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Olympia Snowe remembers decades-long friendship with Bushes

Olympia Snowe remembers decades-long friendship with Bushes
WEBVTT US NOW WITH A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE MEMORIES. REPORTER: THAT’S RIGHT. MANY OF THOSE MEMORIES REVOLVE AROUND WALKER’S POINT. SENATOR SNOW AND HER HUSBAND WERE INVITED OUT THERE MANY TIMES. THE LAST TIME THEY SAID, A YEAR OR SO AGO, SHE SHARED HER PERSONAL PHOTOS WITH US. TAKE A LOOK. AND THEY GO WAY BACK EARLY DAYS OF THE 1980’S AND EARLY 1990’S WHEN MR. BUSH WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND SHE WAS IN CONGRESS. THERE WERE GOLF OUTINGS, FORMAL COCKTAIL PARTIES, SENATOR SNOW RECALLING ONE VISIT WHEN THEY PULLED UP TO THE ESTATE GOING UP THE DRIVEWAY AND THE BUSHES WERE WAVING THEM ONTO PARCO FRONT BUT THEY STOPPED ABRUPTLY WHEN THEY SAW BARBARA’S DOG MILLIE CAME RUNNING OUT. >> THE PRESIDENT AND BARBARA ARE WAVING US ON THEY WANT US TO COME FORWARD. I SAID IF YOU RUN OVER MILLIE, KEEP DRIVING OVER THE CLIFF. I SAID I’M NOT GETTING OUT AND EXPLAINING HOW WE HIT MILLIE TO BARBAR REPORTER: THEY DID NOT HIT MILLIE. THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER MEMORIES SHE SHARED WITH US. WE WILL BRING THOSE TO YOU IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SENATOR SNOWE USING THESE WORDS
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Olympia Snowe remembers decades-long friendship with Bushes
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe was friends with George and Barbara Bush for decades. She spoke Friday about her many fond memories of the Bushes.

Former Sen. Olympia Snowe was friends with George and Barbara Bush for decades. She spoke Friday about her many fond memories of the Bushes.

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