, “Whatever the verdict on my presidency, I’m comfortable with the fact that I won’t be around to hear it.”
Bush Considered Dropping Cheney for Re-Election Bid
HeadlineNov 03, 2010