President George W. Bush panned The New York Times review of his book, 41: A Portrait of My Father, calling it "typical psychobabble."

CNN's Candy Crowley read part of the NYT review to get a response from Bush. She felt the review was generally favorable and then read a portion:

'[Bush] does not reflect on his lifetime of efforts to prove himself by following in his father's footsteps, nor does he dwell in any frustrations in trying to measure up. With the former president fading into winter, the younger Bush's book feels like a release of sorts, finally getting rid of whatever baggage that has been there for so long. A son sits at the hospital bed at last coming to terms.'

Crowley added that the review stated that Bush's argument is not with his father but with history. "What do you think about that?" she asked.

"I think it's typical psychobabble of somebody who has no clue what he's talking about," Bush responded.

Crowley pressed asking, "But aren't all sons in stiff competition with their father or with each other?"

Bush unapologetically assured that his book is meant to be a love story, not a comparison:

Not really. I mean, stiff competition is overstated. In other words, if you love somebody as much as I love my dad, my brothers love my dad, my sister, there's no need to compete. And so people are going to write what they want to write. I, on the other hand, I'm happy to get it out because first, I'm glad dad's alive when it comes out. And secondly, I'm glad a lot of his friends are alive and can take it in and say, 'Wow, this is the guy I know.'