In Omaha, W. Bush's daughters share their recipe for young women's success
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Betsie Freeman
Young women can achieve great things if theyre open to possibilities, listen to mentors and cultivate a passion to change the world no matter what they aspire to be, twins Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush said Wednesday in Omaha.
The sisters, daughters of President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, were the featured speakers for the annual Girls Inc. Lunch for the Girls at the CenturyLink Center. They answered questions from Girls Inc. staffer Angel Martin in a 40-minute interview-style talk.
Jenna is a contributing correspondent on NBCs "Today," and Barbara is the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, an organization that mobilizes young people to address health-care inequities.
They spoke about their careers, the women they look up to, what its like to be the daughters of a sitting president and what advice they gave President Obamas daughters, among other topics.
FULL story at link.
BRENDAN SULLIVAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Jenna Bush Hager, center, and Barbara Bush, right, answer questions from moderator Angel Martin, left, during Girls Inc.'s 14th annual Lunch for the Girls fundraiser at CenturyLink Center Omaha on Oct. 29, 2014.
Read more: http://www.omaha.com/living/in-omaha-w-bush-s-daughters-share-their-recipe-for/article_825c7708-5fa2-11e4-bf5b-001a4bcf6878.html
rocktivity
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with the kind of power to have anthrax mailed to magazines that print embarrassing photos of you."
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CanonRay
(14,112 posts)nothing against them, I actually think they are a lot nicer and smarter than their idiot father. I'd probably do the same as them if my parents were well connected zillionaires.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)certain ones of Jenna still come up in a Web search. But the real problem with them is that they were clearly NOT taken by someone hiding behind a dumpster and using a 3-foot lens.
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Mika
(17,751 posts)rocktivity
(44,577 posts)A lone government scientist who was just carrying out orders, perhaps?
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Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)I think having his DNA would prevent them of being able to think well enough to even carry on a conversation.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)....while the one with brown hair and a narrow face resembles their mother more.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)... look around at your own extended family, at whose looks have skipped a generation or so.
In my family there's a 38 year old snapshot of my dad, his sister, my sister, and me holding my toddler girl. It's a cookie cutter photo. We get our looks from my father's father, although in a blue-eyed family, I somehow got his dark eyes.
My son, on the other hand, looks very different. Because at one point I had met much of my ex-husband's family, before death, divorce, and geographical scattering took place, I knew who my son resembled but never thought to mention it. When the kids were in their early teens I realized my ex was never going to take the trouble to introduce his kids to the now-scattered relations, so I took it on myself to arrange a trip to an elderly aunt and uncle I liked and with whom I still shared Christmas cards.
Lo and behold: my son saw his reflection for the first time in the face (and height) of his father's mother's brother, i.e. his great uncle.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)it's scary but it's true
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)Then you can get a job on 'Today' doing nothing but puff pieces on your family.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)Can you imagine what the discussions on Faux Snooze and the Queer Channel talk shows would have been if the Clintons or Obamas had family with that kind of a past?
merrily
(45,251 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Remember Reverend Wright "God Damn America" and Obama's other ties to terrorist. Obama's mother bringing her son to a country that eats dogs, when all you have to do now is go to Pennsylvania. And we still aren't sure if Hawaii isn't foreign land with a baby conspiracy.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)I guess that's the difference a famous grandpa makes.
Iamthetruth
(487 posts)Sounds similar
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)The difference between the two now is that Chelsea is no longer with NBC, while Jenna continues to pollute the airwaves.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)To live truly well off someone else's wealth, you need parents or even grandparents to teach you how.
Aristus
(66,446 posts)that the current First Daughters could possibly find helpful.
And Jenna and Barbara's formula for success seems to be being born into a wealthy and politically prominent family.
msongs
(67,438 posts)Aristus
(66,446 posts)And he made most of it in the years since Sasha and Malia were born.
I doubt the Obama daughters go around all the time with a sense of dynastic privilege and entitlement.
Iamthetruth
(487 posts)But the Obama's will get super rich off of being in political office. It's not what I would call getting rich through hard work. It's why politics is so corrupt today.
