The View : I miss Laura Bush

Seeing Laura Bush last week at Inauguration I miss as our First Lady. She was a Breath of Fresh Air after Hillary. She was caring, classy, warm and graceful unlike Michelle. She stayed out of politics and didn't act like Co-President. She also had a Good sense of Humor and could be Funny. Go watch her 2005 Waite House Correspondent Dinner Speech.

Bad for Michelle for caring about the health of the children

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She was caring, classy, warm and graceful unlike Michelle.

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Which Laura Bush are you talking about? The one I remember was virtually non-existent for 8 years. Can't recall a thing she did which made her caring, classy, warm and graceful while being the First Lady.

Michelle Obama was just the opposite of her - which is why the country loved her.



"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

I guess you forgetting 9/11. I meant she caring and warm general. She just nice not a mean bone in her. She also did a lot for Literacy like Barbara Bush

Not everyone like Michelle. Laura was more popular leaving the White House with 90% Likability Rating which were never below 70. Michelle may have been warm with her Husband and Kids but in general she came off as being Cold

I know many, many, many people who couldn't stand Michelle. Personally, I wasn't fond of her by any means.
It can't be said she was liked by all.

Laura was a great first lady imo.

MO did not present as a warm person but she did her best I think in a position she was not elected to do. I thank her for that as well as all the first ladies. It's not only a thankless job but sounds like a pain in the a$$ as well. Enjoy your retirement Ms. Obama, you earned it.

Michelle is not my favorite First Lady and not biggest Fan of her but I kind of agreed about Healthier Lunches in Elementary Schools (the only time I tihnk I have agreed with her) to some extent. But I think at times maybe she went way overboard with the whole eating healthier and school lunches.

I remember My Elementary School Lunch always being very gross and disgusting in look and taste it was just awful!. It was serve by Two women who were like 100 years old or soemtihng. I remember once someone got a mold corn dog. It all pre made and processed. My school Lunches in Elementary and Middle school made you want to gag sometimes.

If School Food was prepared more like home or a restaurant maybe it wouldn't be so bad. So I agreed with Michelle that School Lunches needed to be healthier but truly they need to be cook better

This whole post reminds me of a very funny bit I saw on youtube the other day. It was an older concert with Chris Rock. He said that Obama could NOT be President with a black wife. He said that was, "too much shuttin up for a black woman to do".

He imagined the conversation. "Honey I was just elected President"

"No, WE was elected President. Now I want my girlfriends in the Cabinet."

Either way, it's a thankless job. A First Lady is not elected but she gets criticized like she was. All our First Ladies have lent dignity and class to the office in their own way.

Facts are not liberals strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

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I guess you forgetting 9/11. I meant she caring and warm general.

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I must be - what did she do different from others during 9-11 that made her so caring and warm? I can't recall.

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She also did a lot for Literacy like Barbara Bush

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What exactly did she do for literacy? What were the end results?

According to ProLiteracy, more than 36M adults can't read, and a series of international tests in 2008 (the end of Bush's presidency) ranked 'adult document literacy' in 7th place (same as it was in 2000), and 'prose literacy' dropped from 6th place to 8th place in those 8 years.

Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign actually reduced the prevalence of childhood obesity (which was her cause) by 43% according to the CDC, which took stats from 2004 - 2015.

She and Jill Beiden also worked with veterans and their families in their "Joining Forces" campaign. That's being cold?



"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

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What exactly did she do for literacy? What were the end results?

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Some of the "right" on this board must live in another dimension of earth. Michelle Obama was a great First Lady. I really don't remember Laura doing anything, but her mother-in-law Barbara is very memorable.

That not fair. I gave Michelle credit for trying t make School Lunches better.

Laura Bush seemed permanently medicated. Would love to see what she was like off of the helium. Gotta say that her husband seems like a way nicer/more mellow guy after he quit politics. He still did a whole lot of damage while in office.

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Laura Bush seemed permanently medicated.

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Indeed she did - I've always said this. She was the epitome of 'The Stepford Wife'. She was very scary.

"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

Yeah as much "fresh air" as a chain-smoking cigarette addict can be I supposebut to each his own. At least the vilified Hillary didn't sell pot to her college classmates nor did she kill a man due to her negligent driving habits as did your beloved Laura.
I will say this, Laura is quite a few steps above the one we're stuck with now!

She never sold Pot to classmates. And that was a Car accident. You make it seem like Laura actually killed him but she didn't. WT%hings happen.

Laura has a sense of Humor unlike the Cold hearten Hillary.

