Newsweek: "On the Road with Jenna and Barbara"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6031569/site/newsweek/



Once rarely seen, the Bush twins have become almost like rock stars on the campaign trail since their political debut, especially among young male voters. At St. Norbert, many of the students had skipped classes to see the two. They carried digital cameras and notebooks, ready for any autographs the sisters might dole out. As the students waited, they tested their cameras on themselves and each other—to make sure “everything is functioning,” one said—and they talked politics, sort of. “Jenna and Barbara are definitely hotter than the Kerry daughters,” Steve Pfang, a St. Norbert senior and president of the school’s College Republicans, said to a group of mostly male students standing near the front of the line. All nodded in agreement.

In a talk reminiscent of their RNC speech but minus the bad jokes, the twins shared family anecdotes and urged the crowd to support their dad’s re-election effort. “The stakes are higher in this election than any other election in our lifetime,” Barbara said, amid applause. “We appreciate anything you can do to help our dad.”

Later that afternoon, the sisters delivered the same talk to an overflow crowd of nearly 150 at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. With every delivery, they seemed more comfortable, even sassy. At one point, Jenna paused at what was clearly meant to be an applause line during the speech. When no one clapped, she looked up, eyed a girl in the front row, and said, “Clap!” The applause began, she smiled and turned to Barbara, who simply laughed.

As they left the building on their way to another campaign event in Milwaukee, Jenna and Barbara ran into a group of about 40 student protesters, who were positioned near their motorcade. One girl held a sign that said DRAFT JENNA, while another held a sign that read SEND THE BUSH TWINS TO IRAQ. A male student on his way to class read the signs and paused. “No way,” he yelled. “Don’t send them to Iraq. Send them to my room!”

[Lucille]

1. No mention that the audiences were invitation only?

And even in that friendly environment, Jenna has to demand applause.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Yuk.

:puke:

[billkurtmeyer]

3. "Overflow of nearly 150" must have been a small room?

Maybe they were just Bevis and Buthead fans - who wanted to see more of their Repub. convention appearance!

[sonicx]

4. “Jenna and Barbara are definitely hotter than the Kerry daughters”

LOL

well, the one on the left is ok, but the one on the right looks like dubya with a wig. :puke:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Melissa Rivers and Chris Matthews.

That's what I see when I see the Bush daughters.

[PittLib]

6. Apparently "hotter" means easier ...

ditsy party girls vs. brainy, accomplished women? It's like pitting a former librarian vs. a multi-lingual philanthropist... oh, right...

[incapsulated]

7. Yeah, but do they put out?

After all: “The stakes are higher in this election than any other election in our lifetime,”.

Ask not what your country can do for you lil' Babs. You know what those guys want and we know you can give it. Do it for Daddy!

Or maybe the "girls" can do a college lapdance tour?

[noamnety]

8. I don't get it

"In a talk reminiscent of their RNC speech but minus the bad jokes..."

So they didn't say anything at all then?

[AP]

9. "Jenna...eyed a girl in the front row, and said, “Clap!”" Yikes.

[girl gone mad]

10. "I said clap, damnit!"

"Why aren't you clapping? Off with your heads!"

[AP]

11. Check out the picture. "GOD." Not a word I normally associate with those..

...two.

"Keg," yes. "Party," yes. "God," no.