WASHINGTON - Former US President George W Bush says he almost never criticizes his successor as it would undermine the office of the president.
In an interview with Fox News, Bush insisted he would not attack President Barack Obama even though he continued to have strong opinions about national politics. ‘I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president undermine a current president; I think it’s bad for the presidency for that matter,’ Bush said. Bush, who is promoting his book about his father (former President George H.W. Bush), ’41: A Portrait of My Father,’ also said he had no interest in generating headlines for himself after serving in the country’s highest office for eight years. ‘Secondly, I really have had all the fame I want,’ he added. ‘I really don’t long for publicity. And the truth the matter is in order for me to generate publicity. I’d have to either attack the Republican Party, which I don’t want to do, or attack the president, which I don’t want to do.