Ok, to each his own. Just remember, it's not wise to believe in an alternate set of "facts". Guess you and Kellyanne are cut from the same cloth.

Uh no. I do not like Kellyanne at all for your information and I thought that whole 'Alternatives Facts' nonsense was ridiculous and stupid. She clearly had no idea what she was talking about and just a airhead and a idiot with no brains! She need to get a dictionary clearly as it means False facts

I am not denying Laura was in a car Accident and someone was killed. I saying it was not intentional. Also I never heard that Laura sold Pot to her classmate. first time I ehard that

Sorry that you're just now learning about Laura's sorted past. Also, please note above that I never said she "intentionally" killed a manyet, it was due to her negligence nonetheless.
Although I don't partake in its use, I don't actually hold it against her that she smoked or sold pot in college. But I am able to see the hypocrisy, given her party and her husband's stance on drug laws.

Who cares. I think I heard it before. Don't know why your apologizing.

We were all Kids once and all done crazy things in our life we later wish we had not done. Not like she was 40 years old and selling Drugs to 16 years old. We are nt all eprfect

LOL, you just told me above that you had never heard "that" before and now you're saying "I think I heard it before." Wow, it's past your bedtime isn't it?

I said have heard that before. At least part about smoking Pot.

You are a very Rude Person

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Although I don't partake in its use, I don't actually hold it against her that she smoked or sold pot in college. But I am able to see the hypocrisy, given her party and her husband's stance on drug laws.

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You don't hold it against but then you proceeded to hold it against her.

Perfect liberal logic!

Thanks for calling me out on that, I do get your point. Clarifying, I don't hold the act against her, just the hypocrisy.

What hypocrisy? She did something stupid as a kid and then grew up.

Exactly on point here. Something she did at 16 should not be held against her in how she may or may not ahve performed her role as First Lady. It did't happen when she was First Lady.

Gee I wonder if any of her customers "inhaled"??? I know Bill Clinton didn't. Wonder who sold Obama all the drugs he was reported to enjoy. Wonder if he had the same dealer as Algore. Let's line up and start listing everyone's imperfections!

I just knew this would be a terrible topic. And true to form it has devolved into a classless, bashing of Laura Bush. And why not? She's white and from the south, so according to the mentally impaired posters who love to talk sh#t about white women who are married to Republicansit didn't take long for all of you to start flinging poo like a bunch of angry monkeys in a cage.


If you don't like the woman, fine and dandy. But do you have to attack her? For five minutes just pretend she is black and think of what y'all would post. I mean after you got done singing hosannas, kissing her butt and circulating petitions to have her decreed Greatest First Lady in the World.

Why do you have to get so ugly about a woman who is not in the public eye and can't do you any harm? Taking a break from trashing Nancy Reagan? You don't hear this silly crap on an elementary school playground.

And how exactly was she supposed to "cure" illiteracy? Uh, I guess schools don't have much of a role to play in education. The government public school system is doing wonders for our young people. I also remember when I was a kid this wonderful invention called PARENTS who turned OFF the TV and made kids read and do their homework. Another example of the left's "Boo hoo, government gotta save me. My kids can't read and they're fat and lazy too. Wish the First Lady would pay 'em a visit and set 'em straight. We're only the mom and dad. What are WE supposed to do?"

The idiocy of that thinking is one of the major reasons why so many Americans ARE fat illiterates. Ever think of solving just a FEW of your own problems?

And FYI Laura Bush is a cool and classy woman who thankfully kept her trap shut for most of her tenure as First Lady.

Facts are not liberals strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

I never said Laura was the Greatest First Lady in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt deserve that position

I said she was a Good First Lady not the best ever. Just said I realize how must I miss her. After 8 Years of Michelle. even Hillary was better then Michelle

Laura one of my favorite though

You're right on one thingthe best that can be said of her is that she kept her "trap" shut for most of her tenure. I do admire her for that. For the record, no one has yet to talk sh#t about her, don't be so dramatic!

I'm dramatic? No, you just can't be realistic.

So far she did nothing that PVD could remember as caring, warm or classy. But I shouldn't be surprise. He'd probably diss Mother Theresa if he found out she was a Republican.

She's been called permanently medicated, a Stepford wife and accused of being a drug dealer and a killer. And her literacy program was "such" a failure.

That's not talking sh#t? Well it aint french vanilla yogurt!

