Bush says he is through with politics, fund-raising
January 28, 2011 8:18PM
Updated: September 24, 2012 6:25AM
Former president George W. Bush says he is through with politics, fund-raising and campaigning — and has no interest in political punditry.
“I don’t want to go out and campaign for candidates. I don’t want to be viewed as a perpetual money-raiser. I don’t want to be on these talk shows giving my opinion, second-guessing the current president,” Bush told C-SPAN in an interview scheduled to air on Sunday.
Ex-presidents criticizing sitting presidents is “bad for the country,” Bush said.
“It’s tough enough to be president as it is without a former president undermining the current president. Plus, I don’t want to do that,” he said.
Bush was on the receiving end during his administration: former President Bill Clinton criticized his handling of the war in Iraq. Clinton, while in office, was criticized by Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush.
Gannett News Service
