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America's Book Club - Christopher Buckley on Being Speechwriter for Vice President George Bush
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3:18Now PlayingChristopher Buckley on how he became a speechwriter for Vice President George Bush and why he stopped. "I didn't look at, speech-writing as a life, pursuit. And I had no intention of going into politics, which is to say, you know, starting out as a speechwriter. And then you're, you know, you're a deputy assistant undersecretary for, cleaning ashtrays and the Interior Department. And then, you know, 40 years later, you're ambassador to Cape Verde...I worked for Mr. Bush for two years, and I came to, revere George Bush. He and my father and my uncle Jimmy maybe are the two finest that I've ever known."
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