They still called him Junior when we first met, in forlorn Midland, Texas, back in July 1986. He was known then for being the son of the vice president of the United States, the agonizingly named George Herbert Walker Bush. As a young staff writer at The Washington Post Magazine, I was trying to persuade Vice President Bush to let me spend several months with him for an in-depth profile I intended to write. But the veep was skeptical, and he left it up to Junior to pass judgment on me and my request.
â??Come on down and visit,â? the man who would eventually be known to the world as President George W. Bush drawled cheerfully to me over the phone. â??But I wonâ??t tell you any good stuff until Iâ??m sure youâ??re not going to do an ax job.â?
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