Laura Bush* on MTP.... oh, my

[hlthe2b]

Anyone watch this? God, I try to be fair. She seems to truly care about the plight of women in Afghanistan, but I just can not take her seriously. She seems so totally clueless. I admit to having a bit of bias in that I find her way of speaking a little grinding (not the Southern Texas accent but her emphasis on certain words and syllables-- impoooooor'tance, the Cheeeeldren)....

But in reality, it is just that she comes across as so horrendously clueless, so "in the bubble."


Ok, that's off my chest...

[Jennicut]

1. She seems to mean well, but she is awfully stupid and stepford wife like

[goclark]

2. You were probably watching a future Senator

I find her s Stepford wife and clueless as well.

However, she would be really likeable for the new Rethuglican Party.

I think she could woo those that are not completely out of touch like the Palin Clan.

[aquart]

5. That's incredibly insulting.

Yeah, any First Lady can be elected Senator. It's easy.

[gratuitous]

6. She'd probably run in Texas, not New York

And there is an irreducible segment of the Texas voting population that will vote for anything on the R side of the ballot, against all sense and their own interest. And if Laura decides she wants to run for office, though I seriously doubt she will, there will be an entire apparatus that will spring up overnight to assist her.

But my own armchair psychologist reading of First Lady Xanax is that she wants to get the hell out of Washington and never look back.

[LiberalFighter]

21. She doesn't have the stamina to be in politics

She didn't do anything as first Lady.

[Jennicut]

39. I doubt Laura wants to be in politics much longer.

She looks like she would rather be far away from it. She is pretty dopey though, how else could one be married to Shrub? She is very frumpy too. Laura, email me, I got some fashion tips for you.

[hendo]

9. Do you honestly think

that Hillary would have had a chance in NY if she was not a former first lady?

[Captain Hilts]

11. She would have been senator from Illinois had she not married Bubba.

And Bobby Kennedy would not have been senator from NY had it not been for his father and JFK.

[hendo]

34. senator from Illinois?

another fun HRC fact.

No matter how you cut it, a lot of politicians have thier jobs because of name recognition.

[goclark]

15. I'm not trying to be insulting at all

I'm saying that running as a Republican, they have no place to go
other than Palin.

If they could run Palin,they are desparate to run anyone with name recognition.

She is absolutely clueless and totally out of touch but we are not talking about her running as a Democrat.

Democrats have hundreds of highly intelligent women.
They don't have what we have, so they would take what they can get.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Yes, this is insulting. Was she one of thecountry's top 100 lawyers?

[goclark]

17. Why do you think I'm trying to compare her to HC?

Read my post ~ She is no HC and I never suggested that she was capable of being anything other than a Stepford Wife.

[hendo]

35. cause Mookie is paranoid

nt

[Beacool]

41. Yeah, that must be why we have so many former first ladies who are senators.

Gratuitous insult........

x(

[Billy Burnett]

3. Too much LSD in college. eol

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. I think

she sometimes gets her Xanax and Ativan mixed up, and, not wanting to be a bad patient, she takes everything, and then she does an interview.

Even drugged and clueless, sedated almost to the point of coma, she is more articulate and thoughtful than that fuck she married.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. I thought that she would have made a better running mate to McShame than Palin. At least

this person can form a sentence.

[UTUSN]

8. Well, consider her depth, judgment, and taste in choosing a life partner!1 n/t

[hendo]

10. Cause Bill was so great to Hillary

nt

[RC]

12. Somehow I think Hillary cannot be a loving wife and that may have had something do with it.

Bill's actions were on a two way street there.

[Captain Hilts]

14. Wow!

FDR: Can you beleive this back-seat psychology?
ER: Man, I'm glad we're dead now!
FDR: We still managed to be voted 'Greatest Man' and 'Greatest Woman' of the 20th Century without their input. Hop in, Old Girl!
ER: Hey - it's my car, move over!

[hlthe2b]

18. Sometimes a statment is just so very wrong...

so reeking of some distasteful bias in the one presenting it, that it is better just left alone. So, I shall. :eyes:

[acmavm]

26. How in the hell would anyone here know how Bill and Hillary relate to

each other?

I've seen some attempts at mind reading, reading the future, and other 'clairvoyant' trash here on DU. Some funny, some stupid, some hurtful, some just damn ignorant.

That was pitiful.

[dsc]

27. that is totally sexist

shame on you.

