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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Nantucket Project: Judy Smith [Watch (HLS stream): The Nantucket Project: Judy Smith](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wRwidb8Z.m3u8) (3:04)  _Published 2014-09-27. The Nantucket Project: Judy Smith_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:18 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Nantucket Project: Chris Matthews](/video/7KjC8uWG/) ### The Nantucket Project: Chris Matthews [The Nantucket Project: Shiza Shahid](/video/n501ZY2L/) ### The Nantucket Project: Shiza Shahid [The Nantucket Project: Nancy Lublin](/video/gTlPPcK2/) ### The Nantucket Project: Nancy Lublin --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I remember when I was talking to Sean Derons who [ COUGH ] talked to me about the show. And we're talking about what the idea for the show should be. And, she told me that I'm thinking that I'm going to create a character where a president is involved. I said well of course, I mean you know I was president Bush's deputy press secretary, and we worked on a whole host of things. Gorbachev resigning, LA riots. I could just go on. And she said yeah, I'm thinking of sort of a different story line. You know one where the two of you are close. I'm so, yeah no, I talk to him every month or so, we're good. She said, well no I mean actually sex. I'm like, with the president? [ LAUGHS ] She said, yes, I said. Well, as any good crisis manager would have it, I had to quickly call President Bush to help frame the message. To frame the narrative before he heard it from anybody else. So I picked up and the phone and I called the President. And his Chief of Staff picked up the phone and it was Gene. I said Gene, is he in? I, I need to speak with him. And I said, I need to tell him about the show. And she said, oh, my God, he's heard about it. He's so excited to watch. [ LAUGH ] He's so proud of you. He can't wait. I said, no, I sort of need some one on one time [ LAUGH ] to break it to him. And she said, yeah, well, tell him to call me. So I'm on the phone, of course, handling some big corporate crisis and I saw the Texas number come up. And I couldn't pick up that quickly. And I said well, let me check the message. You know, maybe he's told me, like, what time should I call. And so I check the message and the message said. Love you. Want you. You left me. [ NOISE ] And by the way, this is the former leader of the free world. Call me. [ NOISE ] So I called him up, and I said, see. This is why I'm calling you now. You need some talking points. [ LAUGH ] You need to stay on message. And he said, I'm gonna confirm the affair. I said, what affair? There was no affair. He said, I have young people working in my office now. They said I need to stay relevant. That [ LAUGH ] that it's good for my reputation. I'm like, what reputation? You're almost 90. 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