tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914933422225532422011-12-31T00:21:11.034-08:00The new book they tried to keep out of printTed Cohen...http://www.blogger.com/profile/00822945951296459235noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291493342222553242.post-23391008557969470042008-11-18T06:56:00.000-08:002011-06-26T08:34:46.706-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OLKuULyt-oE/S2jE7SshOdI/AAAAAAAABvw/QWkkaKLxgMk/s1600-h/bush+leaves+white+house+for+final+time.jpg"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433809473332394450" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OLKuULyt-oE/S2jE7SshOdI/AAAAAAAABvw/QWkkaKLxgMk/s400/bush+leaves+white+house+for+final+time.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></span></a><span style="font-size: 78%;"> W leaves White House for final time</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OLKuULyt-oE/SSLarmI6jPI/AAAAAAAABoc/6WWRpK2RWyU/s1600-h/bush_bozo.jpg" onblur="function anonymous(){try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}}"></a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></u></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strike>Decison Points</strike>? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try <em><strong>Derision Points</strong></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: large;">New Bush memoir by Maine reporter</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: small;">KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – A new Bush memoir, <em>Derision Points</em>: Clown Prince Bush the W, is a refreshing antidote to Bush's <em>Decision Points</em>. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"It's kind of funny how Bush liked to call himself The Decider," says publisher JP Leonard. "So many decisions were made for him." </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"Derision Points with an 'R' has the memories Dubya's memoir leaves out," says author Ted Cohen, a Kennebunkport reporter. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Derision Points is Dubya's candid back story. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Derision Points is a revealing portrait of the young George W. Bush as a rowdy teenage prankster, then a towel-snapping frat boy at an Ivy League college. Next Poppy Bush helps him dodge the draft -- and get elected to the highest office. Stranger than fiction?</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">It's a tipsy tale and not too flattering, yet one can't help sympathizing with the anti-hero. Dubya is a mischievous but likable character who just wanted to have a good time -- it was never his idea to be a president or even a Bush at all. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Cohen peels back the onion of Bush's dysfunctional family. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"Derision Points: Clown Prince highlights what life was like behind the scenes in the Bush household," Cohen said. "This was a very famous and driven family."</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Cohen portrays the elder Bush as a man focused on career. It was all politics. Barbara Bush was a single parent in her husband's constant and unnerving absences. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"But it's not gloomy by any means. The story line moves quickly, buoyed by humor and dialogue. It's a fun book by a very funny guy," Leonard said. "Of course it's also a good insight into ruling-class behavior. The clincher for me was that they fired Ted for reporting the DUI story." </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Cohen was the reporter on the Kennebunkport beat who scooped the story of Bush's DUI arrest just before the election.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The book's full title is Derision Points: Clown Prince Bush the W, the Real Story of Bush's Decision Points. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">It's available from the publisher's website, progressivepress.com, on Amazon: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Derision-Points-Clown-Prince-Decision/dp/161577243X/">http://www.amazon.com/Derision-Points-Clown-Prince-Decision/dp/161577243X/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">and through bookstores. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">More information can be found online at:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://progressivepress.com/">http://progressivepress.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Progressive Press</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">P.O. Box 126</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Joshua Tree Calif. 92252. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Email: </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:progpress@earthlink.net">progpress@earthlink.net</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Tel. (760) 366-3695 FAX 366-2937</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3291493342222553242-2339100855796947004?l=bushmemoir.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ted Cohen...http://www.blogger.com/profile/00822945951296459235noreply@blogger.com0