Laura Bush

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Catastrophe to Celebration

A. Siegel | Posted May 11, 2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

Not everything is the Bush White House's fault.

Not everything.

In this case, not fully their fault, but this contrast is too striking to go without comment.

Laura Bush on Cyclone Nagris and ...

Last week, the White House sent Laura...

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

  |   May 10, 2008 12:09 PM


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...

First Look At Oliver Stone's 'W'

Entertainment Weekly   |  Benjamin Svetkey   |   May 8, 2008 08:52 AM


''Where is George Bush's bedroom?'' Oliver Stone is flinging open French doors inside an enormous brick man¬sion in Shreveport, La., inspecting loca¬tions for his new film about the 43rd President of the United States. ''This one is too small,'' he...

Bush Bushwacks Burma

Richard Walden | Posted May 5, 2008 | Politics


Richard Walden

You would think Laura Bush, being given the podium at the White House Press Room to appeal for help for hundreds of thousands of victims of Friday's killer cyclone that struck Myanmar, would have known better than to mindlessly repeat the toothless US policy positions on a government we disapprove...

Laura Bush Discusses Jenna's Wedding During Myanmar Press Conference

Huffington Post   |   May 5, 2008 03:15 PM


A White House press conference given by First Lady Laura Bush took a bizarre and insensitive twist when the focus of the conference, the devastation wrought by a powerful cyclone in Myanmar, switched to Jenna Bush's upcoming wedding. While the...

Reading The Pictures: Laura Bush Makes History

Michael Shaw | Posted April 26, 2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

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Of course, you heard Laura Bush "made history" this week, right? Yes, fast on the heels of Dubya's cameo on a game show, she became the first First Lady to host the Today Show.

With the country sliding by virtually every...

Jenna Bush On Larry King: I "Don't Know" If I'll Vote For A Republican... Laura Bush: I Don't Like The "Pounding" George Gets (VIDEO)

  |   April 24, 2008 10:38 AM


Laura and Jenna Bush continued their media rounds to promote their new book Wednesday night with a stop on CNN's Larry King. Larry managed to eek out some political conversation from the ladies. Laura told Larry she doesn't like it...

A Presidential Cookie

Amy Ephron | Posted April 22, 2008 | Politics


Amy Ephron

I have a theory that in order to be First Lady you have to have a cookie recipe.

Martha Washington had a cookie recipe: jumbals. (Jumbals have fallen out of fashion but they're a little like a pretzel made out of biscuit dough.)

Mary Lincoln had a cookie...

Laura Bush To Guest Host "Today" Show

AP   |   April 15, 2008


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...

Oliver Stone's Bush Movie Depicts Daddy Issues, War Lust And Hard-Partying Youth

ABC News   |  MARCUS BARAM   |   April 1, 2008 06:05 PM


It's a classic American story: In the prime of his life, a man who parties too much and lives in the shadow of his esteemed father turns his life around. He gives up alcohol, embraces religion and finds a new...

Elizabeth Banks Talks About Playing Laura Bush

Entertainment Weekly   |  Nicole Sperling   |   March 31, 2008 02:06 PM


ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you research the sitting First Lady? ELIZABETH BANKS: I'm reading -- I have about six books. I have the A&E biography that they did, I have all of her speeches, anything that I could find. I...

Oliver Stone Casts Parents Of "W"

Variety   |   March 27, 2008 08:34 AM


Oliver Stone has cast the parents for his Bush film, which will begin filming next month. In January Stone cast "No Country for Old Men" star Josh Brolin as the current president, and yesterday Elizabeth Banks was cast as Laura....

Bush Hugs The Easter Bunny During The Annual White House Egg Roll

Huffington Post   |   March 24, 2008 04:11 PM


Today, President Bush and his wife, Laura, hosted the annual White House Egg Roll, a tradition that goes back to Rutherford B. Hayes' administration in 1878. The event involves thousand of children competing in the Egg Roll race, listening to...

Hillary Clinton And Laura Bush: Ready On Day One

Huffington Post   |  The Media Guys   |   March 12, 2008 04:56 PM


Hillary Clinton, citing her experience in the White House as First Lady, says she would be ready to be president on Day 1. It seems there's another person who's claiming the same experience. Watch the video from The Media Guys...

Is America Ready For A First Lady Who Did Not Major In The Dewey Decimal System?

236.com   |   February 15, 2008 08:20 PM


In a profile of Michelle Obama published by the New York Times, the 44-year-old Chicago native and Harvard grad revealed that she only recently finished paying off her student loans. Michelle, mother to daughters Sasha, 9 and Malia, 6, is...

My Conversation with Laura Bush

Charlie Rose | Posted February 8, 2008 | Politics


Charlie Rose

I spoke with First Lady Laura Bush yesterday in her office at the White House. She talked about Burma, some of the initiatives she is most proud of and she also spoke frankly about the challenges faced by her husband, George. W. Bush.

Laura Bush: George More Excited For Super Bowl Than Super Tuesday

  |   February 1, 2008 06:19 PM


On "Access Hollywood" Laura Bush was asked if her husband was a football fan and excited for the Super Bowl this weekend. She explained that he is a football fan, but since the team he was cheering for--that "Texas team,"...

Laura Bush To Troops: No Matter What Papers Say, "People Do Appreciate The Gift Of Freedom"

AP Via Editor & Publisher   |   October 25, 2007 11:50 PM

Read More: Laura Bush, Newspapers

First lady Laura Bush told hundreds of U.S. troops Thursday that the American people stand by them in the Iraq war and the security situation in the country was improving due to their efforts. "We are seeing signs of progress...

Laura Bush Dons Hijab, Will Opprobrium Follow?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   October 25, 2007 06:35 PM

Read More: Laura Bush, Nancy Pelosi

Yesterday, while, on tour in the Middle East raising breast cancer awareness (as well as working to "[restore] Washington's image in the region"), FLOTUS Laura Bush put on a traditional hijab given to her by Saudi doctor Samia al-Amudi. Naturally,...

Islamofashion

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted October 25, 2007 | Politics


Jeffrey Feldman


OK, everybody, take out a piece of paper and write down today's lesson points from the Bush administration Ministry of Disinformation (a.k.a., the White House website):

Islamofascism - Bad! (nuclear war, invasion, death)

Islamofashion - Good! (smiles, happy, love)

Of course, nobody at the White House is using the...

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