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LAURA BUSH: NEW TRADITIONALIST
Yahoo ^ | 18 January 2005 | Maggie Gallagher

Posted on 01/18/2005 6:55:59 PM PST by Lorianne

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I think Mrs. Bush is a big reason why George won a second term.
1 posted on 01/18/2005 6:55:59 PM PST by Lorianne
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I think Mrs. Bush is a big reason why George won a second term.

The other being Ter-RAY-zuh.

2 posted on 01/18/2005 6:58:27 PM PST by Poohbah (God must love fools. He makes so many of them...)
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Maureen Dowd laments that being a rich, powerful and famous aging feminist is not enough

Not enough? That resume could hardly be less inviting.

3 posted on 01/18/2005 6:59:33 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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Forty years after Betty Friedan's classic "The Feminist Mystique," Americans are still divided over what a woman should be.

I don't think Americans are all that confused. The election says it all, just like you and Poohbah pointed out.

4 posted on 01/18/2005 7:01:27 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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Laura Bush is as close to the perfect example of what God intended a woman to be as you can get. She is comfortable with herself. She's not trying to be a man and she's not apologizing for being a woman. (Unlike Hil-liar who tries to prove what a man should be like.)


5 posted on 01/18/2005 7:01:53 PM PST by no more apples (my give-a-damn's busted)
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To: Lorianne

BTW - what is a "new traditionalist"? Seems like a bit of a contradiction going on there.


6 posted on 01/18/2005 7:04:02 PM PST by no more apples (my give-a-damn's busted)
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Laura Bush is one of the best First Ladies in history, a devoted wife, smart, articulate, savvy, discreet, hardworking and compassionate toward everyone except unborn babies. Go figure.


7 posted on 01/18/2005 7:06:07 PM PST by heye2monn
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**"I think we need to pay attention to boys," this mother of two daughters says. "I think we've paid a lot of attention to girls for the last 30 years, and we have this idea in the United States that boys can take care of themselves." Boys, she points out, are children, too. They need nurturing and care, like all children.**

Outstand quote!


8 posted on 01/18/2005 7:08:42 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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compassionate toward everyone except unborn babies. Go figure.

What?


9 posted on 01/18/2005 7:08:52 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (“"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.” -Richard Gere)
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Laura's only fault -- she is pro-choice.


10 posted on 01/18/2005 7:12:00 PM PST by tioga
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Laura Bush will go down in history as one of the finest First Ladies in history.

Folks talk about Jackie Kennedy having "grace", and maybe she did. But Laura has it all....grace, honesty, integrity and the ability to connect with us common people. She makes us feel like she is not above us, but one of us.


11 posted on 01/18/2005 7:14:22 PM PST by LisaMalia (John Kerry showed up for work today....YEEEHAAAAAAA!)
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I looked it up, and I don't think she gave any strong indication of being pro-choice.


12 posted on 01/18/2005 7:17:36 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (“"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.” -Richard Gere)
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-- during Bush's first election, she stated her position....otherwise she remains quiet ans supports her husband. She isn't president after all. Here is one version of the issue.
13 posted on 01/18/2005 7:22:30 PM PST by tioga
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Why is that MODo thinks that only a rich and powerful man is good enough for her?


14 posted on 01/18/2005 7:26:00 PM PST by ClaireSolt (.)
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I read that, the thing is that it was "The Today Show," she had to be diplomatic.


15 posted on 01/18/2005 7:26:59 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (“"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.” -Richard Gere)
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Powerful men, she complains, marry women in the lowly "service" professions.

As when I first read that column posted here, that is the line that disturbs me most. What kind of snobby elitist pig would come out with a sentiment like that?

I thought all Times writers were supposed to be good little leftists. Up with the proletariat and down with the fat, oppressive bosses!

As I said before, I'm willing to bet that the cleaning lady who does Maureen's office is a better person than she is, and maybe happily married with a family to boot. Maybe she's poor and maybe she has to work hard to support her family, and maybe she doesn't enjoy her work very much, emptying Maureen's wastebasket, but at least she doesn't make her living high off the hog by insulting her betters all day long.

16 posted on 01/18/2005 7:27:30 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Are you a Fk'n idiot. She never had an abortion


17 posted on 01/18/2005 7:37:23 PM PST by bahblahbah
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Well I should google before spouting. I guess she did say onetime that she didn't think Roe vs Wade should be overturned.


18 posted on 01/18/2005 7:39:12 PM PST by bahblahbah
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"Not enough? That resume could hardly be less inviting."

LOL, well put!


19 posted on 01/18/2005 7:53:23 PM PST by jocon307 (Ann Coulter was right)
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To: Lorianne

I gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that for our more senior brethren, the visual representation rule should apply to Laura Bush too.


20 posted on 01/18/2005 8:10:14 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Democrat Obstructionists will be Daschled!)
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