Laura Bush Having Greater Success Than George Shopping Memoir

President Bush's plans to pen a memoir of his time in office may have been curtailed, but he's not going to be able to take comfort in the fact that a down economy has the publishing world bearish on presidential remembrances anymore. Because while he can't even get wingnut welfare imprint Regnery Publishing to take his phone calls, his wife is setting up a deal for her own book that looks like a towering pile of dollar bills:

LAURA Bush is lining up a multimillion-dollar deal to write her memoirs - but the first lady's lame-duck hubby may have to wait years before cashing in on a tell-all about his two troubled terms as president.

"Laura is interviewing publishers who are bidding on her memoirs," one biographer told Page Six. "The publishers are coming to the White House to meet with her and discuss the book."

Literary agent Mort Janklow put things in perspective over at Page Six, saying that, "The wives of presidents generally write books that have a greater public interest. Wives usually write from a personal point of view -- instead of talking about government policy, they talk about when the dog came to the White House and had to be paper-trained." Somehow, I think that the greater fascination in a Laura memoir stems from a desire to draw comparisons between the real story and the flight of imagination penned by Curtis Sittenfeld, whose An American Wife exposes her conscience.

Most industry observers think that President Bush should wait about five years before delivering his memoir, tentatively titled A Staggering Stagger of Staggering Staggering.

Comments

[DadsOldBuick]

Wonder if Sarah Fey-lin is looking for a running mate yet?
"Doodily doodily doo doo doo..."

[rikwrybac]

It's all because W's book is only an 11 x 17 black and white photocopy of himself and the title: "Yup, I was Prezedent."

[KoolBreez]

You mean 'Preznit'

[katedog]

What worthwhile does she have to say that would justify a $24.95 trip to Borders?

[Shzron1946]

I believe that Laura bush has had a long life of seeing much and telling little. I don't really believe she is going to be opening up and telling that much now, but I will still be interested in hearing what she has to say about the last ten years or so, because I think of her as a thinking, rational person whose point of view is very different from her husband.

Laura, I don't mena to ask you to put your married life in jeopardy but could you please be real with us about living with the Bush family and what their perspective is as you really see it? I know it has been a challenge for you, I truly believe that is why you have been such a chain smoker. But you have got a lot of things under control, now and the girls are all grown up, so could you really open up now and tell us the truth about what you have been seeing and what you thought of it?

[Roxanna]

I am sure that Laura Bush is an intelligent woman.....But....

What could she possibly have to write??? .....

She has been one of the most silent and private 1st Ladies I've ever seen.... She certainly doesn't inspire women, except those who fall into line of walking 10 steps behind their husbands.
After the Iraq war you rarely saw her except when necessary.

No amount of words written by her or her writers can undo her " Public silence". It says it all.

[EarthToZoey]

If you're an educator or librarian you'd take great exception to your assertion that she "doesn't inspire women." She's a champion of literacy and education. There is no hard-fast rule for First Ladies. They do what they are comfortable doing and it is not their "job" to do anything else. Laura Bush is quiet because that's how she has always been. But she is not a push-over. She's simply a mild-mannered and somewhat shy person. I've met her and worked with her by extension through the Texas Book Festival. She is a good person and has done fine work to advance literacy for our fellow Americans.

I honestly wish people would stop attacking and insulting her. But I guess that's the way of the internet and, of course, I have no control over it. All I can do is say my own peace.

[Colmore]

I think you mean "piece" not "peace"

[SUIGENEROUSLA]

She is a class act, and they showed kindness yesterday to the Obamas that they didn't have to, for that I am proud and thankful..­......prio­r to last week in the Administration, not so much............

[Americatortures]

The Stepford Wife aka the JOKER!!!

[roshni]

Laura Bush is a classy lady and I think a lot of people are curious about how she can stand to be married to that Bozo.

[ColoradoDan]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp

Start with this one Laura .... then let us in on Jeff Gannon.

Thye book would have to be nearly all fiction. The Truth would sicken even the NeoCons.

Unreal, like her vacant smile and eyes.

[ohmetoo]

After reading the above snopes article it came to mind that there are people who try to beat a train to the intersection, yet that scenario wasn't covered.

[EarthToZoey]

Do you really think it is fair to demonize a person based on an ACCIDENT that they caused as a teenager? My goodness! Don't you think the lady suffered and grieved over such an awful incident? Why do we always have to turn things into a conspiracy or demonize the families of politicians with whom we disagree?

I've read some of your past comments and you have made good posts, but this one is disappointing. I urge you to consider being more reasonable. Laura Bush is a kind person.

[x004Ronin]

You know, everyone here rightly got angry at the Republicans for attacking Michelle Obama, saying it was "classless," "mean-spirited," and "out-of-bounds." Yet here you all are attacking Laura Bush. Laura Bush isn't the one who screwed up Iraq, Afghanistan, the American financial system, New Orleans, etc. Her retarded, fake-cowboy husband did.
All Obama supporters should follow Obama's lead and say, "Family is out of bounds."
Don't become like Ann Coulter!

[roshni]

I agree - Laura should not be attacked.

[getoffthecross]

Sure thing. Like how the GOP agreed to lay off Hillary and Chelsea for those eight years. Like they refused to publically debate how she could stand by while her husband committed acts of infidelity and (arguably) purgery. Oh, wait, that didn't happen at all!

And THIS woman's husband is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people while she smiled and looked vaccuous. No deal.

[Demi-Crat]

No she should not!! what do we know about her or her relationship with GWB. nothing!!! How do we know what goes on in private?? And just what could she have done about it???

[ColoradoDan]

Laura has seen, first hand, how insane the Bush/Chene­y/Rice/Rum­sfeld gang has nearly ruined this country.

Yet she has stood there, pasted smile, vacant eyes just pretending. Like a zombie wife. Iraq, New Oleans, Stock market debacle .... no comment all this time.

NOW she wants to speak? Finally, MONEY is motivating her to speak out. Sickening.

No thanks.

[sandrarita]

Not to be mean to Laura, because I believe she was the 'better half', but she does remind me of a Stepford wife.

[blackspeak]

I wouldn't give two cents for either's regrettable "memoirs"

[Americatortures]

What's the title....."I sleep with a probable war criminal"???

[DotMatrix]

GW writing a memoir? I didn't know "Writing Memoirs for Dummies" had been published. Har!

[jsgaetano]

Preznidenting for Dummies?

or maybe "Why I Hate Pretzels".

[ColoradoDan]

Can't wait to hear how she drove her death car into her ex boy friend in high school. That's one story that needs to be examined more closely. They let her off that one completely. It's gotta haunt her today.

Oh well ... maybe not.

Then there's her second act of insanity ... hooking up with the Bush gang.

Laura ... what in the Hell, elsewise, has she done?

She just keeps getting scarier and scarier.

Joker? lol ... yup!

[jsgaetano]

Wow... every time I see Laura Bush, she looks more and more like The Joker.

I keep expecting to see Batman swing in and start pummelling her.