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John Meacham would have Jeb Bush presidency, you just wrote the book about his father.

More closely resemble his father's or his brother's.

Oh, good question.

I think it would resemble his father's more.

And I think I do because, I mean, all the three of them are different guys.

Despite the genetic material.

And the old, I know, that's science denial, I realize, but I'm trying to talk to the base.

So what's so interesting about his campaign is he does not have, I mean, W could, you know,

at least pretend he was really into campaigning.

His father really did like it, although he didn't believe anything he said while he ran for office.

But he liked, you know, he once shook the hand of a department store mannequin in New York by mistake.

God only knows what Clinton would have done with it.

So there's that whole problem.

So I think that he, but I think he's more deliberative and I think his father was clearly more deliberative, ultimately than his son.

Okay.

Seth MacFarland, would you ever consider hosting the Oscars again?

Uh, wow.

It's, it's, it's, you sure why not?

Yeah.

Did they not ask you the year after you hosted?

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