By: E&P Staff A book about the Bush White House by Bill Sammon, the longtime Washington Times political reporter who recently jumped to the Washington Examiner, has just been published, and he has revealed some of the contents at his new newspaper.
Here's one preview from the book, titled "Strategery," as Sammon describes it:
"President Bush now says his 2004 victory over Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who is mulling a comeback in 2008, was inadvertently aided by al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
"And Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, who steadfastly refused to defend Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth when he ran Bush's campaign, now calls them 'heroes' who played a crucial role in vanquishing Kerry.
"For the first time, the president says he was helped by bin Laden, who put out a videotaped diatribe against Bush the Friday before the 2004 election.
"Bush said there were 'enormous amounts of discussion' inside his campaign about the 15-minute tape, which he called 'an interesting entry by our enemy' into the presidential race ...
"'I thought it was going to help,' he decided. 'I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn't want Bush to be the president, something must be right with Bush.'"
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