Some of "Herbert's" actual boots were included, such as the pair embroidered with 'Father of the Year' and a set featuring a white leather White House replica. I could almost smell the power he wielded while in office.

A flat-screen TV was mounted on the center wall of the gallery, on which John Wayne's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" played.

And that, my friends, is all one apparently needs to know about "American History." If it ain't in the gallery, it ain't real history. 'Nuff said.

The rest of the library-in-the-round alternated between displays, TV videos, and various quotes/info on the walls.

Walk through it with me, will you?

I saw a display case in which the leather swivel chair used by Bush in the Oval Office sat. The display was titled 'The Seat of Power'.

Random quotes alert:

"He was a golden boy. Everything he did, he did well." - a classmate from Yale

"I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children this they just about throw up." - Barbara Bush, on marrying 'Herbert'

"I am a Texan and an American... what more could a man ask?" - George Bush

There were TVs showing various Bush-related news footage throughout. Oddly, all the videos were subtitled in English, even though everybody in them spoke English. Chalk another one up for the Barbara Bush Literacy Corps, I suppose.

There were big displays, with lots of pictures and text, on "Herbert's" days as a congressman, an ambassador to the U.N., the Republican Party chairman, and as Liaison to China.

The "CIA Director" display was a bit smaller. A portrait, copies of "Herbert's" job acceptance and farewell speeches, and a rather curious timeline which named some 'fun facts' that happened during those CIA years...

"1977 - New movies: 'Saturday Night Fever', sparking the disco craze; 'Star Wars', which becomes the biggest box office hit of all time.

1978 - Dolly Parton is Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year."

In other words, a timeline that puts Bush's CIA years in proper perspective. Hey, I suspected the CIA was behind a lot of bad stuff but now that I know it was evidently responsible for disco, plus the popularity of 'Star Wars' and Dolly Parton, well... frankly, I'm scared.

The Reagan-Bush-Quayle years got prominent mentions.

A quote on Bush becoming Vice President: "Hello, George," said the voice soon to be familiar worldwide, "this is Ron Reagan, I'd like to go over to the convention and announce that you're my choice for vice president... if that's all right with you."

It hits you in an "Aww, shucks!" kind of way, doesn't it? It makes one a bit nostalgic for the simpler days of the 1980s, when we knew who our enemies were - those pinko commies. Oh, and those rich Japs who were buying up corporate America.