George Bush Foundation Announcement (VIDEO)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs will record an oral history of President George W. Bush's presidency.

The center and the George W. Bush Foundation announced the project Thursday.

About 100 interviews are planned, including key figures of the Bush White House and Cabinet, members of Congress, foreign leaders and outside political advisers.

Bush says the project will offer a comprehensive look at what it was like to lead the country during what he described as extraordinary challenges.

The center's Presidential Oral History Program has conducted similar projects on presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Watch LIVE VIDEO of the announcement below.

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Comments

[alliedon88]

12:25 PM on 11/13/2009

The George Bush Presidenti­al Library will be located at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX... check out SMU's story here http://tin­y.cc/63bjs

[GirlUsingBrain]

05:59 PM on 11/12/2009

If he is honest it will be mostly stories about clearing the brush in Crawford.

[Smithn]

04:24 PM on 11/12/2009

So, this is going to Virginia instead of Texas because? ? ? I mean we know Bush gets the testostero­ne jolt but who gets who's money out of out?

[old lady]

04:47 PM on 11/12/2009

They needed something to put in the Herbert Hoover room.

[austin4]

03:53 PM on 11/12/2009

GWBush, is living proof, that "You Can't Fix, Stu pid".

[OverIt]

03:43 PM on 11/12/2009

Bush should start a charitable foundation with AMERICA as the beneficiar­y. Isn't that was the guilty do to make restitutio­n for their crimes?

[kareemachan]

03:42 PM on 11/12/2009

So let's get this straight - Shrub is starting this "foundatio­n" to give an oral history of his presidency­. Who gets to be a part of it? 100 handpicked whitewashe­rs to make sure that his revisionis­t history is spread far and wide. I am the only one who sees this as being blatantly partisan? And why would the U of V have anything to do with it, anyway?

[austin4]

03:43 PM on 11/12/2009

One word, MONEY.

[pfc1369]

03:45 PM on 11/12/2009

What's with UVA?

Thom Jefferson is whirling!

[old lady]

04:40 PM on 11/12/2009

and hurling.

[dfranz]

03:41 PM on 11/12/2009

I'm sure it will be a comprehens­ive discussion and exercize in rewriting history. I can hardly wait to be able to ignore it.

[devild1nosaur]

03:46 PM on 11/12/2009

well put.

If we can ignore him long enough, will he just go away?

[old lady]

04:41 PM on 11/12/2009

W's complete oral history
Bring 'em on, WMD. Mission accomplish­ed. don't recall. can't recollect. waterboard­ing isn't torture.

[allwrite]

03:39 PM on 11/12/2009

"The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs will record an oral history of President George W. Bush's presidency­." Upon completion­, the University will celebrate the former President by awarding him an honorary Master of Anguish Linguage degree.

[old lady]

04:42 PM on 11/12/2009

beautiful. fanned.

[lja925]

03:38 PM on 11/12/2009

I hate when my funny comments get redacted.

[austin4]

03:44 PM on 11/12/2009

Just keep them coming,,,y­ou're make it.

[pfc1369]

03:38 PM on 11/12/2009

An oral history of the George Bush administra­tion!!

You can't make this stuff up!

(At least it will make sure our children is learning.)

[old lady]

04:43 PM on 11/12/2009

W's complete oral history
Bring 'em on, WMD. Mission accomplish­ed. don't recall. can't recollect. waterboard­ing isn't torture.

[greatlardini]

03:37 PM on 11/12/2009

This is a man totally without any core beliefs or conviction­s. Coming home from work and seeing that smi.rking mug on MSNBC made me want to k.i.c.k myself in the gr.oin.

[wxw101]

03:37 PM on 11/12/2009

I saw a picture of Bush and just had to come. It's funny to watch the libs slobber and drool all over themselves­, just to get off as many potshots as they can. For being such an enlightene­d people, you are so trapped by your anger, you can't even see straight.

"Oh well Bush did this, and Bush did that." It doesn't matter what philanthro­pic or good thing is being done by him- you are so arrested with your hatred that it has become your own poison.

Such a pathetic mob mentality here. I guess I am no better since I am the voyeur here.

[austin4]

03:47 PM on 11/12/2009

So you;re, from the Great State Delusion.

[bmumfie1]

04:01 PM on 11/12/2009

wxw101:

I feel the strength of your emotion in your post; however, you are totally ignorant of why people hate him. He earned our passionate hatred by lying us into a war based on greed and a hidden agenda; he abrogated the Constituti­on by warantless wiretappin­g; he committed treason (an impeachabl­e offense) in the Valerie Plame affair; he lied about the Pat Tillman 'friendly fire' incident; he ran capitalism into the ditch; he ruined our moral standing in the world; he and his buddies made millions of $ off the precious blood of our soldiers in a useless and immoral war. The only philanthro­pic thing he did was make money for the rich. It was a hatred he earned. If we are blinded by hatred, then you are blinded by your ignorance. Bush was the Worst President in history and Cheney was the worst VP, both together in tandem. They were both pathologic­al liars and did everything wrong. Name one thing he did that was not designed to make money or boost his power. I bet you can't. 75% of the country, including me, felt hatred and disgust for this corrupt, deranged, lying simpleton. So, too all you Obama haters - it is time you felt what we did for the last years.

[kelly1956]

04:16 PM on 11/12/2009

Excellent! Thank you for the specifics.­...let us never forget.

[wxw101]

04:19 PM on 11/12/2009

He increased funding for AIDS research in both treatment and finding a cure to unprecende­nted levels. Since the LG community pretty much mocked and derided him every step of the way, it would have been easy to pull funds from this and divert them into any special project.

The truth is like it has always been - we see what we want to see. The hate you see in Bush, is the hate that is brewing on the other side. People can argue on either side which hatred is stronger, but in my eyes it is ignorance.

I don't agree with everything GW did, but he was a man of heart, which most of you refuse to see because of how blind you have become or were at day 1. If I took the same view as most here, then I would see O as a muslim who wants to bring our country to the brink of destructio­n. Neither is true - our political ideologies and priorities are different, but the group posting on here, is the same group of hate in my opinion as the ridiculous KKK. Thats right folks - I called you as ignorant as the KKK.

[kelly1956]

03:35 PM on 11/12/2009

Why is Laura still with him? She looks really uncomforta­ble standing at his side while he revisions history.

[tisfilm]

03:35 PM on 11/12/2009

The George W. Bush Center for blame!!!

[nini516]

03:34 PM on 11/12/2009

How NOT to lead a country through extaordina­ry challenges­.