布什即卸任 擬寫回憶錄
US President George W. Bush, scrutinized inthememoir by his ex-spokesman McAllen, is considering writing a memoir of his own.
Bush has been silent on former spokesman Scott McClellan's book, which said the White House shaded the truth and conducted a propaganda campaign to make its case to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein.
Asked if he planned to pen his own book after leaving office in January, Bush said it was a possibility.
"I'm going to think about that, yes -- writing a book," Bush said in an interview with Britain's Observer newspaper published on Sunday.
The White House and former Bush aides have dismissed McClellan's book and allegations and have also questioned why he did not speak up if he disagreed with policy decisions or the way events were presented.
Bush's predecessor Bill Clinton wrote a best-selling book after leaving office that chronicled his life as well as his eight years in the White House. He has made more than $23 million from his memoir "My Life."
Bush also said he never saw the award-winning network television show "The West Wing" about a fictitious U.S. president, preferring instead to watch sports and read books.
"I seriously don't watch TV. You know, I watch sports, but I'd much rather read books. And I do. I read a lot," he said.
美國總統布什在其前新聞發言人麥克萊倫的回憶錄中遭到炮轟，而如今，布什總統也考慮寫一本自己的回憶錄。
布什總統對前新聞發言人斯科特•麥克萊倫在回憶錄中對自己的評價一直保持沉默。麥克萊倫在書中揭露當年白宮掩蓋事實，宣傳伊拉克戰爭，達到入侵伊拉克並推翻薩達姆政權的目的。
在被問及明年1月卸任後會不會寫一本自己的回憶錄，布什回答說有這個可能。
布什在接受上週日出版的《英國觀察家》採訪時說：“是的，我的確會考慮寫本書。”
白宮及布什前助理無視麥克萊倫在書中對布什的指責，並質問他當時如果不同意布什的政策決定或實施方式爲什麼不說出來。
前總統克林頓曾在卸任後寫了回憶錄《我的人生》，他在書中回憶了自己的人生以及八年的白宮生活。這本暢銷書給他帶來了2300多萬美元的收益。
布什說，他從沒看過獲獎電視劇《白宮風雲》，但比較愛看書和體育節目。《白宮風雲》講述了一個虛構的美國總統治理美國的故事。
他說：“我真的不怎麼看電視。平時我看體育比賽，但我更愛看書。而且我確實經常看書，看了很多書。”
