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A recent New York Times article about George W. Bush's relationship with his father featured an amusing tidbit about the two men, whom it said were "loving but not exactly best buddies."
Turns out that in a 1992 interview, Dubya allowed that "Dad was shy."
"We never had 'the talk,' " he said, and with regard to the use of a condom he added, "He never told me to wear a 'raincoat' or anything."
That apparently never stopped Dubya from playing for laughs on the issue. During the 1988 Republican Convention, he was asked by a Hartford Courant reporter about what he and his father talked about when they weren't talking about politics.
"Pussy," Bush replied.
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