Aristus
(66,446 posts)Except to say that I never said the President might not become super rich in the future. Just that he wasn't born that way. He earned his fortune. You don't have to believe that if you don't want to. But he does things the right way. He earned his way to the office. He didn't flounce out on to the campaign trail exuding a sense of entitlement to it secondary to wealth, privilege, a former President in the family, etc.
BTW, the plural of 'Obamas' is 'Obamas', not 'Obama's'. I don't know what website you came from, but we have higher standards here at DU.
Iamthetruth
(487 posts)The fact that anyone, democrat, republican or someone from Mars can get rich off of being in office shows the corruption of the system. I would rather have someone enter office rich rather than get rich off of the office. At least that way they may not be as driven by the almighty dollar.
As for wether if he earned it or not, that is not for me to say but he got a whole lot richer after he became Senator Obama and Michele's income increased as well. You can keep your head in the sand and believe only one party is dirty that's okay but I'm here to tell you they are all either rich or will be rich in federal office and that is not the way it was supposed to be.
Aristus
(66,446 posts)Plus, he was paid a salary as Illinois Senator. And he's paid a salary now as President. I didn't know if you knew that or not. As for getting rich, really rich; mostly, for public figures, that comes from paid speeches and personal appearances. President Obama is legally enjoined from engaging in these as long as he is in public office. It's a pretty safe bet he's not doing it on the sly. The republicans have been trying for years to impeach him on spurious charges. I doubt he'd give them an actual legal excuse to do the deed.
Explain to me about Michele's pay increase at the hospital she worked at after President Obama became Senator Obama. I'm not defending any republican as well, most are trash as well but to think a state senator that makes $72,591 today, not 10 years ago can purchase a $1,320,000 house is questionable, but hey more power to him.
I know you think he is perfect and I voted for him but he is not perfect, he is an elected politician and that barely puts him above a personal injury attorney.
Aristus
(66,446 posts)Without any documentation to review, I'm filing that under: "It, you know, like, totally happened 'cause I saw it on the internet and stuff."
I never said I thought either the President or the First Lady were perfect. But this whole "Well, you know, both sides do it!" thing just doesn't pass the smell test...
George II
(67,782 posts)Hoppy
(3,595 posts)maindawg
(1,151 posts)What is crack like?
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)you would be called a racist
City Lights
(25,171 posts)douggg
(239 posts)as underage drinkers during daddy Bush's time in the WH?
calimary
(81,441 posts)Never did figure out which was which, though.
Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)niyad
(113,532 posts)were "gin" and "tonic".
George II
(67,782 posts)bulloney
(4,113 posts)penndragon69
(788 posts)who still have deep ties to the CIA and other "BLACK OPS"
groups that they can rely on for "assistance" in solving their
problems.
Just like daddy, everything is handed to them with no strings.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)These electrons could have been used to transmit something much more useful, such as a McDonald's order.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,846 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)during bush the lessors reign being seen drunk and disorderly and generally being a nuisance. And not a fucking word about it in MSM.....privileged and ............perfect recipe.............for them.
George II
(67,782 posts)but I damn sure know if the two Obama girls had been on the wild like these two, every day we would hear about it till this 'first family' leaves that white house at 1600 Pennsylvania ave. The bush girls were NOT reported on that much that I can remember. Once their pecadillos and wildness were known of, the MSM went very silent and I'm sure at the behest of bush daddy. Yeah the enquirer definitely reported, but who took that seriously. But to the point where these two could really be shown for who they were, CNN no. MSNBC no. FOX SNOOZE? Hell no. Please understand a lot of people were here the same time you were.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)I, personally, was appalled that young people drink and do stupid things. I attributed this to their parents, since we all know that children of wealth people and politicians (or hell, anyone else) don't do this sort of thing, normally.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)"Misunderestimated" and "Nukular" They made the excuse for him, "He coins his own words". And that was months BEFORE the election. Just imagine if Obama spoke like Bush or Palin for that matter. Their Future "Babe" for 2016. Tingle Tingle
Autumn
(45,120 posts)#2 .Be fortunate enough to be born into a wealthy family.
