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Text of Speech by Jenna and Barbara Bush
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/31/04 | AP

Posted on 08/31/2004 8:41:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: Avenger
What did the comment about the hamster mean? I've been living on the Left coast too long so immediately Richard Gere came to mind but I'm sure this was not the context. Could someone please explain this joke to me?

The Kerry daughter said her dad gave her hamster mouth to mouth to save him. The Bush girls implied their dad didn't go that far with theirs and it died.

61 posted on 08/31/2004 9:01:54 PM PDT by ClintonBeGone (Take the first step in the war on terror - defeat John Kerry)
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To: Limbaudda
You need to lighten up...these girls are just children.

They why are some people ranting about how "hot" they are?

62 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:06 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Lance Romance

yes! thats disgusting. please refrain from that trash.
everybody knows a koz. sandwich is much better :)


63 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:09 PM PDT by KOZ. (i'm so bad i should be in detention)
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To: Happygal

Given GW's occational speech issues, perhaps they should take a family trip over to Ireland, lean over backwards, and give that Blarney Stone a nice long kiss!

Most people fear speaking in public more than going to the dentist.


64 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:16 PM PDT by Incorrigible (immanentizing the eschaton)
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To: ClintonBeGone

No one's going to vote for President Bush based on his daughters' view of their father. The Big Star Of The Night was Arnold. The kids were filler and their Mother gave a good speech but it didn't bring the house down.


65 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:28 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: comefrombehindwin
Thank God, pros are running this convention and not the knotheads THAT DON'T GET IT!!!The girls were cute and GREAT and most important THEY WERE THERE FOR THE UNDER 30 CROWD AND MOTHERS!!!

Every move in this convention is crafted to pull potential Kerry voters to Bush. The girls were magnificent!! "We're not very political, but we love our dad. . ." Perfect!!!!!

66 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:36 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: hobson

My son just explained , you know how you have to shake those pictures to dry them.. I think we gained lots of new young voters tonight.


67 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:48 PM PDT by not-alone
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To: NormsRevenge

I couldn't wade through more than the first few silly remarks. Embarrassing isn't the word. I suspected they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a podium for another fifteen years or so, and I was right. They're still just kids, despite graduation from college. When they achieve maturity, they'll probably have a few things to say about this performance.


68 posted on 08/31/2004 9:02:54 PM PDT by hershey
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To: ClintonBeGone

You know I just DON'T GET this bashing of the President's daughters? They provided light commentary for the sake of humor.

They are lovely YOUNG women and if it isn't to your liking maybe you should vote for the father that allows his child to wear a see threw dress!

I personally was moved by that speech of theirs they love there dad a great deal.


69 posted on 08/31/2004 9:03:38 PM PDT by Limbaudda
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To: ClintonBeGone

Let's put it this way: no one will ever look on G.W Bush as a dork - not after tonight.


70 posted on 08/31/2004 9:03:53 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Incorrigible

Not me!

But then, if I kissed the Blarney Stone, you'd never shut me up! *LOL*

I already speak in my sleep!
No wonder I'm 32, and unmarried! *LOL*


71 posted on 08/31/2004 9:04:10 PM PDT by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: NormsRevenge
I thought they were EXCELLENT!!!!!!

As a 47 year old happily married father with two boys 20 and 15, I thought they hit the mark. It's nice to see a non-dysfunctional family that love and respect each other over multiple generations, and that are real and have fun.

the crotchety lifeless hulls on this thread need to get a life!

well done to the Bush girls!!!!!

72 posted on 08/31/2004 9:04:14 PM PDT by FreeKnight (Strength and Honor)
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To: psjones

Yeah.
I realize Kerry's daughter is older and more experienced.
I think maybe they needed to practice more. And act like adults.


73 posted on 08/31/2004 9:05:05 PM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: goldstategop; dk88
No one's going to vote for President Bush based on his daughters

Me and dk88 were. :)

74 posted on 08/31/2004 9:06:01 PM PDT by ClintonBeGone (Take the first step in the war on terror - defeat John Kerry)
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To: Steel Wolf
"Their attempt at a humorous speech made me cringe, and I'm pretty "hip".

Yeah....and a BIG contrast to the Kerry "girls"....last I heard were booed off at the MTV awards show....there is justice...

75 posted on 08/31/2004 9:06:20 PM PDT by spokeshave (Traitor Kerry did for free what the POWs received torture for to avoid saying)
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To: ClintonBeGone
Is it helpful their comment about their dad running for reelection because he needs something to do the next 4 years???

No

Rush has always said that callers are there to make him look good. IMO, the speakers are at the convention to make Pres. Bush look good.

76 posted on 08/31/2004 9:07:03 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: NormsRevenge

I didn't see it, just reading the text.

Sounds like the jokes could have been left out or either better jokes used.

(Why slightly ridicule your parents and grandparents?)

I can't stand all the pandering to young people's expectations of "cool."

Otherwise their comments seemed ok.


77 posted on 08/31/2004 9:07:20 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: NormsRevenge

Personally, I didn't think the Kerry girls gave that good a speech either, the hamster story was rather silly, imo.


78 posted on 08/31/2004 9:07:58 PM PDT by psjones
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To: gubamyster

Perhaps you should go back to whatever lib site you usually post on because your vicious attacks on the 43's daughters and 41's grand daughters are quite telling.


79 posted on 08/31/2004 9:08:23 PM PDT by Limbaudda
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To: Maceman

I don't mean to mean, but, I had to leave the room. I thought the jokes were terrible, tacky, and extremely disrespectful of their grandma. I understand that the purpose of their presence was to reach the younger generation, but it could have been done with a little more class.

Flame away.


80 posted on 08/31/2004 9:08:29 PM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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