They aren't shallow. For heaven's sake, one of them plans to teach underprivileged children in Harlem and one wants to help AIDS victims in Africa.
That's far from shallow. They are young and hip. There's nothing wrong with that.
In the real world, people don't live and breathe politics. Not even the President's daughters as they said.
Don't attach freeper values to young women that age. It doesn't work and it's not a fair comparison.
We aren't normal. Everything that happens or is said, immediately gets measured here by it's political value. You can't apply all of life to that.
If you do, life is no longer worthwhile.
The girls will appeal to kids their age and the parents of kids that age. We need everyone in this party.
So, their style may not appeal to you, but it appeals to millions. Yes MILLIONS.
Besides the GOP needs to have a new updated face. That is our best hope for the future.
Imagine having young people actually thinking that it is cool to be a republican. Many things could change in this world if that happened.
As far as how the girls talk to Barbara, I have heard many examples of that kind of banter. Think back to all of Barbara's TV appearances to promote her latest book.
She talked that way about the girls. She was saying things like the girls don't think I"m hip and she told stories about how they would tease her about things.
Poppy was talking about the teasing that goes on in the Forbes magazine article in July of this year.
This article talks about the teasing that I saw on Monday when I was watching the women's event.
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=GOP-TWINS-08-31-04&cat=AN
The latest book about the family had that sort of stuff in it too. The one that has Dynasty or something in the title.
Plus another one I read not long ago. Title is escaping me right now though. I borrowed the book and have since returned it. But I can track it down later if you don't believe me.
Plus, the Vogue magazine last month had a bit of the banter between the girls and their mom.
How is that for a few examples?
There is a big difference between making fun of your grandparents and teasing them.
My children love to tease their grandparents and their grandparents tease them right back.
It's all in good fun. My girls tease me the same way and I adore it when they do.
It's very loving if you have the sort of family has that kind of close loving relationship.
My family is like that. Clearly yours is more formal, but that doesn't make yours superior to mine or mine to yours.
The Bush family has an active, dynamic relationship.
From what I've read, it sounds like that traces back to Prescott's wife (Dorothy, I think). Remember the stories about the family competitions all the time?
The relationship the twins have to their grandparents is a natural by product of that.