My suggestion is shut the fuck up. You two idiots would be considered a success if you laid in bed and ate bon bons chased down with tequila all fucking day and never got out of bed.
*Shitty ones but still Presidents
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Having said that, I do commend Barbaba for her philanthropic work and support of marriage equality and Obamacare.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Julia Stiles as Jenna Bush, having a heart to heart with her Dad. Brilliant but not online unfortunately.
xocet
(3,871 posts)President George W. Bush.....Will Ferrell
Jenna Bush....Julia Stiles
[hr]
President George W. Bush: I'm the President of the United States and I need a straight answer. Am I going to get the spy plane back? (Shakes magic 8 ball) "Ask again later!" You always do this to me, dammit! I'm the President!
(Intercom buzzes)
President George W. Bush: Yeah, what is it, Janet?
Voice of Janet: Sir, your daughter Jenna is here.
President George W. Bush: Send her in.
...
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00rbush.phtml
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)That is strange.
rurallib
(62,444 posts)laughing their asses off that someone would try to feed them this horse shit.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)KansDem
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Whether it's investing in your early oil ventures in the states or giving you a reason to invade an oil-rich country.
But I really don't give a damn what the Honey Bush Bush daughters have to say
"Honey Bush Bush daughters" made me laugh out loud and scare my doggie awake.
One time I forced myself to watch the Today show when the one was doing a piece and it was the worst piece of drivel I'd ever seen. I know plenty of young women with degrees in Journalism who can't get a job, yet this twit lands one with the worst skills ever.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)"yet this twit lands one with the worst skills ever."
shenmue
(38,506 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)"Sasha and Malia, we left a half-gallon of Cuervo behind the little table in the Lincoln Bedroom. It should still be good."
Lancero
(3,011 posts)And for those of you who think this is wrong, I recommend reading this page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Health_Corps
niyad
(113,532 posts)cheapdate
(3,811 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)Just STFU, girls.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)if they had his dna, they would be as stupid as he is.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)....with a sense of entitlement fit to beat the band. Alcohol and coke may have taken their toll -- but that sense of entitlement that comes from being a Bush is his for life.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Feral Child
(2,086 posts)that their mother, Laura Bush, killed a guy?
liberal N proud
(60,340 posts)They would be like any other rich little girls, going to those debutant balls and on vacation.
longship
(40,416 posts)Here are some others from Smirking Chimpland:
Party!!!!! No matter what.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)these two and Mika Brezinkzkzkski and Arianna Huffington and Sheryl Sandberg - wealthy and well-connected - making the rounds giving motivational poster "advice," through books and $eminars that suckers money from women. Shame on them
strawberries
(498 posts)I liked all the children of our presidents. It is nice to watch them grow up and these two girls are just beautiful and intelligent. My favorite is Chelsea.
rocktivity
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but that they're being presented as good examples of how to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.
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Worried senior
(1,328 posts)trust fund babies giving advice to the rest of us that haven't had any of their privileges.
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)these trust fund gals insult us with their "advice"
tblue37
(65,483 posts)That is all.
daleo
(21,317 posts)It is true that they have enormous advantages due to wealthy parents. The same is true of the Kennedys, and many of them have been excellent examples of people who worked for the public good. I don't have such expectations for the Bush girls, but I don't want to dismiss them out of hand either.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)They are so clueless they do not even realize how fucking arrogant they sound.
This advice might mean something coming from someone who was not handed the very best of everything from before they were even born.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)and then became pResident of the US, and he failed miserably at that as well.
Having gazillions of family dollars behind them causes people to lose touch with the reality that most of the rest of the world experiences...
"But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him (her husband, former president George H. W. Bush) suffer?" ~ Barbara Bush
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/barbara.asp
yurbud
(39,405 posts)he's filthy rich, you can be whatever you want to be in life--even if you could never do those same things on your own merits. Look at our daddy. He isn't smart or reliable enough to be a Walmart greeter, but because HIS daddy was rich, he got to be president of the United States. If your daddy is rich, you can be whatever you want too. If your daddy is poor, I heard my sorority sisters need another maid to mop up the vomit after their parties at the house."