Facts are not liberals strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

Well, granted being referred to as "permanently medicated" or a "Stepford Wife" is subjective, but it isn't necessarily talk of "sh#t". Although I wasn't the one to have said that about her, now that I think about it she did seem to come off a bit "medicated" most of the time. And I've had direct, face to face contact and communication with her on more than a couple of occasions.
Her selling pot and having been responsible for another driver's death is all a matter of account, not "sh#t". Granted though, you're right, it isn't "french vanilla yogurt".
As far as any of them go, I suppose she was passable. I wouldn't say that I miss her all that much. And I wish to God above that I could miss altogether Melania as our First Lady though!
By the way, since PVD can't remember her having done anything caring, warm, or classy why don't you take this time and venue to enlighten him and the rest of us? You don't have to give us a list, just one or two things. And please don't say her efforts on literacy for God's sake. Given her husband's attempts at gutting our school system first as my governor then as my president, citing her literacy program does not pass muster.

Okay, thanks for the reply. Had no idea she sold pot. Today that would just make her a wise businesswoman seeing as how so many states have legalized it. I know it's been posted that here that she isn't actually a Republican, she just married one. So I don't know how that would make her a hypocrite in leftwing eyes.

I honestly am starting to NOT care if every drug was legalized! Let the morons who want to get high, get themselves so high that they jump off bridges! Maybe we'll get them out of the gene pool permanently that way. Stick whatever substance you want into your body, but don't then cry that GOVERNMENT doesn't provide treatment programs at the taxpayer's expense. It is a huge and complicated topic, you might agree. But why go after Laura Bush like she's the distaff El Chapo? Oh, why?? Because she married Dubya.

Killing someone in a car accident is tragic but it hardlymakes her a murderer. Some people can't wait to bring that up.

I would not attempt a "list" of Laura Bush being classy, I think you have your mind set against her. What's the point? She's white and married to a Republican, nuff said.

A few things that come to mind though, for "G-d's Sake" her literacy program didn't acheive its intended results and actually make PVD literate or teach a lot of the other lefties how to read, she did make an effort. What I liked was that it was a VOLUNTARY program and did not entail government forcing people to get library cards and buy books that they didn't want to read. Unlike another First Lady's "nutrition" program which forced schools to buy food that kids threw in the trash. Don't see the differenc? Don't expect you to. You see everything through a distorted "Government is our Savior" leftie filter.

She was asked about the new First Lady. Seemed like the interviewer wanted her to say something bad. All she kept saying was that First Lady was a tough role and she would not offer any criticism. She kept her opinions to herself mostly. She didn't do that juvenile, "When they go low, we go high" silly nonsense. She never went on record like a crybaby over the endless criticisms heaped on her husband. She kept her daughters out of the spotlight as much as possible.

I suppose Laura Bush's brand of classiness is too subtle and goes over the heads of the hysterical left. If you don't get it, I can't explain it to you. You probably think Michelle Obama was the epitome of class whe she said that "This is the first time in my life I'm proud of my country." Yeah right, America was such a dung heap before Obama was nominated for President.


Facts are not liberals strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

hi pjp, you assumed far too much about me in your reply. There's also no need to be insulting whenever making your point. Btw, what IS your point of bringing up the fact that LB is white? That's twice now that you've felt you needed to explain that.

It's actually quite sad that you're "starting not to care" if every drug was legalized and that you're envisioning every high moron throwing themselves off a bridge.

I will say this for you, you do have a flair for the absurd. If you'd rid yourself of that rather large chip you seem to have on your shoulder I suspect you might be an enjoyable person to be around.

Examples of your "flair" for the extreme:
1) "But why go after Laura like she's the distaff El Chapo?
2) "Killing someone in an accident is tragic but it hardlymakes her a murderer"

Reading over what's been said so far, you're the only one to have associated her with the likes of El Chapo and used the label: "murderer". People have their differences of opinion. It makes the world more interesting I think. And no, it doesn't always result in some devout, hardworking, salt of the earth type having to fund another's differences through his tax-dollars.

Lighten up will ya?! I actually agree with your point that this has been a ridiculous thread. Who cares about LB anyway? I certainly don't. Let her alone I say. But, since you did bring it up as a point to explain your admiration for her, she wasn't so successful at "keeping her daughters out of the spotlight." whenever the two were caught here in an Austin bar, underage drinking. But then live and let live I always say.

As you, I do admire that she abstained from criticizing our new First Lady. It sounds as if you were implying that Michelle was asked the same questions and that she replied "When they go low, we go high". I hope I'm mistaken because you'd be misrepresenting the facts if you were.

