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Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:38 AM Nov 2012

Barbara Bush: “People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.” [View all]

“I’m tired now of the elections,” the wife of former president George H. W. Bush said at an event at Lyndon Johnson’s presidential library, according to Reuters. “People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.”

Barbara Bush also weighed in firmly on the side of working with President Barack Obama: “They are going to have to compromise. It’s not a dirty word.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83961.html#ixzz2CNutQs00

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Barbara Bush: “People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.” [View all] Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 OP

Wow... Scootaloo Nov 2012 #1

"Bar." WinkyDink Nov 2012 #11

The Quaker Oats man speaks liberal N proud Nov 2012 #2

I thought Jimmy Page was the Quaker Oats guy... Champion Jack Nov 2012 #9

Protecting her "beautiful mind" again . . . . . no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #3

She must have had a tight set of pearls on. Historic NY Nov 2012 #4

We tire of this folly. Lasher Nov 2012 #5

Hey, Rhymes With is making sense here BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #6

There's nothing genteel about Bar Bush. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #15

There's nothing relevant about your post BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #20

Did I misunderstand what you CRYPTICALLY referred to as a "vanishing Republican"? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #21

No, you just see, "Barbara Bush," and you become a dog with a bone BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #23

I can't believe I just recommended something Barbara Bush said. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #7

She's laying the groundwork for her son Jeb's Presidency lunatica Nov 2012 #8

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Nov 2012 #22

Why should we bother our beautiful minds about this MONSTER who spawned a PSYCHO? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #10

Sorry, Bar. You can certainly move on as you should.. ananda Nov 2012 #12

I don't have a short memory. Solly Mack Nov 2012 #13

after 4 years of republican obstruction and Obama hate, I agree with her. Make Congress work a 7 day Sunlei Nov 2012 #14

Oh, genius. And who do you suppose would "make" them do this? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #17

remember last pre-thanksgiving, Obama didn't let them leave. Sunlei Nov 2012 #24

She is one person who they don't want to meet in a dark alley. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #16

Proving once again that nothing good comes out of any of Barbara Bush's orifices. CBGLuthier Nov 2012 #18

She reminds me of Muriel in the cartoon series, "Courage, The Cowardly Dog".... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #19

"I want to do other things and not to be ugly.” PD Turk Nov 2012 #25