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Former US president George W. Bush says he made a swift transition from White House pampering to picking up his pet's poop, according to a news report Wednesday.
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Bush told a packed university lecture hall in his home state of Texas on Tuesday that, shortly after leaving Washington, he faced a decidedly un-stately moment when his dog Barney relieved himself on a neighbor's lawn.
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"Ten days out of the presidency, there I was with a plastic bag in my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging for eight years," he was quoted as saying by the Tyler Morning Telegraph in remarks confirmed by his office.
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The former president has mostly shied from the limelight since leaving office -- except for a high-profile stint raising money to help Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake -- and kept a low political profile.
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But Bush now plans a round of interviews to coincide with the November 9 release of his book about his time in office, "Decision Points."
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"This will come as a shock to some people in our country who didn't think I could read a book, much less write one," joked the former president, who left office deeply unpopular amid the US economic crisis.
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"It's not a judgmental book," he told some 2,000 people on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler. "It's not a 'Bush is cool' (book)."
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The former president spared a little bit of nostalgia for his eight years in office, telling the audience: "I miss being pampered; I miss Air Force 1; I miss being commander in chief of an awesome (military)."
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The former president's book is expected to have a first run of 1.5 million copies, along with an e-book version containing a video message from the former president and his home movies, Crown publishers said earlier this month.
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The huge print run is equivalent to that for former Democratic president Bill Clinton's book, "My Life," which was a runaway hit.
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本周三最新报道称，美国前总统乔治•W•布什表示自己很快适应了角色转变——从“养尊处优”的美国总统到捡拾自家宠物粪便的普通人。
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布什于本周二在家乡得克萨斯州的一所大学发表演讲，礼堂内座无虚席。他称离任后不久，爱狗巴尼在邻居家草坪上“随地大小便”，使他不得不面对明显让自己丢份儿的时刻。
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《泰勒电讯早报》向布什办公室证实后引述他的话称：“离任才10天，我就开始手提塑料袋收拾狗粪，我已经8年没干过这活儿了。”
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前总统布什自离任后极少公开露面，一直保持低调的政治姿态，但在海地强震后曾为帮助募集善款高调亮相。
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但为了配合11月9日将出版的讲述其白宫岁月的书籍《抉择时刻》，他计划接受一系列采访。
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布什开玩笑说：“这可能让很多美国人感到震惊，他们认为我连读书都不会，更别说写书了。”布什离任时恰逢美国经济危机，支持率很低。
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布什对得克萨斯大学泰勒分校的大约两千名观众说：“这本书既没有动辄指责别人，也没有自我夸耀。”
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这位前总统还分享了一些对8年白宫生活的留恋之情，他对观众说：“我怀念在白宫养尊处优的生活；怀念‘空军一号’；怀念担任一个强大军队统帅的感觉。”
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发行商皇冠出版社本月早些时候表示，《抉择时刻》预计首印150万册，同时还将发行含有布什视频信息及其家庭录像的电子书版本。
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首版印刷量可比肩前民主党总统比尔•克林顿当年热销的书籍《我的生活》。
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