Jenna Bush Wedding: A Low Key Affair In Crawford, Texas

  |   May 10, 2008 12:09 PM


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Jenna Bush tied the knot with Henry Hager Saturday at her family's ranch in Texas. From the AP:

Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager opted to say "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.

Away from the glare of television cameras that have beamed other first family weddings into American living rooms, Jenna's outdoor wedding at the ranch reflects her family's penchant for privacy and her preference for the casual over grandiose.

Even without the prying eyes of strangers, Jenna's marriage to her longtime boyfriend Henry Hager will make presidential history. It will be remembered as an upbeat moment of Bush's two-term presidency beset by terrorism, war and the nation's current limp economy.[...]

Jenna, 26, is the 22nd child of a president to get married while their father was in the Oval Office.

BASIC DETAILS: via the AP:

Bride: Jenna Welch Bush

Groom: Henry Chase Hager

Place: President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas

Guests: More than 200 friends and relatives

Attendants: 14 women known as members of the "house party," not bridesmaids

Bride's gown designer: Oscar de la Renta

Ring: The diamond, a Hager family heirloom, reset in a ring that also features sapphires.

Maid of Honor: Jenna's twin sister, Barbara.

Ceremony site: At a cross made of beige Texas limestone erected near a lake on the ranch.

Engagement: Aug. 15, 2007 at Acadia National Park in Maine.


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A typical wedding souvenir :


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Actually, I think it's kind of cool Jenna didn't throw a "Star Jones" -type event.

And, she looks quite attractive in the photos (for a change).

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:48 PM on 05/11/2008

Jenna Bush's married what?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:27 PM on 05/11/2008

Henry works for Karl Rove!!! Wonder what position he favors. Do I wish them luck? With all the money she will get from her Daddy's estate, they don't need luck. I just hope they don't BREED, but being born again sh-ts you know they will over breed.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 AM on 05/11/2008

Would someone please fix the headline on this article? "Bush" does NOT take an " 's", unless the second word is "marriage."

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:55 AM on 05/11/2008

Personally I think he's kind of hot.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:23 AM on 05/11/2008


it's called "sins of the father,"
it's in the bible.
what it means is karma is hereditary,
as in, your father's sins are passed down.

jenna and her husband will entertain
"interesting times."

either that, or the bible is full of shit.

bush waged his war on it (that and, um, oil), so it is suspect.
but his deepest beliefs are those that will damn him and his daughter.
supposedly.

"irony, line 2."

.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:26 AM on 05/11/2008

Who gives away coffee cups with wedding pictures of themselves as souvenirs? Jesus.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 AM on 05/11/2008

How thoughtful of Jenna that she did not make her wedding a public extravaganza in these troubled times. May they live a very happy weeded life.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 AM on 05/11/2008

May they live long, happy lives and never run for political office!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:14 AM on 05/11/2008

Yep best wishes. I hope NO taxpayer monies were used in the wedding, but I kind of doubt that,

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:23 AM on 05/11/2008

Lets hope they have many children. They can help my grandkids pay for this stupid war.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:47 AM on 05/11/2008

Best wishes to the happy couple. Ah to be young and in love!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:22 PM on 05/10/2008

Let the jealousy rain down!!!! My God, but you are a miserable lot.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:41 PM on 05/10/2008

Give the poor girl a chance, she has no fault of who her dad is.....our kids make lots of mistakes too..so just give her some slack..congrats Jen......even though I think her dad is a fool......

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:19 PM on 05/10/2008

THEY BOTH HAVE PROMINENT JAWS...

Hey, it's a start. (Just keep them out of politics, please....)

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:29 PM on 05/10/2008

Granpa, I think she's cute and I really like her work for illiteracy. All you haters on this post will use anything to express your frustration about the current administration. What will you do when John Mccain is prez and his daughter gets married?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 PM on 05/10/2008

We will attend the reception at the assisted living facility.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:21 PM on 05/11/2008

The hate you people have is amazing - and you hate everything. It is pretty sad. I see all the posts about "wanting my country back". I would assume you must hate it, too. What you THINK it has become and want you think it should be. You are all so pitiful. And you think you are the ones to run this country?! Oh, and good for you PORTATECK.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 05/10/2008

"The hate you people have is amazing - and you hate everything....And you think you are the ones to run this country?" by FADUTA

Take a break, Faduta. People have a right to be pissed off at the arrogance of W and the Neo-Cons. Did you know that in the 1600s artists like Valesquez and Goya painted Royal Families in all their splenderous clothes and palatial backgrounds, but the faces of the Royals portrayed them as doltish. Being arrogant and material to the however, the Royals were too dimwitted to catch on.

