Laura Bush, always supportive of husband, turns it up a notch on stump

[Kadie]

Laura Bush, always supportive of husband, turns it up a notch on stump

SIOBHAN McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, August 25, 2004


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(08-25) 13:45 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

As Laura Bush tells it, she and her husband were pulling into the driveway one night when she turned to him and said the speech he had just given wasn't very good. He drove into the garage wall.

No wonder the future president went a little off course. These were words from an endlessly supportive wife, who had till then heeded advice from mother-in-law Barbara Bush never to criticize her husband's speeches.

The family car -- or at least the ranch pickup -- has been safe ever since.

Sure, she let it be known she didn't care for his "dead or alive" ultimatum to Osama bin Laden. But first and foremost, this first lady is cheerleader to the president, and one who has used a louder megaphone this campaign than in the last to tell people what a great guy she and the country have landed.

In speaking so often of him, she has revealed little of herself.

"Very disciplined," she calls herself. "I don't really have to watch everything I say, because I'm pretty well-behaved as it is."

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[terrya]

1. I'd be alarmed if I saw Laura in the front seat of a car.

Particularly if I were a pedestrian.

[Malva Zebrina]

10. Me too

[AmerDem]

2. Wasn't I reading somewhere she was arrested for Prostitution?

BAHAHAHAHA:bounce: :kick: :bounce: :bounce: :kick:

[napi21]

3. Well behaved, or a wuss?

Laura is OK I guess, but I don't have the admiration for her that I have for Teresa, or Hillary, or Jane Harmon, or Ann Richards, etc. You get my point! Women are real individuals, and I like the ones who show it!

[rkc3]

11. Like all good/proper women - she knows to keep her mouth shut.

Sarcasm over.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. Will the press report about Laura's secret past?

[cheshire]

5. Laura's gone to far

I've heard a couple of time She refused to have P Diddy at convetion because she didn't want photos of them together. Randy Rhodes says it's because it might remind people that she killed he boyfriend when she was 16. Now Skynard is to play: can't you smell that smell the smell of death around you. Sick choice

[Malva Zebrina]

9. and, do not forget, she cancelled the poet's luncheon because

they were going to read anti-war poetry.

[Lizz612]

6. "....I'm pretty well-behaved as it is."

Guess she'll never make history.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. what a sad and telling statement from the Stepford wife

no wonder George drove into the wall- Laura got out of line for a moment.
I mean- she had the nerve to criticize her man!?! :eyes:

[Malva Zebrina]

7. she doesn't have to watch what she says because she memorizes what to say

or doesn't say a damn thing worth the typing.

Her reticence was on display when an Associated Press reporter rode with her during a swing in the Midwest and Pennsylvania.

Does she know why more women than men are swing voters?

"No."

Could it be that women are more open-minded or independent?

"Probably."

Are suburban women the key?

"I don't know about that."

What issues do women most care about?

"I think the economy's important to women," she said. "I think, obviously, education is very important. ... I think security and stability's important to women in our country."

Her visit earned headlines such as: "First lady charms Toledo crowd," "Aims to narrow gender gap," "Touts Bush's leadership: 'He has a good heart."'

And don;t they just love to compare her to Hillary. Second first Lady to have an advanced degree--thing is after spending all that money, she never did a thing with it after a couple or so of years. Once she married inot money, her role was produce babies. Years ago, in the fifties, it was accepted that women, believe it or not, should not go to college, because it would be wasted money,,In that day and age, women were expected to stay home, cook, clean and have babies and women accepted that role--this was before women's lib. These people, these neo cons, see that as the golden age we must go back to in order to be saved from the commie liberals.

[rkc3]

12. Right on the mark.

My in-laws are big bush supporters and my mother-in-law and sister-in-law do whatever is told of them and they are happy to do so.

I watch my wife around them and it just cracks me up - she wants to slap them both.

Occasionally I point out to the in-laws that my kids misbehave because my wife doesn't understand she has stepped outside of her traditional role as subservient housewife. If she would only learn her role, the kids would be better behaved.

The sarcasm is lost on all but my wife - everyone else thinks I need to draw the line and whip her into shape.

I laugh harder at the comments.