Even way back when, she looked like grandma sneaking into the picture.
I’m sorry for her sufffering. Didn’t know she was a smoker.
I’ll always remember the first photo I saw of her in 1979. She and her husband were standing in the doorway of an airplane smiling at the photographers. I thought, “He must be a bachelor to bring his grandmother to the convention.”
And sure enough, when she became First Lady, she was “Ma Bush” a character like Rose Kennedy whose lust for power drove her husband and sons through lifelong political careers.
COPD can come from exposure to asbestos.
Even way back when, she looked like grandma sneaking into the picture.
SNL used to make fun of her look as well....
Pat Stevens: So, we are ready to meet our guests today. Very, very special ladies, they are the Republican First-Lady hopefuls, running neck and neck. Welcome, please, Barbara Bush and Elizabeth Dole.
[ they come out and sit ]
It’s so nice having you both - of course, Elizabeth, you and I are old friends. And, Barbara.. well. I’d like to congratulate George on his starling victory in New Hampshire, he’s doing well in the south, he’s had a wonderful reign as Vice-President.. tell me - are you proud of your son?
Barbara Bush: Pat.. George is not my son, he’s my husband.
Pat Stevens: Oh, heavens! I guess I dropped a fly in your soup! Well, she looks so much older, I hardly think it’s my faux pas! I turn now to Elizabeth Dole - now, you and your husband have written a remarkable book.
There was a Saturday night live skit about George and Barbara Bush. Way Back when Bush was vice president. I wish I could remember who portrayed George and Barbara, but the joke was that Bush had brought his mother along Actually it was Barbara. It was a funny skit. I’ll have to YouTube it.