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Bush hunt: Grooms for daughters
Indo-Asian News Service ^ | March 3, 2006

Posted on 03/03/2006 8:14:10 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

US President George W Bush might have the weight of the world on his shoulders but he is also a concerned father.

"We are also trying to get our daughters married," Bush told Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who informed him that his son and daughter were both married and that he has four grandchildren.

Bush and his wife Laura arrived in Hyderabad on a five-hour visit during which he met farmers, scientists and women members of self-help groups at the Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University and met young entrepreneurs at the Indian School of Business.

"How many children do you have?," Bush asked Reddy while travelling on his Marine One helicopter from the Hyderabad airport to the university on the city's outskirts.

"Is that so," quipped Bush when Reddy informed him that both his children were married.

"I told him that we have the habit of marrying early," said Reddy, sharing snippets of his conversation with the US president with reporters. "He (Bush) said he was also trying to get his daughters married," Reddy said.

During the short journey, Bush also asked Reddy about the population of Andhra Pradesh. "When I told him that it was 80 million he remarked that it was pretty huge," the chief minister said.

Bush enquired about the state government's relations with the central government. "I told him that we have good relations as the same party rules both the state and the centre," said Reddy.

While flying over the Hussain Sagar Lake in the heart of the city, Bush wanted to know if the city drew drinking water from it. "I told him it is a polluted lake and later showed him Osman Sagar (the source of drinking water for the city)," he added.

Reddy also gave a brief overview of the history and culture of Hyderabad, its cosmopolitan nature, the IT industry and the several American IT companies that were based in the city.

Reddy was impressed with the knowledge of the US President. "He is quite a knowledgeable person. He has good knowledge of agriculture."

"Me and Laura do plantation at our ranch. We are growing good nurseries but we are not good at marketing," Bush remarked in a lighter vein.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bush; bushfamily; bushtwins; bushvisit; india; indiavisit; lauraandi; marriage; meandlaura
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1 posted on 03/03/2006 8:14:13 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative

Didn't some African king offer a herd of cattle for Chelsea? The Bush's will up the ante.


2 posted on 03/03/2006 8:15:55 PM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Ummm...Mr. President, don't start your search in India. LOL Outsourcing for sons-in-law is a tacky idea. ;)


3 posted on 03/03/2006 8:15:55 PM PST by madison10
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To: West Coast Conservative

And FReeper men across the land eagerly volunteer!

(they are WAY too young yet!)


4 posted on 03/03/2006 8:16:11 PM PST by Hoodlum91 (pcottraux says I'm special!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

No doubt there are several tens of millions of people in both India and Pakistan who would be more than willing to help out "W" in his search for suitible husbands for his daughters.


5 posted on 03/03/2006 8:16:35 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I will proudly do my patriotic duty and happily marry Barbara.

Seriously.


6 posted on 03/03/2006 8:17:15 PM PST by Crazieman (6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
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To: madison10
Outsourcing for sons-in-law is a tacky idea. ;)

loller. Well, it's a global market, and Indian grooms can do the same job for pennies on the dollar.
7 posted on 03/03/2006 8:17:25 PM PST by mysterio
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To: West Coast Conservative

I am sure Barbara and Jenna are laughing at this one!


8 posted on 03/03/2006 8:19:23 PM PST by Txsleuth
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To: West Coast Conservative
""Me and Laura do plantation at our ranch. We are growing good nurseries but we are not good at marketing," Bush remarked in a lighter vein."
And there lies perhaps one of few weaknesses he has. If the Slick One was in his place right now having for some strange reason carried out all the things GWB has in the last six years, he would have the pop-wevils licking his boots. All would be right in America, love, peace, prosperity.
Now GWB has a rather tough assigment to fulfill as many of us dad's well know. Good luck to him. He will need it. ha ha.
9 posted on 03/03/2006 8:19:47 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Bush Trying to Marry Off Daughters - Conservatives Deserting Him In Droves!
10 posted on 03/03/2006 8:19:59 PM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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To: West Coast Conservative

I guess some of us FReepers will have to step up and do our patriotic duty. :P


11 posted on 03/03/2006 8:22:50 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: Hoodlum91
... (they are WAY too young yet!) ...

Twenty-four (24) years old [born 1981], both college graduates ... how old does one have to be, these days, not to be WAY too young?

12 posted on 03/03/2006 8:23:29 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Where do I sign up for a date?


13 posted on 03/03/2006 8:24:21 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: West Coast Conservative; ohioWfan

Here's a video of the President's interview with Elizabeth Vargas. He doesn't appear very eager to have the twins married. He comes across so well.......wish more Americans could see him like this......

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1672456


14 posted on 03/03/2006 8:24:45 PM PST by JulieRNR21 (Annoy Hillary , the Dems & the MSM.....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: Crazieman
You can have Barbara.

I want Jenna.

16 posted on 03/03/2006 8:28:12 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Pat Buchanan lost a family member in the holocaust. The man fell out of a guard tower.)
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Ping.


17 posted on 03/03/2006 8:28:28 PM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: Hoodlum91
(they are WAY too young yet!)

I believe they are both college graduates, and a year younger than my younger daughter. She got married last summer, and is now a PhD student. Before that she taught elementary school for two years, just as Jenna Bush is now doing.

For the record they were born November 25, 1981, which means they just turned 24. That was my wife's age when our first daughter was born, I had just turned 25 and was a 2LT in the US Air Force.

18 posted on 03/03/2006 8:28:32 PM PST by El Gato
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To: Crazieman

I will gladly fight you for her...you can have Jenna instead.


19 posted on 03/03/2006 8:28:49 PM PST by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: Howlin

Sounds more like it. I am not at all impressed by the "Bush girls".


20 posted on 03/03/2006 8:30:22 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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