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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarbara Bush: 'I'm Tired of the Elections'-urges Republicans to move on and work with Obama
By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 11/16/12 6:25 AM EST
Barbara Bush is ready to move on.
Im tired now of the elections, the wife of former President George H.W. Bush said at an event at Lyndon Johnsons presidential library, according to Reuters. People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.
Barbara Bush also weighed in firmly on the side of working with President Barack Obama: They are going to have to compromise. Its not a dirty word.
At an earlier panel featuring presidential children, Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of George W. and Laura Bush, revealed that her grandmothers family nickname is The Enforcer and that her mother is a huge fan of Bob Marley and a secret Rastafarian.
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Barbara Bush: 'I'm Tired of the Elections'-urges Republicans to move on and work with Obama (Original Post)
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2012
OP
Babs loves Bob Marley? Sounds like the bush family is trying to become relevant....
peacebird
Nov 2012
#2
No, Jenna said her *mother* was a secret rastafarian.... that would be Pickles!
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2012
#4
It means they want to be sane so Jeb is the nominee in 2016- and it's working
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#5
lalalu
(1,663 posts)1. Oh please.
She is just pretending to be kind so she can push her grandson into office.
If Americans put another Bush by any name into office then it is official - something in the water is making people stupid.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)2. Babs loves Bob Marley? Sounds like the bush family is trying to become relevant....
"See, we like some darkies too!"
reformist2
(9,841 posts)3. Is that code for saying she likes to light up???
pacalo
(24,721 posts)7. "You betcha!"
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)4. No, Jenna said her *mother* was a secret rastafarian.... that would be Pickles!
I can see Pickles toking along with all the xanax she was apparently on lol..
peacebird
(14,195 posts)6. Ah, you are correct!
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)5. It means they want to be sane so Jeb is the nominee in 2016- and it's working
we have heard from Karen Hughes
we have heard from Jeb
we have heard from W
we have heard from others
be vigilant and remember, it takes a Clinton in 2016 to beat a Bush, like in 1992.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)8. Good point. The trend for states voting for marijuana legalization is growing.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)9. Yup. My exact thought.
Spazito
(50,326 posts)10. Huh, I guess she can "waste (her) beautiful mind" on this but not on...
body bags and death when it comes to Iraq. She is a despicable POS.
"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"