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PHOTOS: Barbara Bush & Michelle Obama Are Total Style Twins

Posted 05.31.2012

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There was a big ol' family reunion going on at the White House today, as former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush finally had ...

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Bush Shows Off Patriotic Fashion Choice During White House Visit

Posted 05.31.2012

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While attending a ceremony at the White House on Thursday for the unveiling of his son's presidential portrait, former President George H.W. Bush show...

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A Conversation With Laura Bush: "Education Is The Key"

Kevin M. Ryan | Posted 05.29.2012

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"With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for themselves. They can help others. Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights."

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Barbara Bush Slams 2012 Election Cycle

Posted 03.06.2012

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Barbara Bush has some harsh words about the current presidential election, calling it "the worst campaign I've ever seen in my life," according to the...

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FLASHBACK: Marge Simpson's 1990 Letter To Barbara Bush

Posted 11.20.2011

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Back in 1990, when "The Simpsons" was in its second season, First Lady Barbara Bush called the show, "the dumbest thing [she] had ever seen," in an in...

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Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.08.2011

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Hugh Laurie has a new album, Let Them Talk, which is New Orleans blues based. Here he discusses how he came up with that idea.

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Comedy and Politics: A Combustible Mix

Alan Schroeder | Posted 08.20.2011

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Obama-impersonator Reggie Brown got yanked offstage at the Republican Leadership Conference after the hosts decided they had had enough. This episode demonstrates anew that political operatives don't understand the realities of professional humor.

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Social Innovation Summit Brings Advocators Together

Wendy Diamond | Posted 08.09.2011

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Together, the social innovation summit serves as a forum for influencers to use technology, innovation, and experience to create social change in many different areas.

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Meet The 'Most Potent Obstacle' To Gay Marriage In New York

Posted 07.19.2011

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If you want his support, you must oppose gay marriage. It's that cut-and-dry for Michael Long, chairman of the New York Conservative Party. "In ...

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Lauren Bush On Name She'll Take After Marriage, Grandma's Style (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.20.2011

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Lauren Bush, former First Granddaughter and current fighter against world hunger via FEED, sat down with Harper's Bazaar to talk about what it's like ...

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Michelle Obama Makes First Lady History... and What Was She Wearing?

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a gray dress. Enough said. Credit/Getty Images More vital to the long-term interests of the nation than the clothes she wore one particular...

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Barbara Bush Teases Husband For Crying

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, appeared on NBC's "Today Show" Monday morning for an emotional Valentine's Day special about ...

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Class Actions: Why Children of Top Conservatives Support Gay Marriage But Not Abortion

June Carbone | Posted 05.25.2011

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For many conservatives, abortion and gay marriage both strike at the heart of the family. But children of prominent Republicans do not often raise their voices in support of abortion. Why is this?

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Barbara Bush Endorses Gay Marriage: A Rising Trend in the Republican Party

Grant Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Thank you Barbara Bush for supporting gay marriage. You just became the better twin in my book.

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Bush Daughter Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One of former President George W. Bush's twin daughters became the latest in a line of younger-generation Republicans to throw her suppo...

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Barbara Bush: Palin Should Just Stay In Alaska

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Former first lady Barbara Bush doesn't appear to think much of Sarah Palin's White House aspirations, saying the former Alaska gove...

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Jeb Bush Sides With His Mother Over Sarah Palin

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Palin's power in the GOP might hold a lot of sway right now, but it couldn't make former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush back the former Alaska governor o...

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Jessica Alba, Taylor Swift & Natalie Portman: Out & About On Tuesday Night (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Celebs took the red carpets at several different events on Tuesday night -- but frocks and ballgowns beware: pantsuits are having a moment. We wer...

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The Palin Trick: Anger With a Smile

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have long brooded over the fact that Sarah Palin still grabs headlines over the most egregious comments. She wangs Michelle Obama for pushing for an...

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Bushes Thanksgiving

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Bush Corrects Her Son: I Didn't Put Fetus In Jar!

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former First Lady Barbara Bush said Monday that she had never, as her son George W. Bush intimated in his new book, placed her stillborn fetus in a ja...

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Barbara Bush Jabs Sarah Palin: 'I Hope She Stays' In Alaska

Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Bush has shared her thoughts on Sarah Palin, and it sounds as if she hopes the former Alaska governor decides against running for president. ...

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Best Plagiarized Lines From Bush's Book

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to do is talk to Cheney.

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Reading the Pictures: Kicking Off Bush Week with Mom, Baseball (and the Brother or Sister Junior Never Had)

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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How did NBC do with its kick-off interview to the week-long marathon of Bush's re-entry and reconstitution?

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Bush's Abortion Stance Formed After Mother Showed Him Dead Fetus In Jar

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former president George W. Bush explained recently that a formative event in his staunch pro-life stance came when his mother, Barbara Bush, showed hi...

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