[RC]

31. I'm sorry, but I lost all respect for Hillary when she went Rove on Obama.

There was no reason, no excuse for a so called Democrat to do that to another Democrat.

[Beacool]

43. And there's no excuse for your asinine comment.

:shrug:

[RC]

44. There must be an excuse.

You did not address the Rove thingy Hillary pulled on Obama.

[hendo]

36. sexist?

without a sarcasm?

Sexism loses all its meaning when it is thrown around like that.. you should be ashamed of yourself.

[dsc]

45. blaming a wife for the fact her husband had an affiar is sexist

it is about as sexist as it gets.

[hendo]

46. so

would you only ever blame the husband? Isn't that sexist too?

At the point where one person has an affair, there is a breakdown of the marriage. The cause of that can usually be traced back to both people in the couple.

[dsc]

47. Yes

There are plenty of ways to deal with problems in a marriage. Having an affair isn't a legitimate one. He, and only he, is responsible for having the affair. That isn't to say he and only he is responsible for the state of a bad marriage but he is responsible for the affair.

[hendo]

48. however

he could have wrongly, mind you, seen the affair as a way to feel what was lacking in his relationship. That is not a justification for what he did, but thier relationship might have been almost unbearable.

[dsc]

50. then you file for divorce

you don't cheat. that is what divorce lawyers exist for.

[hendo]

51. exactly

they should have gotten divorced a long time ago, which would suggest that maybe thier marriage is about something other than love and trust.

[hendo]

32. thats my thought as well

nt

[Beacool]

42. What the HELL is that supposed to mean?

"She cannot be a loving wife"? Is that a code for "she won't get on her knees and give him a blow job in the Oval Office"?

:spank:

[UTUSN]

16. Geez, it's a mystery to me how my attacks, which target only Rethugs, attract

responses that target Dems in good standing!1

[goclark]

19. I was wondering the same thing about my post

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

22. We've got a GREAT team of folks and people here just don't appreciate it enough. nt

[Captain Hilts]

20. Beats the Hell outta me UTUSN....

[hendo]

33. in good standing?

you are joking, right?

[Atman]

13. Ah, Afghani girls are free to walk the streets and have acid thrown in their faces!

We've done so much to help these people! George is a HERO!

.

[Kahuna]

23. My impression.. She is trying to establish a positive "legacy" for the

bushco years. How pitiful is that?

[goclark]

24. And she is trying to make millions from her book

that she is "publisher shopping" for right this minute.

[Kahuna]

30. That too!

:)

[gulliver]

25. First propagandist

The "first lady" role has been badly abused under Bush. If a First Lady (or Gentleman) is going to be into policy, then she/he needs a formal appointment and title. That way we know whose ass to kick when what they say turns out to be false. Rove and Bush used Laura as a willing stalking horse. She vouched for the worst administration in history time and again, but where is the accountability?

[hendo]

37. hasn't the first lady played an informal role in politics

since long before Lady Bird Johnson?

She did have an informal meeting with Brezhnev after all.

[kentuck]

29. And I heard that George is going to be on ABC....

They are both on a "rehabilitation" tour in the last days of his Presidency, in an attempt to rehabilitate his image and his legacy.

[LynneSin]

38. Can you believe that's the first time I've heard her voice EVER

I've really tried to avoid that one!

[Ichingcarpenter]

40. The only things viewers wanted to know from the First Lady was her medication

The only things viewers wanted to know from the First Lady were
(a) what medication got her through the last eight years,
(b) how it felt being married to a walking catastrophe, and
(c) what she really thought about Michelle Obama when she came to the White House.

If we really want to know about Afghanistan, is Laura Bush the first name that springs to mind? Wouldn't we rather hear from someone steeped in knowledge of the place who could advance our comprehension?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-01/washingtons-other-transition/

[David Zephyr]

49. Laura's husband's administration gave the Taliban millions just before 9/11

I don't buy the Bush's concern about the Taliban abusing women for one second and neither should you.

Bill Clinton had made any aid to the Taliban illegal.

GW Bush and Colin Powell gave the Taliban millions right after they took office reversing Clinton's strong position against the Taliban monsters who were murdering little girls and women every day.

And then came 9/11.

And suddenly to whip up Americans to war, Laura suddenly for the first time in her life spoke out against the Taliban.

That is called opportunism.

She's a phony.