Laura Bush To Guest Host "Today" Show

NEW YORK — First lady Laura Bush will be "guest host" for an hour of NBC's "Today" show next week.

The network said she'll host the 9 a.m. EDT hour April 22, the morning of the Pennsylvania primary. By that time in the four-hour morning show, politics is usually set aside for issues that affect women, who make up the majority of the audience during that time period.

Mrs. Bush will participate in several segments and interviews, NBC said Tuesday.

She will be joined earlier in the broadcast by her daughter Jenna to talk about their new children's book, "Read All About It!"

The first lady will also give Ann Curry a tour of the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.

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Comments

[vandegrasse]

03:23 AM on 04/16/2008

Well, why don't they just crawl into bed with her and damn the objectivity the news is supposed to possess.

[SmolderingRuin]

03:11 AM on 04/16/2008

Thanks for the warning, but I never watch it anyway.

[MizJ]

10:40 PM on 04/15/2008

Maybe they could ask her to interview Lewis Black.

[NoSillyName]

10:24 PM on 04/15/2008

What a snoozer that'll be. Remember when highly placed political figures (and spouses) stayed separate from the spying eyes of the media? Tried to maintain a semblance of dignity? Now not only political figures, but the network news anchors themselves show up on comedy shows, making fools of themselves, just being one of "us". No more sense of decorum. The dumbing down and leveling out of every social strata. Aside from all that Laura Bush is just plain dull.

[dadw5boys]

10:05 PM on 04/15/2008

SOMEONE ASK HER WHERE THE $ 300,000,000.00 EACH THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS GAVE LAURA BUSH, LYNN CHENY, AND BARBABRA BUSH WENT.

WHAT DID THEY SPEND IT ON?????

WE WANT AN ACCOUNTING !!!!!!!!

[VOTER]

07:13 PM on 04/15/2008

Imagine NBC, owned by GE, having "Lady" Laura host their morning Today Show.

Who could have ever thought GE, WAR WEAPONS MANUFACTURER, with

recent losses in the Market, would ever bring Mrs. Warmonger to the public?

The two go hand in hand.

Expect "Lady" Laura to talk about her daughter's upcoming May wedding.

SO SWEET!

However do not expect her to discuss the 4,000 + dead American soldiers

who are missed by their spouses and families or who never got the chance to get married.

NBC SHOULD CHOKE ON THIS WARMONGERING HOUR!

NO WONDER WE CAN'T GET REAL NEWS FROM THIS NETWORK.

[willo]

06:31 PM on 04/15/2008

At least Laura can cop an insanity plea, if they ever put that bunch on trial. I truly believe she doesn't have a clue what her husband has been up to. Either that or she is on powerfull medication, or like Bush himself, found a way to insulate herself from the real world.

[Mattie]

09:12 PM on 04/15/2008

I can't even fathom who would want to watch this woman. NBC is headed for a huge ratings loss. ICK!

[ctblue]

06:21 PM on 04/15/2008

This just solidifies my belief that the Today Show has gone down the toilet. If there is anything of substance in this show at all it happens in the first 20 minutes - after that it is all entertainment and gossip. Ooh, a tour of the "ranch" with schmaltzy Ann Curry. I'm sure Ann will find something to gush about. Oh, I know! She's gonna help clear brush! Laura Bush - ha! is anyone home there in that head? And while I'm at it, how much energy is GE wasting by sending Matt Lauer around the world - again!? I'd rather watch something of substance, say, National Geographic or something similar. I could go on and on.... this makes me want to vomit.

[iPolitics]

05:57 PM on 04/15/2008

I don't think she looks like Eva Braun.

[OpusIsUnderTheBed]

05:53 PM on 04/15/2008

Well, I'm disappointed. She couldn't get "guest judge" on "American Idol"?

[bmora]

05:46 PM on 04/15/2008

Have you noticed that she has that blank stare like those chicks from the polygamist's ranch?

[OpusIsUnderTheBed]

05:54 PM on 04/15/2008

Whoa! I see similarities.

[WWWexler]

05:44 PM on 04/15/2008

I wonder who she had to run over to get this gig...

[mediamarv]

05:45 PM on 04/15/2008

And the ratings plummet!!!

Where's Katie when you need her???

[biglover]

05:33 PM on 04/15/2008

Bobblehead Laura. I can't even stand to watch her - anyone notice how her head bobs all the time. She must be in the early stages of parkinsons disease. What a worthless first lady she is/was.

[jj]

04:32 PM on 04/15/2008

...and halfway through the segment Meredith Vieira quietly points out that Laura is interviewing a coffee mug.

[liberal1976]

04:17 PM on 04/15/2008

WTF!!! She's married to the dictator in chief.