Laura Bush: I'm Free As A Bird!

Laura Bush recently addressed the More Magazine Reinvention Convention, where she spoke about her low-key, post-White House life in Texas, Fox News reports. The former first lady shared that she's been catching up with old friends and enjoying her newly-found downtime.

"My husband is retired, my children are grown and out of the house, I still have my 90 year-old mother who I see all the time and I'm sort of free as a bird!" she said.

Laura remarked that one thing she misses is the White House art, an interest that she continues to cultivate as the honorary chairman of the opera and new performance hall in Dallas. And she certainly seems at ease with handing over the first lady's press duties to Michelle Obama.

"George says that any time he was kind of like, 'Why me?', I always said 'Hey buster, you volunteered for this!' I volunteered too, I didn't get paid for it, but I was along 100 percent."

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Comments

[brandnewstuff]

sure the voice of battery wife syndrome prgromming compliment of the SERE program ( an "IT" woman) the bullshittes should know

[Kelly Laraia]

Some of the comments here are really sad and pathetic. Laura Bush seems like a perfectly nice person. She never sent a single soldier to Iraq and couldn't have if she wanted. She never cut taxes for anyone, no matter how wealthy. The snarky comments directed at her are innapropriate.

[TN]

Her brain is like a birds too.

[noweknow]

"Laura Bush : I'm free as a bird!"

It's unlikely Laura Bush can say the same for her husband in foreseeable future.
There's always the dark cloud of war crimes over his head.

[GreatLabels]

I wonder how she feels about the Obama's putting up modern art in the White House!

http://twitter.com/GreatLabelsSM

[VOTER]

Free as a Bird.
And now getting paid.

War Profits!
GAG!

[Tennys Daughter]

Laura appears to be a nice, genuine individual. I sincerely like her and I am happy that she feels free.

However, her husband has put our country in such a predicament that the American people may NEVER be free!

[truthartbeauty]

I agree. she was a victim of bush too. surely this is not how she thought it would turn out, that her spoiled rotten incompetent husband would be THAT bad! I have some sympathy for her.

[VOTER]

Victim?

She is/was his enabler.

[Toonadude]

Suggestion for Laura:

Fly to the ranch in Paraguay;
Access "secret" storage vault;
Grab some some of those diverted C-Notes still shrink-wrapped and stored on pallets; and,
Fly to Rio for a shopping spree --- hey !! --- you've "earned" it.

[JScott]

Yup don't have to be a Stepford Wife anymore.

[Bluelynx]

Laura has the brain of a bird, if she's still living with that pathetic drunk.

[Hollywooddeed]

Why us?

[DnDCfromChi-town]

glad she's free. the troops in Iraq would love to be just as free to spend time with family and friends

[CR46]

Free?? Is she divorcing her worthless husband?? Or did she kick the valium habit??

[Progressiveama]

valium habit??

[KC90]

Um. Valium habit?

[CR46]

Anyone who has worked in an ER can spot prescription drug abusers easliy, many people from all walks of life tro// ERs to get scripts. Laura has that same glazed look.

[tarayatre]

Laura, I wish you the best, you deserve this time to enjoy life.

[ex-pat]

Of course she deserves it she is married to a "Special Needs" husband

[BabaLou7]

LOL!

[VOTER]

Please!

[PlanoBlue]

Not impressed. She used to be a Dem and probably still is in her heart, but wore the mask so that her idget husband could r.a.p.e the country. Accomplice in his crimes. Aided and abetted a criminal.

[VOTER]

BINGO!

A WAR PROFITEER.

[truthartbeauty]

her allegiance to her husband is honorable on some level. It was not Laura that screwed things up so bad.

[VOTER]

Does the same honor go to Saddam Hussein's wife?