I'll end this by saying that the latest thing that LB did that I very much admire her for is that she AND her husband did not cast their vote for a fool. Although it didn't make a difference, for whatever role she did or didn't fulfill during her tenure as First Lady, I'll always admire that about her.

Good post.

Yes Laura was not the type that would Attack or Criticize someone just because they were Black or Democrat. She probably knew that what the reporter wanted from her: To Insult and Attack the New or Incoming First Lady but Laura was not falling for it. She kept her true feelings about Politicians and their Spouses to herself. She is not one to tear other people down

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She's been called permanently medicated, a Stepford wife and accused of being a drug dealer and a killer. And her literacy program was "such" a failure.

That's not talking sh#t? Well it aint french vanilla yogurt!

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It's called truth - something you are never able to handle in your little world.

For the record, I liked Barbara Bush. She was a refreshing change from Nancy Reagan - and made everyone know that. What you saw was what you got from her -no pretension like Nancy, which is why she and Nancy did not get along at all.

Another First Lady failure - Reagan's "just say NO to drugs", despite it costing taxpayers millions of dollars to fund.

"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

Calling her "permanently medicated" is the TRUTH?? Are you her physician? Do you have access to her medical records? If not, that is talking sh%T. And saying she "killed" someone. A terrible tragic accident. But , come on,you say it to give the impression that se's a murderer.

But one thing that is a pleasant surprise- you liked Barbara Bush! That goes quite a way to rehabilitate you in my eyes (not that you'd care, LOL). Nancy Reagan always struck me as quite hoity toity and fancy. I liked Barbara's down home demeanor.

Nancy Reagan did have a good idea with "say no" to drugs. If you say it cost millions, okay, I never spent much time reading up on it. It would seem to me that NOT taking drugs should NOT cost any money. I am against government programs of any type which spend millions of taxpayer dollars on trying to stop the stupid behavior of stupid people.

Facts are not liberals strong suit. Rhetoric is. Thomas Sowell

USTVFan: No brains probably means you have not figured out that the newspaper is full daily of alternate facts. We never get the true story or fact. We get the media's version of how they want the story to read; the more inflammatory the better.

By the way, you are calling someone an idiot or air head and have US, TV Fan as your posting name. Do you actually watch the drivel that's being served to us on tv these days?

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And that was a Car accident. You make it seem like Laura actually killed him but she didn't.

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First of all, she was drunk driving according to witnesses who were with her before the accident. Second of all, she ran a red light (or stop sign) and plowed right into a car she was very familiar with - that of her ex-boyfriend who had broken up with her a few weeks prior. That has raised plenty of suspicions. Her family was very friendly with the Bush family, they went to them to 'take care of the matter' and they did - she was never charged or faced jail time. Very suspicious.

Imagine if that was in Hillary's past or Michelle's past? Dear God, Bill O'Reilly and Hannity would never let them live it down.

"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

Thank you pvd for seconding my reference of LB's car accident. Those that have responded to me seem to think I actually called her a "murderer" for simply stating the facts.

It was a tragic accident, nevertheless a very avoidable one, which indeed resulted in the death of another. Those are the facts, not a set of alternate ones from any fake news agency.

Like yourself, I shudder to imagine what would have been said of Hillary or Michelle if there had been something similar in their pasts.

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It was a tragic accident, nevertheless a very avoidable one, which indeed resulted in the death of another. Those are the facts, not a set of alternate ones from any fake news agency.

Like yourself, I shudder to imagine what would have been said of Hillary or Michelle if there had been something similar in their pasts.

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Indeed.

If a 17 year old female was driving drunk today and caused an accident which killed her ex-boyfriend, do you think it would be so easily looked upon as just a 'tragic accident'? She'd be spending the rest of her life in prison - not the Governor's mansion or the White House.

Maybe she's the First Lady whom Trump should 'lock her up' and 'put her in jail'. She's the one who killed someone due to her own negligence of drunk driving.

"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16

I didn't really mind Michelle that much. Only one thing really irked me about her, and it was when those Nigerian girls were kidnapped, and people started the pointless feel good about yourself hashtag campaign #BringBackOurGirls. It, like most hashtag activism lasted 2 days, and then was completely forgotten about. Anyway Michelle had a picture of herself looking sad, holding a sign that said "#BringBackOurGirls" taken, and posted it on her twitter. That was really the only thing that I disliked about her, because here she is, and women married to the most powerful man in the world, and she resorted to taking part in a pointless hashtag campaign that did nothing, and again was forgotten about a few days later.