Wolcott: Life's Little Lessons (Laura)

[kskiska]

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break went the title of a W.C. Fields comedy. Never give a public figure the benefit of the doubt is the credo I've come to accept.

Case in point, Laura Bush. When I wrote about the Bush women in a recent Vanity Fair, I succumbed to the temptation of hoping/believing she wasn't a cold mackeral without a conscience like the rest of the extended clan. That she was different, better, a Douglas Sirk heroine trapped in a soft prison of convention. No, she's just another warden in a pantsuit. Set out to oppose Nancy Reagan on embryonic stem-cell research (pitting woman against woman is a classic Bushite ploy), her soft, sedative misrepresentations revealed her as just another saccharine phony. And her defense of the swift boat ads--disgusting.

Then there was her cello tribute to her husband at the Republican National Monster Zell Rally. When she spoke so movingly of watching him through the window walking on the lawn below, wrestling with the difficult decisions ahead in the war against terror. This of course would explain why Bush barged into a meeting Condi Rice was having with senators to announce, "Fuck Saddam. We're taking him out." After his dark afternoons of the soul he was simply giving way to the sort of boyish irrepressible exuberance that made Mickey Rooney such a terror at M-G-M.

http://jameswolcott.com/

[pfitz59]

1. Yep...Stepford Laura....

squishy like a rattlesnake.

[GoldenOldie]

2. Laura married well and into her comfort zone

Reading Laura's bio, she never had any interests other than maintaining life, which is just existing. She had no interests during her childhood or college. She is extolled by the Cons and the lazy media for her teaching abilities and librarian credentials yet she functioned in these endeavors only long enough to put them in a resume and not long enough to actually qualify her as a teacher or a librarian.

She has held the position of First Lady of Texas and First Lady of the US. She has had numerous opportunities to initiate and do good things for others and for her country but it seems she is still just existing. She apparently was not even successful in the rearing of her daughters as their actions seem to lack maturity and manners.
Words spoken by Laura seem as false as the smile that she holds during George's interviews. Laura isn't a bad person, she just is.

[kskiska]

3. Didn't she describe herself to her prospective mother-in-law

as, "I read, I smoke, I admire?"

[Skittles]

4. I think you nail it, GoldenOldie

absolutely

[Jade Fox]

5. James Wolcott is the best. Always worth reading.

[kskiska]

6. This is from his brand new website.

His writing is exquisite.

[Jade Fox]

7. I figured it must be new because I've searched for his stuff on the web...

and come up with bupkis. I'm so glad he has a blog!