Bush sends his wife to woo the sceptical voters

[emad]

Tim Reid in Washington


The First Lady has been deployed to bolster her husband's re-election campaign, seducing audiences while side-stepping controversy

Snip from The Times

WITH Iraq in turmoil, his poll ratings at a new low and an election less than six months away, President Bush has turned for help to the one member of his inner circle whose reputation remains high across America: his wife.

Laura Bush, who in 26 years of marriage has been a hugely calming influence on her husband in private, has taken centre stage this week to make the case for Mr Bush’s re-election, wooing crowds and television audiences with a mix of poise and wit.

After two days of campaigning through Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota, in which she extolled her husband’s “positive agenda”, steadfastness and compassion, she staged a bravura television performance during a Wednesday night appearance on a popular late-night talk show in California.

She told Jay Leno, the host, that she and her husband wake at 5.30am. He brings the mugs of coffee and the couple read the newspapers in bed, a habit all their married life. When Mr Leno reminded her that the President had denied reading newspapers, she shot back: “Just not the reporters that follow him. He doesn’t want to be mad at them the next day.”

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1117325,00.html


This story reminds me of GOP IS EVIL's excellent post last week: pic of Laura Bush promoting her book "Education is My Passion"; GOP IS EVIL: "But Satan is My Lord and Master"......

[CO Liberal]

1. That Appears to Be a LIE!!!!

I happened to be listening to Michael Savage last night. He said that someone had asked Bush about his media habits - Bush said they get four newspapers delivered to the White House, but he never does more than glance at the front pages.

Maybe he has Laura read to comics to him.....

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Maybe they read Dear Abby the other day

where Kerry got a letter published:

Dear Abby: I read the letter from "I Have a Dream" and would like to offer her encouragement:

Dear "I Have A Dream": I was touched by your letter to Dear Abby, and I want you to know that you can become the president of the United States because of who you are, not in spite of it. I have no doubt a woman will be president one day, and America would be lucky to have you leading us every step of the way.

When young people like you express such a desire to make a difference in people's lives, you should be applauded. Your teacher and your classmates were wrong to laugh at your dream.

What you already know, but they seem to have forgotten, is that we live in a country where every child, girl or boy, has an equal chance to grow up and become president, or a teacher, or a doctor, or a CEO, or the shopkeeper down the street. That is what makes our country unlike any place on Earth. Anything is possible.

But to do the things we believe in, we all have to work hard, do our best, and fight those who do not always believe in us. It is not easy to ignore their criticism, and it is tough to look beyond their doubts. But remember, doubters never made America a better place. It is people like you -- people who dream big and are filled with hope -- who make a difference in this world.

Always remember that the great thing about America is that you can become president, and you should never let anyone tell you different. -- Sen. John Kerry, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sen. Kerry: To say that you are a busy man these days is an understatement. That you would still reach out to help a child says volumes about you as a person.

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/living/8712149.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

[CO Liberal]

8. I Saw That in The Local Paper Yesterday

It seems that with each passing day, I have more respect for John Kerry. And less for Pretzelboy, if such a thing were possible.....

[ixion]

2. Anyone who could be 'wooed' by pickles was never a skeptic

IMHO. They must be talking about malprogrammed stepford wives.

[yellowcanine]

3. "the couple read the newspapers in bed" - someone's lying.

I could swear that Chimpy said he doesn't read the newspapers at all - not just the reporters who cover him. He said he prefers to get news summaries from his staff. So someone is lying. It is not whether he reads the newspaper that is the problem it is lying about it that is the problem! Newspapergate!

[Jacobin]

7. No, no. He said he reads the sports page every day.

Honest.

[otohara]

4. This Story Is Straight From A WH Press Release

Postitive agenda, steadfastness and compassion - TIME TO BARF

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Let's see...a sedated Stepford wife to convice us to vote for Bush

Yea...that'll work!

Wrong.

[bluedog]

10. the new movie

Stepford wives will be out.perhaps they have a cameo role for Laura..the Valium girl in it

[Politicub]

9. Maybe she'll temp voters with her favorite treats

like Xanax and Valium.

:shrug:

[bleedingheart]

11. If you are a skeptical voter...why would you be turned around by the wife?

I am sorry but shouldn't he go out and woo them himself? Or perhaps he is afraid...or perhaps he is hiding behind her skirts?

What pisses me off most is how Theresa Heinz Kerry is belittled for being a thinking woman with an opinion on issues while Laura Bush is a vapid blow up doll that is put back in storage when she may leak out some of her own ideas...and brought back out after they have gotten her to behave.