Barbara Bush speech highlights women's rally (And Uses Olympics like Son)

[Khephra]

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Greiner, a state legislator from rural Keota, said in a midnight phone interview Monday that the highlight of her day was a women's rally at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, about 20 blocks from Madison Square Garden, where this year's convention is being held. Keynote speaker of the rally, titled "'W' Stands for Women," was the president's mother, Barbara Bush.


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"She almost choked up when she said what a total thrill it was for her to see the Iraqi and Afghanistan teams compete in the Olympics," Greiner said. "And then she spoke about a young women there from Afghanistan who, for the first time, was able to have her head uncovered and her face exposed. It was just very good."

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"I am absolutely astounded at the security," she said. "I mean this police force is not only watching out for the demonstrators that have had some presence here but they're also watching for terrorists. And when you are escorted through police barricades and there is an officer on each side of the barricade manning a machine gun, it really causes you to stop and realize what the value of freedom really is."

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"I think people are saying that his (Bush) integrity is really beginning to separate him from Kerry."

http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2004/08/31/news/news3.txt