Laura Bush, Her Trip, Her Clothes, and views on Freedom to Read and Write:

[KoKo]

On the trip, Mrs. Bush displayed a fun, feisty
side the American public rarely sees. When
asked what she had done to prepare for the
journey, she joked, "Well, I have a lot of new
clothes. Just kidding. I mean, not really
kidding! There's something a little intimidating
about going to Paris. But I actually do have
some new clothes." (For the record, she took along sleek outfits, including a
fitted maroon velvet jacket from Carolina Herrera that she wore to the
Bolshoi.) When she spoke to UNESCO she cited a program in Kosovo that
teaches women how to start businesses and even how to deal with their
mothers-in-law. "I don't have that problem," she confided with a smile.

In Moscow, the second stop on her tour, Mrs. Bush attended a book festival
sponsored by the wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Mrs. Putin
acknowledges she got the idea from Mrs. Bush, who had a bookfair in Texas
and last week led the National Book Festival in Washington.) Her message to
the crowd: "This festival is a celebration of freedom — the freedom to write
what we want to write and to read the books we want to read." In a large
exhibit hall teeming with Russian schoolchildren, Mrs. Bush, using her best
librarian's voice, told the kids that the Goosebumps series, by author R.L.
Stine, who traveled with her, is "scary, creepy, cool and awesome." Her
charm worked. One 9-year-old boy described her as "beautiful, clever and
nice."

While Mrs. Bush slept on the flight back to the U.S., aides reflected on what
comes next. She attends a summit of Western Hemisphere First Ladies next
month in the Dominican Republic and this week her fourth state dinner. But
next year, says one aide, "will mostly be about the campaign." Will Mrs. Bush
play as well at home as she does abroad? Her good friend Commerce
Secretary Don Evans says, "She's our secret weapon." Her husband's worried
aides can't wait to launch her.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. myomy..calling Betty Bowers!...

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. i think i know why

she is so concerned with literacy and education. She sees the effects of lack of literacy and education firsthand almost everyday.

[madmax]

5. LOL

[qb]

3. No wonder they never let her talk.

What an idiot!

[KoKo]

14. That's the truth! And, no wonder the media didn't cover much of her trip!

I couldn't understand why they didn't do a "Jackie Kennedy" goes to Paris feature on her. After all it was supposed to be a GOOD WILL trip to "mend fences." Then the story died. All we saw was Chirac kissing her hand and then she was whisked behind closed doors. I didn't see anything of her meeting with Putin's wife at the Russian Book Fair. Maybe because Shrub and Pooty Poot didn't reach any agreement about the new resolution to bail us out of paying for Iraq.

But, if she can't express herself any better than this....then the press must have found her an "embarrassment." :-( I feel sorry for her, though. How could anyone live the life she has, with Dragon Lady MIL and idiot FIL, and hubby!

[Punkingal]

4. Good news....

that she bought some new clothes. I'm real tired of seeing her wearing tableclothes and dresses made of drapery material.

[loudnclear]

6. She wears those pants that Bush was going to ban from the WH

At least Laura stands up to idiot.

[central scrutinizer]

7. "launch her"?

Stay off the roads if she is driving.

[Avalux]

8. All happy days

for Pickles. New clothes, yea!!!! Someone needs to yank those rose-colored glasses off her face. No wait - wouldn't make a difference.

[pippin]

9. how about a new husband

to go with the clothes?

[ignatius]

10. "Well, I have a lot of new clothers. Just kidding." Is that her fun

or her feisty side?

Who wrote this tripe anyway,the 9 year old?

On edit, just like a Republican to recommend books that scare people.

[lumpy]

11. Fundy groups want Goosebumps

out of the library. Bad influence on children, might turn them into liberals.

[Cha]

12. I remember she cancelled the "poets against the war" back

in Feb, 2003, was it not? she's a tool nothing more and probably a whole lot less!

[MetaTrope]

13. Did Jeb's wife give her tips on buying clothes overseas?

:party:

[KoKo]

15. Kick for us Gals who need a break! Even though we feel sorry for her!

:kick: