Though he is obviously not an expert (and not really a lobbyist, either), officials say the effort is a lighthearted way to underline Mr Bush's message.
After George W. Bush became president in 2001, oil lobbyists successfully pushed his administration to replace officials who agreed with mainstream science with ones who opposed environmental regulations.
" We have a front opened up on the E.U., China and NAFTA, " says Carlos Gutierrez, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under George W. Bush and chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group.
The Bush administration claimed the government of Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction or WMDs, posing a threat to the U.S. and its allies.
Well, I talked with Heather Conley, a former State Department official during the Bush administration who is now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.