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Bush daughter's night out
NY Daily News ^ | February 12, 2004 | TRACY CONNOR

Posted on 02/13/2004 12:10:13 PM PST by presidio9

Girls just wanna have fun - even the President's daughter. Barbara Bush put on quite a show when she stepped out Wednesday night with her "very good friend" Fabian Basabe, a preppy party-hopper dubbed one of the city's most eligible bachelors.

They hit the dance floor at a swank soiree for fashion designer Jennifer Nicholson (daughter of Jack) at the Chelsea hot spots Sette and Viscaya.

First Daughter Barbara wore a flouncy, cleavage-baring slip dress over jeans and high heels, while Basabe, son of an Ecuadoran businessman, had on a sweater and polo shirt.

The 21-year-old Yale senior - who was busted with her twin, Jenna, for underage drinking in Texas in 2001 - sipped margaritas at a table littered with Veuve Cliquot champagne bottles.

Then she and her date showed off dance moves they could have picked up from the sword-wielding belly dancer gyrating on the bar. It was all captured exclusively by Daily News photographer Richard Corkery.

With drag queen Lady Bunny at the turntables, Bush straddled Basabe's leg, gazed into his eyes and let him dip her to the floor. She hung off him like a dangling chad.

And you thought Jenna Bush was the wild one.

The club was mobbed with boldfaced names like Grace Hightower (Mrs. Robert DeNiro) and Ivanka Trump (the original apprentice).

But all eyes were on Bush as she made the rounds, with Secret Service agents tailing her at a discreet distance.

"She hopped around," said one guest. "She's very friendly, uninhibited. She wasn't exactly Paris Hilton, but she's fun. She's not afraid to have a drink."

Christiaan McPherson said he took Bush for a spin - and gave her high marks.

"We got into it, and she was a lot of fun," he said. "She knows how to shake her shoulders."

The genie-themed shindig was hosted by first cousin Lauren Bush, socialites Amanda Hearst, Tinsley Mortimer and Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord and PR man R. Couri Hay.

Basabe didn't want to talk about his relationship with Bush, and the White House never comments on the private lives of the presidential progeny.

But from the pelvis-pounding dance they did, it sure looked as if Basabe had joined Bush's coalition of the willing.

"He's very attractive, and they were dancing, shall we say, closely," a partygoer told The News. "Some might say dirty dancing."

Bush and Basabe, 25, an aspiring actor featured in E! Entertainment Network's "Young, Rich and Famous," have been quietly close for some time.

"You could say he's her very good friend," one insider said.

Gotham magazine put him on a list of eligible bachelors, and the Learning Channel hired him for its "Faking It" series.

The "it" boy has said he was "promised" to lingerie-empire heiress Martina Borgomanero, but was "semi-single" and dating other people.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: barbarabush; bushhaters; bushkids; bushtwins; mediabias; trashjournalism; vincentgallo
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To: EggsAckley

(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)

Wait, I think I see one...

81 posted on 02/13/2004 1:23:18 PM PST by presidio9 (#18 has a pretty strong co-pilot at Daytona this year...)
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To: presidio9
LOL!
82 posted on 02/13/2004 1:23:20 PM PST by #3Fan (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073931/posts)
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To: presidio9
ROFL
83 posted on 02/13/2004 1:24:19 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: presidio9
Its a fine line between shallowness and blindness.

Chelsea threads attract shallow people.

84 posted on 02/13/2004 1:25:08 PM PST by #3Fan (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073931/posts)
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To: #3Fan
If I see some idiot puking his or her guts out in the street due to a heavy night of drinking I'm gonna lose quite a bit of respect for them. As is the case for Chelsea and Barbara. Simple as that. No one's saying she can't have a good time whatsoever. But if one happens to notice her doing some extreme partying what's ur problem with her being judged by her own actions? She IS an adult, not a child who is ignorant or naive.
86 posted on 02/13/2004 1:26:41 PM PST by KantianBurke (Principles, not blind loyalty)
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To: jscd3
I fell sorry for Chelsea's parents, She really is ugly and she must be such an embarrassment ur.....never mind.
88 posted on 02/13/2004 1:27:03 PM PST by missthethunder
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To: Javelina
"You have no clue what a Javelina is do you?"

Sure, it's like a javelin but with smaller equipment.
89 posted on 02/13/2004 1:29:36 PM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: presidio9
This club is literally a 40 second walk from my apartment lobby. And Chelsea Clinton is moving in 3 blocks from here. All this attention should be good for my condo value.
91 posted on 02/13/2004 1:30:36 PM PST by montag813
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To: Javelina
Collared Peccary, pig like animal that lives somewhere in the soutwest?
92 posted on 02/13/2004 1:30:37 PM PST by CollegeRepublican
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To: KantianBurke
If I see some idiot puking his or her guts out in the street due to a heavy night of drinking I'm gonna lose quite a bit of respect for them.

That's your choice. I think it's a silly way to judge character. Noah and Lot liked their wine and both were saved from cataclysms.

As is the case for Chelsea and Barbara. Simple as that. No one's saying she can't have a good time whatsoever. But if one happens to notice her doing some extreme partying what's ur problem with her being judged by her own actions? She IS an adult, not a child who is ignorant or naive.

I have no problem judging on actions. I don't see the evil in three 21 year olds dancing out on the town. I hate liars, thieves, murderers, frauds, not people who enjoy the company of others.

93 posted on 02/13/2004 1:31:09 PM PST by #3Fan (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073931/posts)
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To: #3Fan
Can you define "fun" for me?
95 posted on 02/13/2004 1:31:17 PM PST by petitfour
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To: presidio9
IS that the "Jane's Addiction" singer sitting to the left of Bush? That guy is a pisser.
96 posted on 02/13/2004 1:31:41 PM PST by montag813
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To: Nonstatist
Who's the crazy looking beatnik with the wild eyes, in the background? He looks suspect, to me.

Looks like the "Jane's Addiction" singer

97 posted on 02/13/2004 1:32:37 PM PST by montag813
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To: Nonstatist
Who's the crazy looking beatnik with the wild eyes, in the background? He looks suspect, to me.

Looks like the "Jane's Addiction" singer

98 posted on 02/13/2004 1:32:37 PM PST by montag813
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To: No Blue States
But if she were my daughter i would appreciate her covering up that cleavage a little.

EH, she's only a B-cup, doin the best she can. Give her a break.

99 posted on 02/13/2004 1:33:24 PM PST by montag813
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To: petitfour
Can you define "fun" for me?

Enjoying the company of others. Dancing. What this article is about. Did you read it?

100 posted on 02/13/2004 1:34:48 PM PST by #3Fan (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073931/posts)
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