Sister of Bush tells some home truths

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The Sunday Times September 24, 2006

WHEN there are two presidents in the family and they are both called George, it is hard to know how to address them. For Doro Bush Koch, the daughter of George H and sister of George W, it is simple: one is called dad and the other Mr President.

“I’d feel funny calling the president George,” Koch smiles. “There is only one president and he is it. My dad taught us to treat the office with respect. I’ll go back to George when he’s not in office. Until then it’s Mr President, with affection.”

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George W once joked, “I turned my mother’s hair white”, but according to Koch her father never lost confidence in his son, even in his drinking years. “He wasn’t a fall down drunk. He made a decision in his life not to drink any more,” Koch said.

George W’s future wife Laura helped to straighten him out. Marvin, another brother, described her appearance as “Audrey Hepburn arriving at Animal House”. The family gets together at Camp David where there is little talk about politics and “a lot of laughter”.

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