[snugs]

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to the White House Monday, Oct. 23, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President Bush, second from left, and first Lady Laura Bush, second from right, participate in a photo op with Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, and Queen Silvia, left, on the South Portico of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2006

President George W. Bush (L) and first lady Laura Bush (2nd R) escort Sweden's King Carl Gustav (R) and Queen Silvia (2nd L) into the White House in Washington October 23, 2006

[ohioWfan]

Laura's got an owie on her shin.....

(Thanks for the Dose, snugs! Looks like our First Couple is still getting along. :)

[GretchenM]

Okay, I know what happened here.

The First Couple was having another of their knock-down, drag-out fights, after W dispatched the Secret Service out of earshot, and he finally let Laura have it. He used one of the prior first lady's infamous ashtrays and took a big chunk out of Laura's calf. (You can clearly see in the photo the hostility that hangs on between them, they are barely able to stand on the same red carpet together.)

Cause of the fight: Laura wanted to chair a committe to force Margaret Spellings to include librarians as one-half of the task force on making all American children able to read by third grade.

Has anyone seen Ms. Spellings lately?

Thought so.