It''s the right of people who aren't millionaires and billionaires to poke fun. Always has been and always will be. After all, the mega-wealthy usually think of everyone else as dirt.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:24 AM on 05/11/2008

maybe we just don't care if this person is married or not, and the only reason why we're subjected to the news of her wedding is because of who her father is, and he just happens to be a manchurian. what the hell is so difficult to understand about that? w daddy = media coverage of wedding. daddy sux = people make note.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:07 PM on 05/10/2008

Regardless of how one feels about the President, he and the first lady have done a good job as parents. This event should evoke sincere feelings of respect and dignity and happiness for the President, first lady and more importantly Jenna and her husband. Anyone using this opportunity to take your frustrations with the President out on this young lady should seek professional help.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:31 PM on 05/10/2008

Like George Senior. did a good job raising George Junior, the latter being so compassionate towards his fellow men and women.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:22 AM on 05/11/2008

~snicker~ Right. Those whole "underage drinking" incidents were splendid!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:43 PM on 05/10/2008

Well, if they did not lower the drinking age, that wouldn't have been an issue.

LOL. I have a similar argument for legalization of marijuana.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 AM on 05/11/2008

Best wishes to them both.

From comments Jenna has made in the past, I think it is possible that she may actually try to comprehend what is happening in the world around her, some day. Not likely, but still possible.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 05/10/2008

It's possible I just saw a unicorn on the the White House lawn too.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:11 PM on 05/10/2008

LOL I like that!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:34 PM on 05/10/2008

On the day of their childs wedding, every family, high or low, deserves congratulations, for both the bride and the groom.

However, tommorrow, we need to get right back to calling the President out for his foolish policies, and poor choices.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:52 PM on 05/10/2008

WHY, WHY DO THEY DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS?

This romanticizing of marriage is a cultural cliche. Fifty percent of American marriages end in divorce. Fifty percent. And of most of the ones that don't, the marriage likely becomes one of sheer convenience. Take it from a guy who failed to learn his lesson the first time around....

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 PM on 05/10/2008

I have always maintained that those statistics were bogus. Couples like my grandparents and parents and in-laws were responsible for four death-do-us-part marriages, but Elizabeth Taylor got counted 7 or 8 times for her failed marriages. That kid of skews the statistics.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:37 AM on 05/11/2008

a snarky blogger who spends his Saturday night attempting posting philosophical comments about the institution of marriage in response to jenna bush getting married ... that is a cultural cliche.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:30 PM on 05/10/2008

I wish them the best &, as far as Bush, she consider him to be a great Dad. I don't have a problem with it because I don't hate Bush. Even when I'm called for a survey, I always add that even though I disapprove of the job he's doing, I do like him. Congress also believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction but still people like to put the blame on him alone.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:10 PM on 05/10/2008

A great dad just throwing money at all problems. He still does this!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:37 AM on 05/11/2008

Don't tell me -- you were one of those guys who thought it would be cool to have Bush as a drinking buddy.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 PM on 05/10/2008

i am the biggest Dubya hater there is, but every time i read about this girl, i marvel at how sane and interesting she is. Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" is the book that changed her life. She does public service. She is loyal to her family but not slavishly cheerleading the murderous idiot her father is in office. I believe that she might be an ethical "rags to riches" story, where she is capable of compassion and mental health despite her parentage. I hope this is true. i need a reason to feel less despair!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:37 PM on 05/10/2008

I agree with you. I loathe Bush but I refuse to hold this women responsible for the criems of her family. Give her achance...perhaps she won;t follow in the footsteps of her father.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:09 PM on 05/10/2008

Well her daddy followed in the footsteps of his daddy. War, bad environmentals, shoddy economy. Lets just hope that she never attains public office!