The GW Tapes

This has absolutely nothing to do with anything, except perhaps free advertising for the author's book. I doubt very much that anyone has been made aware of any 'truths' that they didn't already have a pretty strong feeling about.

If I was surprised at any point to be made, it was that the NYTimes points out that Bush sounds very much like he does as president:

The private Mr. Bush sounds remarkably similar in many ways to the public President Bush. Many of the taped comments foreshadow aspects of his presidency, including his opposition to both anti-gay language and recognizing same-sex marriage, his skepticism about the United Nations, his sense of moral purpose and his focus on cultivating conservative Christian voters.