Lovestruck Excerpts (letters between presidents and wives)

[deminks]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060211/ap_on_go_pr_wh/lovestruck_excerpts_1

Excerpts from correspondence in "My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives," by Gerard W. Gawalt of the
Library of Congress:

"I'll go to bed and dream of the kisses I cannot give you." — Woodrow Wilson, then a college student, to Ellen Louis Axson in September 1883, shortly after their engagement.

"I wanted to go home with you so badly last night, I could hardly stand it." — Harry to Bess Truman, July 1923, just after she returned from visiting him at military training camp.

and then there is:

"Sweetie pie coo coo." — George to Barbara Bush.

and a picture I found:



Entertainer Bob Hope applauds as President George H. W. Bush kisses his wife Barbara during a pre-election rally at the Astro Arena in Houston in this Nov. 2, 1992 file photo. A new book of letters between presidents and wives, based on the papers of 23 presidents held by the Library of Congress, fleshes out momentous periods of history with the full range of human emotion. Barbara received a treacly note from George asking her to show more affection for the TV cameras in the 1988 campaign, like their opponents the Dukakises. 'Sweetsie,' he began. 'Please look at how Mike and Kitty do it. Try to be closer in more _ well er romantic _ on camera. I am practicing the loving look, and the creeping hand. Yours for better TV and more demonstrable affection. Your sweetie pie coo coo. 'Love 'ya GB.' (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds/File)
AP - Feb 11 10:25 AM

Enough to make me forget Valentine's Day. OR maybe love is apolitical, it's just that some are better at it than others.

[JeffR]

1. Deer Lauoruh,

The nites are long and lonly w/o u, butt after a tyring day keepin the skies of Alabama safe frum inkershions by the Viet Kongs, I feeel a deep satisfakshun that I'm duin my part too hep the War Effort.
Its hard werk been a flybuoy, and I cud sure use a cold won and a line or to of Peruvian Flake write about now.

Gotta run, my litle gerkin, theirs a card game startin in the bearex and I here one of the guise might jest have a bit of weed on im.

Pray for me, darlin. Sumday when this crazy war is one, weel bee together agin.

Yores in Christ,
Shrubalitokins

[deminks]

3. Excellent! lol.

:rofl:

[JeffR]

4. Heh heh

:patriot:

[deminks]

2. Many more photos here

many more photos with excerpts from the book here:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=president+letters&c=&fr=&c=news_photos

[JeffR]

6. The pics of Ike & Mamie

are surprisingly touching. Guess I get choked up at remembering an era where there were elected Republicans who actually had some integrity.

[f-bush]

5. I think I'm gonna puke....

I can just imagine the love letter between shrub and pickles..."Georgie, as soon as I pry my lips off of your you no what, I'll sit you on my lap and teach you to read and speak English"