Jenna Bush, Engaged in a Tricky Role

Washington Post ^ | Sunday, August 26, 2007 | Robin Givhan

[presidio9]

Do not be fooled by Jenna Bush.

She has wrapped herself in the golden glow of celebrity. But she is something else entirely.

For almost seven years, the blond Bush twin has reveled in the trappings associated with Hollywood starlets -- from wearing made-to-order designer clothes to smiling brightly from the glossy pages of a Vogue photo spread. She has walked red carpets and swanned past velvet ropes. Like so many celebrities, she has taken on a cause -- education -- and is using her fame to stir interest and attract media attention to an upcoming book tour. She has indulged in the kind of naughty behavior that paints her as human but not necessarily in need of an intervention. As she said onstage at the 2004 Republican convention, in a scripted introduction of her mother that had all the awkward, self-deprecating humor of an Oscar segue: She and her twin, Barbara, had misbehaved when they were "young and irresponsible." Who couldn't relate to that?

Jenna even had a moment of public exasperation with the media -- her own version of a modest paparazzi meltdown. She stuck her tongue out at the press corps from behind the gray windows of the presidential limousine while campaigning with her father.

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Some presidential children seemed perfectly suited to the job of symbol. The image of Chelsea Clinton walking hand in hand with her parents toward a waiting helicopter, symbolically bridging the divide caused by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, is a part of history. But from the beginning, Jenna struggled with the demands of presidential symbolism. She wore a cherry-red camisole onstage when her father celebrated his reelection in 2004, prompting questions about whether first daughters should wear lingerie-like clothing on such public occasions.

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[Nonstatist]

the blond Bush twin

Jealousy, anyone? Not to get snarky, but the author has an odd hairline.. Not that there's anyuthing wrong with that, of course.

[McGruff]

What a waste of paper!

[Dick Vomer]

Holy cr#p...you should read the comments about the article.

I don't know why anybody would want to be President. The libs HATE her because she's "rich, drunk, silly, going to get a big wedding, has no talent, living off her name, didn't enlist and isn't patrolling Baghdad...etc"

It must suck to hate somebody that much....I guess I hated Clinton and what he did, so I can understand. Wow, it seems silly to look at the comments, however. I hope I never sounded like that.

weird...

[kitkat]

Does anybody have the picture of the modest, always well-behaved Chelsea setting an example of proper public behavior? She’s at some sports event and her boyfried is nuzzling her neck. Chelsea’s nipples are raised at attention and saluting the world under her thin t-shirt. What a paragon of good behavior for a president’s daughter.

[DuncanWaring]

She wore a cherry-red camisole onstage when her father celebrated his reelection in 2004, prompting questions about whether first daughters should wear lingerie-like clothing on such public occasions.

Did the author have any complaints about John Kerry's daughter showing up somewhere (Cannes film festival?) in the see-through dress?

[L98Fiero]

“the blond Bush twin

Jealousy, anyone?”

Don’t get me started. People will call me names but I believe a great deal of racial friction stems from just that.

[mountn man]

PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE

RULES...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

[Disambiguator]

Baffling people like her get paid for dribble like this.

Drivel is the word you are looking for, I think.

/language police

:^)

[massgopguy]

Actually I thought you meant the photo of a bleep faced Chelsea Clinton stumbling out of a bar.

[Veto!]

One of the tabloids, either here or in London, ran of photos of Chelsea Clinton falling down drunk in a London club and sprawling with her crotch exposed in the backseat of a cab her boyfriend managed to pour her into.

[Mygirlsmom]

Fellow (self-appointed) "language policewoman" here....in this case, however, dribble might apply. When one foams at the mouth, I imagine it DOES dribble a bit! ;o)

[Stars&StripesNE]

One must wonder why Ms. Givhans never mentioned the 9 months that Jenna Bush spent in Panama with UNICEF or the book she wrote promoting HIV awareness.

Never mind, that doesn't fit the agenda of leftists attempting to paint a negative about Jenna Bush or anyone in the Bush Administration.

Chelsea, on the other hand, is a good girl. She did photo ops with Mommy and Daddy even while knowing Daddy lied, cheated and made of fool of Mommy and her. And we know Chelsea didn't stick her tongue out at the press. She was only rude to the Military Personnel in the White House.

[ishabibble]

Contrast this story to the charming little bon mot from UPI for Chelsea Clinton:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889363/posts

The MSM is determined to crown the ugly witch, HClinton as POTUS.

[Disambiguator]

Drivel is the written equivalent of raw sewage, which this article resembles. Another useful word for written junk is “twaddle”, which I believe was invented by Charlotte Mason.

[ishabibble]

>>She has indulged in the kind of naughty behavior that paints her as human but not necessarily in need of an intervention.<<

This has to be one of the most unnecessary statements ever.
The only point is to reinforce the premise that Jenna is a “bad girl”, when in fact, she is quite a lovely girl.
This entire article is total cr@p.

[jaydubya2]

[JimRed]

I wonder if even 10% of the people in government these days -- including their families -- would fit any outside-the-Beltway definition of "normal."

Let's find out; TERM LIMIT THE BA$+ARD$!

[MeanWestTexan]

Ick. I need to pour alcohol in my eyes now.

[geezerwheezer]

That’s where they add the sawdust to this bimbo reporter’s brain. She is a feckless weirdo.

[SuziQ]

Where’s the barf alert?