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First of all, Bush is not Cherie's "leader" so she was a *GUEST* in his home. Would you walk into someone's home at their invitation and start wailing on them because you disagree with them politically or if you had that much hatred for the person invited you, would you just merely turn it down? I know although I think Mrs. Bush more liberal abortion views are wrong, I would not walk into her home and begin to debate the abortion issue with her. It really lacks a lot of class to do so.
As for Mrs. Bush. Yes, I think she is a fool on the abortion issue. Many women are. Nobody has said, off with her head. You sir are the one now questioning our ability to disagree with these women on a forum made for such debate and disagreement over issues(ie an appropriate place to discuss grievances with policy and beliefs). That in my book would make you a little mixed up at the very least and quite a bit defensive.

These people are in politics. Who is to know who started the discussions but politicians start discusssions of issues that are highly political. It is not as if you and I are neighbors and get together and I bring up a charged issue. My guess is the hyperbole is all the authors and not the participants. I suspect these people just spoke their minds and have a high degree of tolerance for each other, unlike some FReepers. And the author is turning it into a national enquirer story. I am actually impressed that the conversation wasn't empty, vapid and stilted as what you might expect on a formal occasion. Sounds as if it was a good dinner table talk,,some people enjoy it. Hey, in some quarters it is an ideal occasion if everyone mixes it up. It is a dinner, not a Baptist Church tea with the new Minister.